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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

3,382 stories in Murray's papers · page 14 of 170

Soldier Settlers. Disposal of Surplus Stock

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 3

The Minister for lands (Mr W. G. Ashford) has received several inquiries as to the ability of Soldier Set[?]ers to dispose of the…

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To-day's Latest. Arrests of Revolutionary Soldiers. an Anti-bolshevik Demonstration. Scenes at a Cemetery

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

A Petrograd corespondent says that numbers of the Battalion of Death were arrested yesterday at the barracks, and accused of…

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Soldiers' Settlements. The Procedure

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. B. J. Doe, M.L.A., has asked us to make it known through the "Grazier," that persons desiring to obtain land under the Returned Soldiers'…

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Stranded Soldiers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

The perennial question at Albury is that of providing relief for soldiers temporarily stranded. The Win-the-War League made various efforts to…

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An Early Morning Attack Mathoura Soldier Wounded

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 2

Writing from the 4th London General Hospital England, on October 20, to his mother, Mrs Peter Sinclair, Mathoura, Lance-Corporal Colin Sinclair, says : —…

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War Items

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 3

Antimony ore, crude regulus, and sulphide, and carpets and rugs of all descriptions not otherwise prohibited, have been added to the list or articles…

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Latest War News LONDON. Thursday Revolution in Austria Report From Petrograd

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 2

It is reported from Petrograd that a revolution has broken out at Vienna in Austria and that the revolutionists have organised a Government…

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Incidents of the War Destructive Floods in Germany a Town Collapses Amsterdam

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 3

Frankfort messages say that the sudden rising of the Nahe River has caused damage estimated at millions of marks in the town of Sobernheim, in Western Germany…

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New War Loan of 40 Millions Government to Deal with Important Questions. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 4

In the House of Representatives to-day Mr. Hughes, Prime Minister, announced that a new war loan of 40 millions was to be put on the market…

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Bloodshed Follows Bol-shevik Procession. 30 KILLED; 200 WOUNDED (Reuter.) PETROGRAD

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 2

While there was no bloodshed in the capital on Tuesday, 30 or 40 people were killed and 200 were wounded, including many women and children in the centre of…

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Incidents of the War Splendid Work in the Air London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 2

An official report from Palestine states that our aeroplanes bombed camps and depots to the westward of Sebustieh. There were several direct hits. We also…

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Latest War News

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

(Such of the cable news on this page so headed appeared in "The Times," and is cabled to Australia by special permission. It should be understood…

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New War Loan. Question of Interest and Taxation

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 3

It is the intention of the Federal Treasurer to issue another Commonwealth war loan within the next few weeks. The prospectus is now in…

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The World A'starving. Excepting Australia. Cold and Hunger and the War. London

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 3

Eyes cast toward Australia see a paradise of plenty that furnishes the strongest, contrast to grim Europe, where the peoples of the divided…

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Divided Russia. the Shortage of Food. Problem. Civil War in Finland. Ukrainians Declare Their Independence

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

Reuters' Petrograd correspondent states that owing to the peasants refusing to sell grain for depreciated paper roubles, and closing the…

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Incidents of the War Famine Not Likely Though Food Will Be Short in England London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

The scarcity of meat, butter, margarine, cheese and bacon was more pronounced this weekend than ever, and the queues were the largest on record…

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The War. "To-day's Cables. on the Western Front Minor Operations. the Weight of the Coming Offensive

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

General Haig reports there was hostile artillerying in the neighborhood of Ribecourt, southward of Cambrai…

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The Great War. Sydney

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 2

Petrograd.—Arthur Ransom telegraphs insisting that the position of tins Bolsevik's is critical. A Conference of Soviets discussed the…

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War Miscellany. Origin of the Name Tommy Atkins

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 4

In the "Sydney Morning Herald," appears a spirited article by Lieut Colonel Newnham Davis giving the origin of the name, Thomas Atkins…

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Repatriation. Mr. G.w.daniel's Activity Not Appreciated by Win the War League

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 2

A special meeting of the Albury Win-the-War League was held last night to consider matters contained in a letter received by the town clerk from Mr. G. W. Daniel,…

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