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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

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War's Grim Reality

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 4

Mont of the men who returned wounded to Sydney on Sunday last received their wounds on the Western front, a big percentage being maimed. A…

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Today's War News

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 6

A wireless German official states that violent Italian attacks against Austro Hungarians in the Mounts of Asalone and Pertica broke down with heavy…

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The War. Roman Civil War. Fighting in the Provinces. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 5

Renter's Petrograd correspondent says that hunger rioting has occurred at Koloman. The Government as Moscow is demanding the disarming of the…

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The War. the Western Front. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 6

Reuter's correspondent at British headquarters states that heavy snow has again fallen, postponing indefinitely the much advertised German…

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Guyra Red Cross and Women War Workers' Association

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 5

The half-yearly meeting of the above took place on Wednesday, 9th inst. Mrs. A.W. Everse[?] presiding. Present: Mesdames Gibson, Fraser,…

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On Active Service. Soldiers' Letters

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 6

We take the following extract from letters handed as for publication.—Fred McGuire, on active service,…

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387,926 Enlistments. Australia's Record. 25 Per Cent. of Adult Males

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 6

An interesting r[?]turn, showing particulars of recruits enlisted in the military districts, was issued on Friday by Senator Pearce, Minister for…

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Glen Innes Soldier's Return Home

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 7

Private "Tod" Melntyre, son of Mr. and Mrs. Angus Mclntyre, returned, home to Glen Innes on Tuesday, mines a portion of his right leg, which he lost…

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The "Walking Wounded."

The Inverell Times · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 6

"The biggest single phase of the whole work that the Y.M.C.A. is doing on the western front at present is ministering to the walking wounded,"…

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Sick and Wounded Men

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday.—The number of sick and wounded soldiers so far returned to N.S.W. is 17,500…

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War Items

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 3

The following are the enlistments for the Tamworth district, including recruits from district enlisted in other areas, for the year 1917: Volunteered…

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War Items

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 10

A recruiting raily was held at Maitland on Monday night when stirring addresses were delivered by Sergt, Salisbury, M.M.; Cpl. M'Namara; and…

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War Time Profits

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

The Deputy Federal Commissioner for Taxation states that up to the present a very small proportion of the returns due under the War Time Profits…

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Turkey's War Debt

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 3

A German statement is to the effect that Turkey's war debt in 1917 amounted to £230,000,000, consisting of £38,000,000 requisitions, and the…

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Canada's War Effort

The Inverell Times · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 7

Sir Edward Kemp (Canada's Overseas Minister), writing to the "Pall Mall Gazelle" on Canada's war effort, says that altogether 400,000 Canadians…

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How Long Will the War Last?

The Inverell Times · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 7

Lord Reading was asked how long the war would last. "It will last a great while or a little while, according as you are an optimist or a pessimist,"…

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The War. Reuter's Cables. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

Residents in the English country districts arc getting plenty of food, but the provincial cities are bare. The police in places were called out…

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The War. Reuter's Cables. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

Reuter's correspondent at British headquarters states that heavy snow has again fallen, postponing indefinitely the much-advertised German…

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War Loan Bonds. Now Ready for Delivery

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia notifies that subscribers who have paid their instalments in full to the Fourth War Loan…

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The War. French Sensation. Caillaux's Arrest. London

The Inverell Times · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

It is stated that documents found in Caillaux's safe disclose a scheme to overthrow the constitution of France. The documents was drafted…

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