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The wars & local soldiers, 1917

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Women and War

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 8

One of the unexpected results of the rapid emancipation of women in Great Britain, due to the fact that hundreds of thousands of…

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Latest War News. London

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 4

President Wilson is, a Washington message states, hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst. Anxious to preserve peace, the…

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Prisoners of War

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 8

The Red Cross Society in Melbourne is in receipt of a cable message from its commissioners, stating that the despatch of parcels to…

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Other War News

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 3

Sir Douglas Haig reports that the line was advanced in the neigh bourhood of Grandcourt, where a thousand yards of trenches were…

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Arm-chair War

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 2

Tis sweet, so sage Lucretius wrote of yore," To watch a storm-tossed vessel from the shore, Or safely placed, when hosts in conflict close,…

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Win the War League

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 4

On Tuesday evening a public meeting under the auspices of the Wingham War Service Committee was held in the Oddfellows Hail, for the purpose…

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War Prisoners. London

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 5

Baron Newton, Paymaster-General, in an interview, says that Britain cannot overestimate the work performed by Americans on behalf of…

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The War. Submarine Campaign

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 3

The American consul[?] Quecastown has confiremed the killing of Ricnard, Wallace, a megro seaman, on the Steamer Eavestone,…

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The Big War Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 5

There have been no noteworthy developments in the German-American situation, which is still critical. There is an unprecedented rush of…

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Interesting War Notes. ZEPPELINS. And Their Limitations

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 3

With its war complement of crew, fuel, and accessories it is estimated that the modern Zeppelin can take an average load of four tons of bombs, guns,…

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Aging Kaiser. Effects of the War on the Highest

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 2

Always interested in the personal element in news, the American papers recently devoted considerable space to the Kaiser and the effect of the war's developments up on him…

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War-debecked Impostor. Honors Which Has Not Been Won

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 7

A remarkable case engaged the attention' of the Reading magistrates (England) quite recently. A man wearing the Royal Engineers unifrom named Joseph Love, alias Dora, was…

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The War. American Activity. British Steamer Sunk. U.S. Sailor Killed. London

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 5

The Admiralty states that survivors of the British steamer Eaveston report that the ship was sunk by shellfire from a submarine. The crew…

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Liveroool Camp. Sale of Liquor to Soldiers

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 8

A protest was raised recently by the New South Wales Alliance against the proposal of the Minister for Defence to raise the embargo…

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Soldiers' Letters and Parcels. HpW,TO Addre88 Them."

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 8

The military state that unless mall matter to the Australian soldiers is addressed and stamped in a proper manner delivery cannot be made, and…

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War Service Committee

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 4

AT the conclusion of the " welcome hone " tendered Pte. Tandy on Wednesday evening Mayor Line asked the men present to remain for a meeting of…

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Other War News

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 4

A British destroyer of the older type, while patrolling the Channel, was mined and sunk. All officers were lost, and there are only…

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The War. Monday, Submarine Campaign

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 4

The Manchester "Guardian" states that during the first week of the unrestricted submarine campaign 42 merchantmen, of…

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The Big War Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 3

An American correspondent, who has arrived at Copenhagen, says there is very little hope felt in Berlin that war with the United States can be…

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Current Events Reviewed. The War Loan

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 2

The closing of the War Loan revealed the fact that the 18 millions asked for has been oversubscribed by something like a quarter of a…

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