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The wars & local soldiers, 1917

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PROGRESS of the War. To-day's Cables. on the Western Front. French and British Both Active. Minor Successes Recorded

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 2

A wireless German official message says that the British penetrated a small section south-westof Le Tranchloy…

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The N.s.w. Enlistments

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 2

The total number of men enlisted in New South Wales during the past seven weeks, for service abroad, was 2481. Last week's total was 245,…

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News of Local Soldiers. At Present at the Front

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 4

Writing from London on November 29th last to his aunt (Nurse Stewart, of Hay), Mr Jas. Philpott, who was wounded in Gallipoli, and has had a…

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29,520,000 Cicaiettes. Wanted for the Soldier

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 4

It is almost impossible to estimate exactly the quantity of tobacco and cigaretted which would be required in order to provide every Australian…

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The War. Sydney

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 2

The Tongan authorities are uneasy on account of the disappearance of cases of rifles, which are missing from the stores of a big German firm now in liquidation…

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Soldiers' Letters

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 4

Jack Coates, of Murrum Valley, writing from the firing line in Nov. last says:—Dear Home, I was glad to get all your welcome greetings, letters,…

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War Loan. the Advantages

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 4

Payments to the new Commonwealth war loan, now open for subscription, may be modern ten instalments, and on 15th December, 1917;…

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Land for Soldiers. Part of Yooroobla and Cocketgedong Offered

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 1

Mr G. F. Simpson,[?] (formerly [?] [?] adjoining the Old Berrigan estate,…

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A Soldier’s Letter

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 3

Private G. N. Maidment, who, prior to enlisting was the assistant to the minister in the Berrigan charge of the Presbyterian Church, writes,…

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Anzac Wedding

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 2

Extract from a Brightlingsea (England) newspaper:—A military wedding, in which considerable interest was evinced, was solemnised at the…

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Anzac Memorial Band

The Independent · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 2

On Monday evening next a visit will be made to Deniliquin by the Anzac Memorial Band. The band has recently been touring the principal towns of Riverina with great…

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War Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 29

No undue attention is likely to be paid to President Wilson's academic dissertation on the possible advantages to regenerated mankind of an inconclusive peace…

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War Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 23

Our Melbourne Correspondent's War Notes will be found on page 30…

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The War Loan

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 32
Also in Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo

A number of the recruiting committees have already got their organisation going for the purpose of obtaining subscribers to the war loan. In many instances…

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Austria "War Weary."

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 21

M. Dmitri Jantcheuetsky, a Russian publicist, who has been released after two years and a half of imprisonment in Austria, states that there is a universal desire…

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The War Pensions

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 3

There are now nearly 30 000 war pensions in force in the Commonwealth, with an annual liability of £1,024,000…

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Commonwealth War Loan. Helping to Win the War

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 1

"Can I do more to help win the war?" is a question which every man and woman in the community should ask in the morning; and "What have…

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War Medals for Indians

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 2

The Viceroy (Lord Chelmsford) at a parade held on Tuesday it the Viceregal Lodge, presented medals and orders won in the war to 200 Indian…

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Loan for War Only

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 33

The fears expressed that the War Loan may be frittered away on purposes other than that for which it is being raised, formed the subject of some remarks by the…

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