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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

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The War. To-day's Cables on the Western Front Ostend Reported Bombarded

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

A wireless German official says that Ostend was bombarded from the sea…

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The World A-Starving Excepting Australia Cold and Hunger and the War London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

Eyes cast toward Australia see a paradise of plenty that furnishes the strangest contrast to grim Europe, where the peoples of the divided continent face each other…

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Incidents of the War Brazil with 2,000,000 Men Enters the Field with Attlies London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 3

The New York "Tribune" has issued a special edition, in which it states that Brazil, which has joined the Allies, will put a force of 2,000,000 men in the field…

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Invalided Soldiers at Albury Recognition of Albury Ladies' Splendid Help

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 4

Mrs. F. J. Belbridge, Hon. Secretary to the Albury Red Cross Society, has received the following appreciative letters concerning the magnificent work done…

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Land for Soldiers. Shire Council Criticism. The Departmental Attitude

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 4

The Minister for Lands, Hon. W. G. Ashford, has noticed the frequency, with which Shire councillors criticise the actions of his Department in…

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Alleged Theft by Soldier

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 1

Private Goodsell, a soldier who saw service in France and Egypt, was charged before the District Court-martial with stealing a…

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Statue to Anzac Dead

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. Bertram Mackennal, M.V.O., A.R.D., the Australian sculptor, is commencing the marble equestrian statue, toward the cost of which the officers and…

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War Bonds Sell Well

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 2

War bonds to the value of £31,000,000 were sold by the Bank of England last week. Nearly £1,000,000 worth was sold by the Post Office in the week ending…

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Civil War Aimed at

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 2

In issuing the decree dissolving the Constituent Assembly, M. Lenin, the Premier, declared that it was impossible to transform Russia into a Socialistic State…

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The Great War. Sydney

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 2

London.—Austrian strikers demand that Brestilovsk negotiations should lead to an immediate general democratic peace; that food conditions be…

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New War Story. Present Military Situation

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 4

In three weeks' time, Signaller Tom Skeyhill, the blind soldier poet, leaves for America, where he has a long engagement to lecture on the war. He is to be…

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Incidents of the War Deadlock with Engineers Germains Express Delight. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 2

The deadlock between the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and Sir Auckland Geddes, Minister for National Service, continues…

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The War at Sea. Naval Fight at Dardanelles Further Details Issued London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 2

An Admiralty report issued yesterday states that the Goeben and Breslau emerged from the Dardanelles early on Sunday morning. They attacked our forces…

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Cost of War to Australia Government Profit on Rabbits Mr. Austin Chapman's Amendment Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 2

In the Senate, Senator Millen, in answer to various questions, said the Commonwealth had, since June last made £230,000 profit on rabbits. The war expenditure to…

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Soldiers' Relatives Hungry High Prices Felt

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 2

Many Australians residing in London are finding their resources strained by the doubled cost of living, and societies are being formed to assist soldiers' relatives…

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Soldiers Welcomes and Farewell Association

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 2

At the committee meeting of the local brunch of the Soldiers' Welcome and Farewell Association held at the Balranald Hotel on Monday evening, 11th…

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War Relics for Australia

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 2

After the battle of Pozteres, Mr. Andrew Fisher, Australian High Commissioner in London, applied for, on behalf of Australia, certain war relics. These…

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War Casualties. Private Frank Corry

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 2

Mrs E. Barthelson, of Berrigan, has received word of the death of her brother, Private Prank Corry, who was killed recently whilst in action…

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Federal Politics Strong War Government Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 3

In the Senate, Senator Millen told Senator Gardiner that he would bring under his colleagues' notice Senator Gardiner's suggestion that efforts should be made to…

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Anarchy in Austria. Weary of the War London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 2

"There have been serious disturbances at Vienna, where crowds attempted to force their way into the Imperial Palace, and were driven off by the guards and…

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