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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

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The War. a Threat From Russia. Bombing Italian Cities. Loss of British Shipping. British Line Advances in Palestine British Destroyers Sunk. London, December 29

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

The Admiralty reports: Three British destrovers were mined or torpedoed in a fog off the Dutch coast on the night of December 22. Thirteen officers and 180…

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Latest War News LONDON

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 2

An Italian official message says:— “The e[?] combed hospitals at Castel France and Venete, and killed 18 patients.”…

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Incidents of the War Shortage of Food the Position in England London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 3

Lord Rhondda, Food Controller, said that the Food Ministry was willing to make grants in order to encourage the establishment of communal kitchens. The…

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"The Lonely Soldier" Must Not Advertise Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 2

Senator Pearce, Minister for Defence, states that, as a result of the insertion in the Australian press of advertisements by "lonely soldiers" inviting correspondence…

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Incidents of the War British in Palestine a Further Advance. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 3

An official report from Palestine states: "A further advance of over a mile was made by part of Sir Edmund Allenby's line northward of Jerusalem. A…

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Britain's War Aims Stated by Prime Minister What We Are Fighting for Germany's Designs on Russia. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 2

The Prime Minister, Mr. Lloyd George, made an important statement yesterday on behalf of the Government, on war aims, before the trades unions delegates at…

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Latest War News. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

Reuter's Paris correspondent of "Le Temps" announces that France has recognised the independence of the Pi[?]ish republic…

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War Loan Bonds. Ready for Delivery

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia notifies that subscribers who have pair their instalments in full to the fourth war loan may now obtain their…

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Britain's War Aims Approval of Prime Minister's Speech London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

The Paris correspondent of "The Times" says that Mr. Lloyd George's speech on the war aims of the Allies has dispelled a good deal of current gossip to the effect…

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Our War Aims. Conditions of Peace. Defined by Mr. Lloyd George. The "Irreducible Minimum." LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

Great Britain's position in regard to the continuance of the war and the conditions of peace was set forth by the Prime Minister (Mr Lloyd George)…

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Incidents of the War Hunger in Hun-land Viennese Fight for Pork. Many Persons Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

It is reported by the "Arbeiter Zeitung" of Vienna that serious rioting occurred on the occasion of the sale of 40,000lb. of Serbian port at 3/ a pound at Vienna on…

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Vitriol Thrown on Soldier Police Make an Arrest. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

Private William Wilkins, 27, a returned soldier, was splashed with a quantity of fluid, supposed to be corrosive acid, yesterday afternoon, and he had to be treated…

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Canadian Items Returning Soldiers Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

Seven Canadian soldiers, several of Whom were returning from overseas, were killed in a train accident on the Canadian Pacific line at Montreal on Saturday evening…

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Our Soldiers

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

Gunner J. H. Iron, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Iron, of Burryjan, Estate, Lowesdale, returned to Corowa on New Year's Day. He was met in Melbourne…

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The War. To-day's Cables. on the Western Front Great Aviation Work. Bombs Dropped by the Ton Germans Claim Capture of Prisoners

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

General Haig has recaptured the sap eastward of Bullecourt, which the enemy occupied yestermorn. Later…

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The Great War. Sydney

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 2

Sir Douglas Haig reports occasional hostile artillery fire south eastward of Messines. The entire British press heartily…

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British War Bonds a Record Week

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 2

Last week's subscriptions to National War Bonds, through the banks, amounted to nearly £24,000,000, which is a record for a week. Up to the present more…

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Incidents of the War 3,000,000 War Workers Mobilisation in America. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 2

The work of the mobilisation of 3,000,000 war workers, to be employed in shipbuilding, agriculture, and war contract plants, has been turned over to the United States…

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War and Art Royal Academy Exhibition. Australian Artists Conspicuous

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 2

The Imperial War Exhibition has been opened in the Royal Academy. Included in the Australian section are the paintings of Mr. H. S. Power,…

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Britain's War Aims Lloyd George's Speech Reviewed London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 2

Comments in the organs of the Workmen's Councils on Mr. Lloyd George's speech, charge the Allies with selfishly temporising, thereby forcing Russia to…

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