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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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Latest War Cables. SYDNEY, Thursday, 3.30 p.m

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

Two submarines endeavoured to enter Dover Harbour, but were repulsed by the batteries. It is reported that both were sunk…

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The War. Cruiser Bremen Damaged. Struck a Mine. Petrograd

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 6

The cruiser Bremen has arrived at Wilhelmshafen, badly damaged by a mine…

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Kitchener's Story. the War Up to Date. Prospects Good Everywh[?]re. Praise for the Servians. Turks Badly Beaten. London

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 1

The attendance in the House of Lords last evening was conspicuously largo on the Opposition benches. The expectation of an important statement…

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The Soldier's Visit. Upper Murray

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This war is a prolonged affair, isn't it? What a lot of Australians have volunteered A friend of ours from Melbourne has been with us for…

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115,000 Irishmen Enlist

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 20

Lord Macdonnell (formerly Permanent Under-Secretary for Ireland) mentioned in the House of Lords that 115,000 Irishmen had enlisted in the United Kingdom…

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Settlers and Enlistment

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 4

Some time ago questions were raised as to the position of settlers who were holding land under conditions of residence and improvement, and who had…

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The War. To-day's Latest. Turks Advancing Towards Egypt. Russians Progressing in Austria. Turks Aggressive in Persia. Germans Claim a Success in France

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

The Socialists' Party is placing a resolution before the French Chamber of Deputies, demanding a less rigid censorship and calling upon the Government to…

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Country Edition. The following appeared in our Country edition on Wednesday:— the War. in France and Belgium An Aerial Fight. At a Great Altitude

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 1

The Germans, after being driven from their trenches and from the hill near Soissons, twice bombarded the town, setting fire to the law courts…

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Sugar and War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 3

When Napoleon found that he could not crush Britain, he made up his mind to injure her co[?]rce. He therefore closed the Continent to all…

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Miscellaneous War News

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 2

Two hundred of the 204 survivors from the German warships which were sunk off the Falklands Islands, have arrived in England…

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Events of the War. July

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 3

25.-Servia refused to comply with the Austrian demand for the prosecution of Servians involved in the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand…

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Interesting War Notes. Former Antwerp Sieces

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 3

Antwerp, which held out so gallantly against the Germans, has been laid siege to on several occasions in the past. During the religious troubles…

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Facts About War Funds. Will Germany Become Bankrupt?

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 3

“In my judgment the last few hundred millions may win this war. This is my opinion. The first hundred millions our enemies, can stand just as…

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Eastern War Theatre. Success of Russians. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 2

A Petrograd communique issued on Friday says: "Our progress on the right bank of the lower Vistula developed yesterday. Everything was favorable to our troops…

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Incidents of the war. Copper Famine in Germany

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 2

The Germans have removed the famous Copper Group from the Church of the Sacred Heart at Turnhout, and this priceless work of art will be melted down for…

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Frozen Meat in War Time. Superior to Fresh. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 5

Messrs. W. Wedded and Co., in their annual review, state that trade experiences during the gave shown that [?] case of transport, capacity to stand…

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“The Times History of the War.” Latest Details—by Cable

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 6

Now that the flood of cheap literature about the war has abated a little the reading public is looking round for something of a more substantial…

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Royalties and the War Friendly Princes Who Have Become Foes

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 3

The extent to which the Royal Families of Europe ate affected by the present upheaval can only be realized by a proportionate review of the…

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Short Story [Published by Special, Arrangement.] Contraband of War, [Copyright.]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 3

Stamford, of the 3rd Dragoons, Saule, of the 90th. Field Battery, and Wyllson, of the Rutlandshire Regiment, were seated on a grassy, bank…

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Nietzsche and Nonsense Did the Philosophy Poster the Prussian War Spirit

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 3

Until recently Nietzsche was only a name to the majority of Britons—a name like a sneeze, as it has been somewhat…

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