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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

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War in the Air

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 22

The Admiralty reports: The minesweeping sloop Arbuttos was torpedoed and foundered in severe weather. The commander another officer, and seven men…

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Hay War Workers' League

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the above was held at the Athenaeum on Monday, December 17th. There were present: Mesdames Biden (presiding), O'Brien,…

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Civil War in Russia

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 28

Reuter's Petrograd correspondent reports that fighting occurred between a Ukranian Lancer Regiment and Maximalists between the stations of Gjatsk and…

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War in the Air

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 20

An official report giving further information regarding the bombing raid on Mannheim on the morning of December 24 says:-Two of our formation of ten…

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France and the War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 20

Reuter's Paris correspondent states that in the Chamber of Deputies the Minister for Finance announced that the subscriptions to the Third War Loan hitherto…

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Exchange of War Prisoners

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 22

The "Times" Berne correspondent reports that the Turko-British delegates signed an agreement providing for an exchange of incapacitated prisoners on a basis…

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War-time Profits Assessment Act

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. F. J. Belbridge, solicitor, Albury, is in receipt of the following, important, information from Mr. A. F. Twine, Assistant Commissioner of Taxation…

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Incidents of the War the War Reviewed Expert Is Optimistic Allies Still Superior London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 3

A high British military authority, in his weekly review of the war situation, after stating that the enemy's efforts to secure the ridge on the right flank on the…

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From War to Peace. Cairo, January 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 22

When the army was in Jerusalem ten days ago, the Holy City was well within the battle zone and in the still night air one could hear the isolated rifleshots…

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Scotland and the War. Governor-general's Tribute. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 4

Responding to the toast of his health at the Highland Society luncheon to-day, His Excellency the Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro…

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Search for Our Race's Cradle. Successes Which the War Stopped

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 6

There is nothing of more interest in human studies than the investigation of our own history, the gradual developement from the raw animal to…

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Hour of Civil War Don Valley Mobilised. Severe Fighting in Siberia

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. Bourchier, "The Times" correspon­dent at Petrograd, telegraphing recently, said:— "Civil war is being prosecuted with great…

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Late War News. German Peace Terms Refused by Russia. London, January 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 28

The Petrograd correspondent of the London "Daily News" telegraphed from the Russian capital to-night:-"Peace negotiations between Russia and the Central…

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War News. (Continued from page 20.) German Exploitation of Russia. London, January 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 22

Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent states that the columns of the German newspapers describe Germany's plans for the economic exploitation of Russia. The…

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Soldier Settlement. Victorian Scheme

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. Frank Clarke, M.L.C., the new Victorian Minister. tor Lands, has in mind a scheme for settling a number of returned soldiers along the valley…

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Soldier Settlers. How the State Will, Help

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 3

The Minister fur Lands, Mr W. G. Ashtord, has approved of the publication of a memorandum by the Director of Soldier Settlements,…

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Welcoming a Returned Soldier. Private W. Humphreys

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

Private W. Humphreys, well known in this district where he had been associated with coaching all his life, returned to Hay, invalided, yesterday,…

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Another District Soldier Gains Distinction. Lieut. R. B. Ronald Awarded the Military Cross

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

Lieutenant Robert B. Ronald, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Wilson Ronald, of Nap Nap, has been awarded the Military Cross…

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The Referendum Voting. "No" Majority Decreased. Soldiers Give Majority for "Yes."

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

About 50,000 additional votes have been counted since our last issue, and these have had the result of decreasing the "No" majority…

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The War. To-day's Cables. on the Western Front Germans Concentrating Heavily. the Respective Air Losses for December. Germans Claim Prisoners

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

"The Times" correspondent at headquarters says that after recapturing Welshpool, artillery heavily punished the German concentrations…

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