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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Latest War News. London

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 4

Ii is reported that the forces at Salonica are preparing for action. The military chiefs and representatives of the Allies are going to decide…

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The War

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 3
Also in The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate

A press writer says that Germany's attack on a new point on the western front is a confession of their failure at Verdun…

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Government War Loan

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 2

Messrs Joseph Palmer and Son in their monthly report say:—Government Stock of all descriptions is in demand at improved prices. War Loan has…

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Inventors and War

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 5

Dr. Macnamara, in reply to a question regarding the work of the Board, of Inventions, told the House of Commons that proposals had been received…

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Latest War Cables

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 3

The Germans have brought reinforcements to the Verdun front. The steamer Bougainville has been sunk. Twenty three of the crew were…

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War Notes. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 9

There has been further fighting hi the Verdun region. The Germans claim that a French attack on the village of Vaux was…

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War Service Committee Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 5

A MEETING of the Port Macquarie War Service Committee was held in the Town Hall on Thursday last, the Mayor, Ald. J. H. Hill, President, in the chair…

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The Big War. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 7

On Monday four British destroyers chased three German destroyed on Belgian coast, towards Zeebrugge. A running flight ensued and two of the…

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Interesting War Notes Trench Protectors

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 5

A Wanganui (New Zealand) firm is putting on the New Zealand market a clever and useful invention. It is n combination protector and carrier, the…

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Royal Relatives at War. Traitors Belonging to Well-known Families

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 5

Owing to the intermarriage, of the members of the various Courts of Europe, this war has placed many Royal families in painful positions…

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The Serbian Prophet. Foretold the Great War Forty-Seven Years Ago

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 5

"In the reign of King Peter terrible times will conic to Serbia, such terrible times that the people walking past the graveyard will look at the graves and…

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Letters From the War Zone. a Good Time in England Renews Acquaintance with the Australia

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 2

Miss Vera Trenbath has received the relieving letter from her cousin, Private Lew McIntyre:— Monte Video Cump…

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A Soldier's Thanks

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 2

MRS. A. B. BUTLER, "The Grange," Port Macquarie, has received the following letter of appreciation from a soldier at the front. The lady in question made and despatched a cake, through the Red…

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Youthfull Soldiers Plug

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 1

During a recent attack by the Germans a private of the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, who was under orders to return to England…

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Soldiers' Charms

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 5

The soldiers of the Kaiser are very superstitious, from the men in the ranks clear up to the Crown Prince. Wilhelm's oldest son carries a horse…

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Soldiers' Artificial Limbs

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 5

Since war broke out artificial limb-makers have startled the world with wine of their achievements. There is for instance, the case of a dare-devil…

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Last Out of Anzac

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 1

Writing, home concerning the withdrawal from Anzac a Yerkshire soldier says:— "I stayed behind to blow up our last gun, which we had kept…

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The War

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 2

A communique states that somewhat Violent artillery actions occurred in the Argonne. An enemy communique says the…

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Latest War Cables

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 2

A Berlin wireless message states that the British naval forces carried out an aeroplane attack on the North Frisian Coast, but failed completely…

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