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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1918

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Citizens' War Chest

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 6

Honorary Secretary.—C. A. Le Walker, Esq., 113 Pitt Street Sydney. The Citizens' War Chest Fund…

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Women and War

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 5

The war has brought many surprises, and the impossible is constantly happening in these days. Four years ago it was one thing…

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The War Saturday Morning

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 5

Submarines sank five Norwegian steamers, killing 30 sailors. The Petrograd…

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Soldiers Letters

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs Albert Norris, of West Wvalong, have received the following letter from their son, Driver Frank Norris, from France,…

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War Talk

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 13

MY BARBER was a quiet chap, in palmy days of yore; but now, while cleaning up my map, he talks of death and gore. "It breaks my heart," he says, "to think that I can't…

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Our War Aims

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 5

"The country will go to any length to fight for posterity's security and crush militarism. A clear and simple statement of our war aims is necessary. Pre-war…

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Humor[?]rs. War Tribulations

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 4

THEY were a very tired battalion and a very very Cockney battalion, and when they spoke to the members of the battalion who had met them their speech was rich with expletives…

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A Little War Gazetter

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 6

JOFFRE—A democratic Sphinx that answered the riddle of a world. N. Romanoff—The man who carried his Siberia with him…

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Opinions on the War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 4

DANTE: They have stolen my hell. Jonathan Swift: I am ashamed of my cynicism. Torquemada: Good-night nurse!…

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China in the War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 5

"China declared war on Germany and Austria in August. She has already for some time past been sending a large number of laborers to the western front in…

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Latest War News Wednesday, 2-1-18

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 16

An Italian official report states that in the air raids on Padua the enemy is deliberately seeking to wreck the most precious treasures…

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Order of the British Empire. New Honors for War Services. Women Members

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 11

In recognition of the manifold services, voluntary and otherwise, that have been rendered both by British subjects and their Allies in connection with the war, the King…

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Australian Soldiers

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 14

It is my officers and men who have done these wonderful things. They are tireless, irresistible, determined. They will not give in until an endurable peace…

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Scotland in War Time

Western Champion · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 28

"Conditions are getting worse every month," was the declaration in regard to Scotland made by the Rev. Robert C. Sands, formerly of Geelong, who…

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The War Derelict Mine Explodes. Disaster at Norfolk. Russia and Germany. Peace Negotiations Broken Off. Sydney, Thursday 7 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 17

A mine, which, was washed ashore at Pegwell Bay, Kent, exploded while a number of men were trying to drag it ashore, killing seven and injuring…

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Y.m.c.a. [?]Emas for Soldiers

Western Champion · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 27

received £2000 from the of the public schools of [?]stralia towards the mainten[?] the war work of the Y.M.C.A…

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The "Walking Wounded."

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

"The biggest single phase of the whole work that the Y.M.C.A. is doing on the Western Front at present is ministering to the walking,…

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Boys at the Front. Send Your Paper to a Wounded Soldier

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 4

If you have not a relative at the front to send this paper to, remember the wounded soldiers like to hear the news of their own country. As soon…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

The concentration of German troops to the southward doubtless means that Germany intends to secure the rich Russian…

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Citizens' War Chest

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 6

Honorary Secretary.—C. A. Le Walker, Esq., 113 Pitt Street Sydney. The Citizens' War Chest Fund…

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