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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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The War. The Balkans. Allies in Salonica. Arsenal in Cellar of Austrian Consulate. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 2

An official announcement made in Tans stated that the German, Austrian, Bulgarian, and Turkish Consuls in Salonica, who were arrested by General Serrail, the…

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Widows of Soldiers and Farms. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 2

Dr. Arthur, M.L.A., says the widows of men who have fallen at the front axe equally entitled to apply for French's Forest farms if they can prove that with…

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Australian Soldiers in London. a Steak and Bugs Difficulty

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 4

Some interesting side lights on the life of the Australians in England is contained in a letter from Private S. W. Marshall, late of Manildra and Borenore, written…

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Last of Anzac

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 20

Continuing his story of the evacuation of the British positions on Gallipoli, at Anzac, and Suvla Bay, Mr. G. Ward Price, the British press representative at the…

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Aeroplanes Rescue Wounded

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 22

During the retreat of the Serb army through Albania, a number of Serbian wounded wore removed to Scutari by means of six aeroplanes…

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The Year of Anzac

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 23

The year of which the passing chime Is pealing from a thousand spires Is not arrayed with ghosts of Time That mock our visionary fires…

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Farmers Give Tithe of Wheat. to Help Wounded Soldiers. Rochester

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 3

Prior to the commencement of the harvesting operations in the Rochester district a number of farmers notil[?]ed their intention of giving a tithe of their harvest…

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"War Service."

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 2

THE appeal of the Commonwealth Government, as expressed in the circular which the Prime Minister is, making to all men of military age, is…

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War Carrier Pigeons

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 6

The War Office stales that a large number of carrior pigeons used tor milltary and naval purposes wore recently killed, and warns sportsmen unable to…

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War Census Cards

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 32

The Minister for Defence, Senator Pearce, stated this week that he had received from the High Commissioner details of the Derby Recruiting scheme. To his…

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Unfit After War Service

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 23

Mr. Tennant, replying to a question in the House of Commons asking if the medically unfit should be allowed to return to civil life, said that those unlikely to…

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Things Forbidden in War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 45

It is not generally realised that the game of war is hedged round by as many restrictions as a boxing, contest under Queensberry rules. These regulations, which are…

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Problems of the War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 23

At a conference of educationalists, held in London on Monday, Sir Oliver Lodge, who presided over the Science Congress when it met in Australia, in 1914, said that…

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A New War-tax

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 3

A familiar character has cropped up again in the correspondence columns of the daily papers. the Individual who, in normal times…

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Cost of the War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 23

"The cost of the war is about five millions a day, or 1800 millions a year, against a total national income of 2400 millions. The enormous significance of…

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Motor Cars and the War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 43

Authentic fibres contained in an official communication from Manor-General S. S. Long, director-in-chief of the British Supplies and Transport Service, shows…

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£10,000,000 War Loan

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 28

Mr. Denison Miller, governor or the Commonwealth Bank, writes:—"In the great war in which we are engaged, the prime Minister, on behalf of the…

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Gallipoli Anzac Withdrawal Enemy Only 50 Yards Away Nothing Left for Turks

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 3

Captain Bean, official reporter, with the Australian Forces, reports:—The last section of the Australian troops to withdraw from Anzac was…

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Germany Tottering. War Over This Year

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 6

The London "Dily Telegraph's New York correspondent says that the press there is unanimous in predicting that Germany is nearer…

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Late War News. London, Thursday Morning

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 25

There is now no need to doubt the country is on the eve of a great occasion and the House of Commons on the eve of a momentous decision. London is…

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