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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1918

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Razors for Invalid Soldiers

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 4

The Red Cross Representatives working in No. 4 General Hospital, Randwick, are constantly being asked for razors by…

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The War. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1918 · page 2

A Vancouver message says that a great artillery battle has begun on the entire French front. It is reported that 45 German…

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Citizen's War Chest Fund. Cooma Branch

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1918 · page 4

There has been a special call by the War Cheat organisation for socks and shirts for our soldiers in the firing line on the…

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Welcome Home

The Bombala Times · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 6

At the invitation of Mrs. Stone and Miss Clark, the residents of Ando assembled at Stoneleigh on Friday evening, 22nd inst., to tender a Welcome…

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The War. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 2

A French communique says: There is a violent [?] action at Butte du Mensil and on the [?] bank of the Meuse. Three…

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Cooma Branch War Coast Annual Meeting

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 2

The annual meeting of members of the Cooma Branch War Chest Fount was held at the Council Champers on Tuesday…

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The War. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 2

A Tokio message says that [?] destroyers in the Mediterranean sank two enemy submarines…

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The War. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 2

P[?] messages state that the di[?] is growing daily between the L[?] advocating the ratification of the…

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Where Were They? Townspeople Who Failed the Soldiers

The Bombala Times · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 6

Mudgee.—Lieut. G. E. Roddis, recruiting officer here, made some scathing remarks in connection with the poor attendance that…

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The War. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 11 March 1918 · page 2

A Russian wireless states that the Russor Romanian peace has been concluded. Which includes the carly [?] [?]…

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The War. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 2

A Belgian communigue says: Our troops gained a footing in the German trenches south-east of [?] after a violent…

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Letter from Cooma Soldier Comments on Slackers

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 2

Sergeant William Bottom, writing "the field of battle" on 15th January to his parents at Comma says: Yesterday the first…

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The War. London, Saturday

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1918 · page 2

A message from Petrograd statics that the anniversary of the revolution was celebrated in Moscow: The population fearing that Anarchists of Monarchists…

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War Loan Bullets Pith of Our Position

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1918 · page 2

So that everyone may be seized with the salient facts of the fin-ancial position of Australia to the power of the…

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Razors for Invalid Soldiers

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1918 · page 4

The Bad Cross Representatives working in No. 4 General Hospital, Randwick, are constatly being asked for razors by…

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The War London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 2

The German have begun a terrific [?] along most of the British front. German destroyers which…

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Time-payment Money Easy Gilt-edged Security. Anyone Can Buy War Loan Teaching the People Economy

The Bombala Times · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 5

The position in regard to the Sixth War Loan is that anyone who has definite prospects can take up bonds. It is not necessary to have a penny…

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Australians at the Front Addresses by Returned Soldiers

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 2

The Cooma School of Arts held a large and appreciative audience on Monday night, the occasion being an address by Lieut…

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The War. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1918 · page 2

The enemy attacked from the Oise to the Sensea River on a fifty mile front. They were held up with immense losses. The…

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Returned District Soldiers Manaro Shire Movement

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1918 · page 2

A public meeting was held at the Cooma Council Chambers on Saturday afternoon called by the President of the Manaro Shire…

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