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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Anzac

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

The Governor of south Australia, in the Course of a Speech at Glenelg said. Anzae will always be Suered to Australia. It is a God's acre where…

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The War

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

British Casualties in, France and Flanders are—Killed: officers, 1829, others 77,173. Wounded officers 9913 others 241,359. Missing: officers—…

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Commonwealth War Loan

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

EVERY patriotic Austral inn should be able to show that he or she has invested in the war loan. Our Soldiers are willing to die for the Empire, and…

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Nation and the War

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

Sunday last was observed in all the churches throughout the Empire as a day of united prayer in regard to the war. A join appeal by the heads of…

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Latest War Cables

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

The P. and O. Company's steamer persia, bound from Bombay, was sunk on Thursday. Most of the passengers and crew were saver…

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£600 Bet on the War

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 1

Now hero is a fact for which dependent can positively vouch and if all the names could be given it would intensify its importance. At a small…

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The War. Day by Day

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 5

WEDNESDAY—Reports of a naval encounter in the Black Sea come officially fruit Petrograd and state that the Russian destroyer Gromky met a…

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The War of the Ages. Press Opinions on the Outlook

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

"Every fibre, every tenacle or the accursed causer must be cut." That is the forcible way which Mr. W. M. Hughes expressed himself recently…

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The War and Births

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 2

Among the many economic aspects of he war is the effect it has had upon the birth situation. Loudon, always noted for the enormous…

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Latest War News. London

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

Mr. Lloyd George has declared the war will be lost unless the nations industries and resourses are mobilised. Co-operation in labor…

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Anzac

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 3

THE "Manchester Guardian" says that Canberra may well give place to Anzac—one of the most illustrious names in history. Surely there was never so happy a…

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The Anzac-Suvla Evacuation

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 5

REUTER'S correspondent at the Dardanelles says that the withdrawal from Anzac and Suvla was the most difficult and dangerous operation yet undertaken in this campaign. At extraordinary…

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Wounded Men's Home Love

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 1

"At No.—Hospital, in France when a man is to go home three pieces of tape are tied to the foot of the bed,; said Miss Mary Booth, the slaughter…

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Carried 100,000 Wounded Men

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 1

About 100,000 wounded have been carried in the two Harrovian moton ambulances since their arrival in France…

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War Fashions

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 3

Tartan has become fashionable, and is being worn judiciously; not with an effect more startling than tasteful, as in the case of new-comers to the…

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The War

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 2
Also in The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate

The Australian troopship Geelong has been sunk in the Mediterranean by collision with an Admiralty stoneship. No loss of life is reported…

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Interesting War Notes Paper Shirts for Soldiers

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 3

Paper shirts, made in Japan, are now being served out to the Russian soldiers for use in the cold and wet weather, which is rapidly approaching…

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The Big War

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 6

The Principal events since last issue are the sinking of the Persia and Geelong by enemy submarine. Over 300 [?]ves were lost as a result of the…

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Rendering War Vessels Invisible

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 5

Owing to the enormous range and accuracy of modern naval guns it is highly important for small war craft which depend upon speed rather than…

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