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The wars & local soldiers, 1917

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Soldiers' Paper Sued. Brisbane

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 2

Write have been issued against the printers and publishers of the National Leachers a soldiers paper for alleged…

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Win the War League I Serve

Delegate Argus · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 2

The formation of the new Win the War League is an earnest attempt to organise the Australian people with a view to making a…

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Win-the-war League. Conference at Cooma

The Bombala Times · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 2

A conference of Delegates from the various War Service Committees was held at the Cooma Council Chambers, last week, for the purpose of making…

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The War. London, Thursday. Plot to Poison Prime Minister

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 2

Four arrests have been made at Derby in connection with an alleged plot to poison Mr. Lloyd George, Prime Minister…

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Letter form Adaminaby soldier

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 2

Lance Corporal Ernest [?] Thomson, writes from Egypt to his sister, Mrs. T. R. [?] York's Lake, Adaminaby, as follows…

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War Chest Fund

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 2

A meeting of the War Chest Committee was hold on Thursday at the Council Chambers, at which about 40 were present…

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American Demand for War. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 2

Washington messages state the popular demand for war is spreading in consequence of the torpedoing of the Housatonic If…

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Letter from Sredbo Soldier

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 2

Gunner M. Mortlock writes to his mother (Mrs. M. Mortlock, of Bredbo), from England, under date of 9th December as…

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The War America and Germany. on This Drink of War

Delegate Argus · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 2

It is officially announced that diplomatic relations between Germany and America have been broken off on account of…

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War Office Jam Order. Melbourne

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 2

It is announced that the War office has accepted the offer of Victorian manufactures for the supply of 3,400,000 of peach…

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The War. London, Friday. More Ships Sunk

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 2

The Belgian relief ship Eupharates and two other British vessels have been snuk. There were no survivors from the…

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The War. London, Monday. China May. Break with Germany

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 2

It is announces in Pekin that Chins, [?] break off relations with if the submarine campa[?]ge is pursued…

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The War

Delegate Argus · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 2

Despite the sinking of the California and other ships and the Gerard incident President Wilson will await the clearest possible…

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The War. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 2

The America Consul at Rome report that an Australia submarine bank the America schooner Lyman Law, of 1300 tons. THis…

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The German Objective. to Defeat Britain and Make America Pay Cost of the War

The Bombala Times · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 2

In February of last year, the "Frankferter Zeitung," a semi-official, German newspaper, published an article giving the views of German…

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The War. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 19 February 1917 · page 2

Mr. El[?]as the American Ambassador at Constan[?]ple reports that Turkey has assured him she will not prevent the [?]…

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Win-The-War League. Adjourned Meeting

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 2

The adjourned meeting of the Cooma branch of the Win the War League was held at the COuncil Chambers on…

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The War. London, Friday. Enemy Mun[?]tion Works Disaster

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 2

A Norwegian Germany held Germany says that explosions pocurred in enormous mosition works at Dresden on 28th…

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The War. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 26 February 1917 · page 2

General Haig reports that the enemy vacated important positions on the Aucre. The British made considerable progress on…

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The War. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 2

Washington has announced that Germany had proposed an Alliance with Mexico and Japan to make war on the United…

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