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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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Edinburgh in War Time. Germany's "Fixed Post."

The Picton Post · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 6

Edinburgh is very near the seat of war. Leith is about 30 hours' vogage from Antwerp, within the sound of the German guns, and that fact might be quite…

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The European War the Week's Cables

Camden News · Thursday 26 November 1914 · page 1

The war loan is being offered at a premium of 2s 6d. The Financial News" says the loan was over subscribed at noon on Thursday. It is estimated hat between £50,000,000 and…

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What War Costs in Men and Gold War at £33,000,A Week!

The Picton Post · Wednesday 2 December 1914 · page 6

Since the far away day when man first slew his fellow man it is estimated that a least a thousand million soldiers hare fallen so the battlefields of the…

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The European War the Week's Cables. Friday, Nov. 27th

Camden News · Thursday 3 December 1914 · page 1

It is officially announced that the British battleship Bulwark was blown up off Sheerness. It is believed that the idsaster originated in the battleship's own magazine. Out of a crew of between 700 and 800 men only twelve…

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War Crematorium

The Picton Post · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 3

"A large blast furnace at Charleroi is running night and day incinerating the bodies of Germans killed in the fighting along the Year. The corpses are…

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Worse Than the War

The Picton Post · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 3

The war will not end until the Allies have righted Belgium's wrongs, and crushed the hateful spirit of Prussian militarism. This spirit is a menace to…

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Pathetic Postscript. Letter from a soldier at the front

The Picton Post · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 3

"I don't know if I can send this today, but I shall send it at the first opportunity. On Tuesday last I escaped by a miracle from a bomb thrown from an…

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Public Meeting on the War

Camden News · Thursday 10 December 1914 · page 1

On Friday evening last the Camden School of Arts packed with people who came to listen to addresses by the Hon. John Garland, K.C., M.L.C., and Colonel Onslow, M.L.A., on the situation of the European War. His worship, the…

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The European War the Week's Cables

Camden News · Thursday 10 December 1914 · page 1

"The Times" disbelieves the report as to a fresh, attack at Ypres or elsewhere. "It has been, from the standpoint of casualties," the paper adds, "the greatest battle in history: It is estimated that the Germans numbered 200,000."…

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War and Wages

The Picton Post · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 3

"It will be generally admitted that from the point of view of the community's welfare Mr. Justice Heydon's decision as to the effect of war on Wages…

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War of Extinction

The Picton Post · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 3

[?] we nave as much to do with it as the Motherland, as much as any of the Allies. We should be no longer British if we failed…

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Among Prominent People, Papers and Politicians War to the Bitter End

The Picton Post · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 3

"I believe that peace will not be declared until the militarism of Prussia has been broken for all time."—Governor-General, Sir Ronald Ferguson…

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The European War the Week's Cables

Camden News · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 1

It is officially announced that the German cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenan and the Leipsic have been sunk in the Pacific. Later reports in reference to this naval engagement state…

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Latest War News Two More German Cruisers Sunk. Thursday morning

Camden News · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 6

Latest war cable received at the "Camden News" Office at 9.30 this morning states that the British Admiralty reports that two German…

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Sinews of War

The Picton Post · Wednesday 23 December 1914 · page 3

"The old saying that 'charity begins at home' should be operative in the economic sphere, and those who adopt it as a principle in making their…

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A War Alphabet

The Picton Post · Wednesday 23 December 1914 · page 6

A for the A rots we honourably bear, B for the Burden each Briton must share; C for that Courage, as brave as of yore,…

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War in Europe

Camden News · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 8

On Wednesday evening the following telegram, was received at the Camden News office: A new; German force has captured. the important town of Petrokov in Poland, and…

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The European War the Week's Cables

Camden News · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 1

German cruisers bombarded Scarborough, Hartlepool, and the Yorkshire coast. A number of men, women children were killed, and others injured, and considerable damage was done to property…

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