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The wars & local soldiers, 1917

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The Situation in Greece The Pressure in Greece. Royalist Attacks on the Entente The Athens Press Want War. The King Confers With His Premiers. A Zeppelin Overland Mail. A French View of the Situation

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 2

Royalist papers in Athens are making violent attacks on the Entente, especially Britain. An immediate declaration of war is demanded…

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Another War Loan

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 2

The prospectus of a further issue of the Commonwealth War Loan has now been announced and the particulars appear in our advertising columns to-day…

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Latest War News Transport Sunk. 150 MISSING. London

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 2

The transport Ivernia, (14,278 tons) has been sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean. Over 150 of those who were on board…

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Soldier’s Letter from France

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 2

We have received a letter from France, dated November 12, from Lieut. Norman De Fraga (whole well known in Deniliquin), from which we take the following:…

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Welcoming a Soldier Private W. McMahon Returns Wounded

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon Private W. McMahon, youngest son of Mr. J. E. McMahon, the Mayor of Hay, returned to Hay, and was accorded a public…

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Anzac Memorial Band. Successful Visit to Hay

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

The Anzac Memorial Band, one of the two bands organised by the Returned Soldiers Association of New South Wales, for the purpose of…

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The "Win the War" League

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

The "Win the War League" is occasioning a great deal of interest. Yesterday's mail brought hundreds of letters from people throughout the…

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Hay District War Service Committee. First Annual Report

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 4

The following report was presented at the annual meeting held on Thursday last:— The Executive Committee of the…

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Late War News. SYDNEY, Monday, 3.30 p.m

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

General Maxwell says that Australian captains, when they arrived at Egypt, grumbled about the desert training, but the discipline improved the fighting…

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PROGRESS of the War. To-day's Cables. on the Western Front. Germans Claim to Have Broken Down a British Attack. General Haig Reports a Successful Raid

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

The Germans claim that a British attack southward of Arras broke down under their gunfire. The weather has restricted fighting…

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The War. Sydney, Tuesday. Austrian Emperors Army Order

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 2

Amsterdam, 8th January.—The Austrian Emperor, in an army order refers to the Entente's refers to negotiate, and urges the troops to…

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Anzac Memorial Band. a Successful Visit to Berrigan

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 3

There was a large attendance at the School of Arts at Berrigan on Tuesday evening to welcome the members of the Anzac Memorial…

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Soldier’s Description of London

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 1

A Berrigan soldier, now in camp in England, writing to a friend, describes London as “a hell of a big place; but nothing to write home…

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Killed in Action

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2
Also in Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo

The sad news was received here on Wednesday afternoon of the death of Private Roy Hudson of Mairjimmy who succumbed to wounds received in…

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Returned Wounded Soldiers, Fund. Meeting of Trustees

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

A meeting of the Trustees of the Tocumwal and District Returned Wounded Soldiers' Fund was held on Saturday afternoon last…

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A Wounded Brother. Greenvale

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is any first letter to the "Banner." There have been a few fires about here. My brothers are stripping, and they have 2325 bags off…

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The Anzac Band at Carrathool

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

Residents were afforded quite a treat on Saturday last when the Anzac Memorial Band, on returning from a visit to Hay, alighted on the local…

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Local and General. Anzac Memorial Band

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

The Angle Memorial Band gave a grand programme in the Town Hall last night. The entertainment was a splendid success over £134 being…

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War Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 29

Germany, standing in the shadow of irretrievable disaster as the penalty of her awful crimes upon her neighbours, now, with sardonic humour, proclaims an…

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