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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Pre[?]dicing the War Loan

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 3

At the close of last year Mr. W. M. Hughes, the Prime Minister, said it had been reported that brokers in one of the States were endeavoring to…

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The War. Day by Day

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 2

WEDNESDAY.—Gallipoli of course by now is only an echo, but General Monro reports that after four hours intense bombardment on the 7th the…

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The Laughing Sniper. a Tale of the War. a Man of Great Daring

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 4

All the war stories gathered loge he would easily afford entertainment for a thousand and one nights and many of them would not be unworthy of that…

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General News. Soldiers Want Music

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 1

The cry from the front is still for musical instruments, and mouth organs seem to be first in demand. There in also a strong request for light reading,…

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Soldiers' Welcomes

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 2

Who "fooled" the Mayor of Wellington? asks a New Zealand paper. The good man is angry because some 70 to 100 soldiers from the Maheno were…

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Latest War News. London

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 4

A Berlin wireless message states the Kaiser is now completely recovered from the slight indisposition caused by a carbuncle…

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War Prophicies

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 5

The prophets and astrologers, who as a rule confine themselves to vague generalities, have fought rather shy of the war, but in Old Moore's Almanack,…

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The War Census. War Council's Recruiting Appeal

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 4

A great many men are at present receiving the Federal War Council's recruiting appeal, consisting of a circular letter [?]gned by the Prime…

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The War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 5
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A French communique states: Operating with the British artillery we seriously damaged enemy trenches at Hetsas (three miles northward of Ypres) causing two heavy…

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The War Loan

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 6

THE kind of victory that we need, and for which we are fighting, depends largely upon the readiness of the people of the Empire to economise and…

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The Big War

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 7

"Le Temps" publishes a Salonika report that Germans, Bulgarians and Turks, under von Mackensen, will launch an attack on Salonika to-day…

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Shire War Service Committee

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 2

The public meeting [?]er the auspices of the Manning Share Council, to discuss the formation [?] War Service committee, as suggested by Mr. Catts,…

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Latest War Cables

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 2

Aylmer's column is within seven miles of Kulelamara where Town sead's forces are besieged. A British submarine went aground…

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True Incidents of the War

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 1

At the war anniversary meetings held at Malmesbury, with Lientenant Harold E Grest, speading of the splendid sprit which animates the…

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£10,000,000 Commonwealth War Loan

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 2

The State War Councils throughout Australia are making a strong appeal to the citizens of the Commonwealth to support, and support liberally to the…

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Custody of Commonwealth War Loan Bonds

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 2

The Commissioners of the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales, the State Savings [?] are prepared to receive for safe…

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War Profits. What the Tax May Yield

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 5

Exactly what the tax of one half on all war profits will yield is, of course, impossible to say. That the amount will run into many millions may be…

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The New War Zone. Facts about the Balkans

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 5

A third of the population of Varna, Bulgaria's chief seaport, consists of Greeks. Varna has been the centre of war…

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