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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

3,049 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 153

The War. British Destroyers Wrecked During Gale. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 4

The Admiralty announces mm British destroyers on the night of January 12 were totally wrecked on the coast of Scotland during a violent gale…

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German Professor Unmasks. Slave Days Fob Australia. After the War

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 6

A correspondent forwards us an tract from a newspaper in which Professor Jacob Burkhardt, who attended the last Science Congress in Australian,…

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Posed as a Returned Soldier

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 2

At the Newcastle Police Court last Wednesday, Arthur Beddew, who described himself as an electrical engineer, was charged with having on January 2,…

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Land for Soldiers

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 4

The Minister for Lands has accepted the help of Shire Councils in co- operating with the department in land matters affecting soldiers…

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Soldier's Salary

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 6

Most of the councils fell in with the idea of making up the difference between military and municipal pay to their officers who enlisted. Some of…

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Labor League Gathering. Reception to Returned Soldiers

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 2

The members of the local branch of the P.L.L. met at the M.U. Hall on Tuesday night for the purpose of extending a welcome to Private J. Rose,…

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War Items

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

The Abbey Green (Guyra) Knitting Class now numbers 70 members. A welcome home avss recently given to Pte, J. Beeves, of Ben Lomond, who…

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War Items

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 4

Writing from the old country Corpl. J. Grattan, of Uralla, describes a Scotch cattle sale. The top.price was 2700 guineas, and 24 head averaged £660…

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War Chest

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 4

A meeting of the War Chest Committee will take place at the School of Arts on Wednesday, 23rd inst., at 4.30 p.m. The business is important…

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British Chivalry to Germans. Instances Among Walking Wounded

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 7

In an attractively descriptive article on the work of the Y.M.C.A. for the walking wounded, Albert H. Elliot makes special reference to the spirit…

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War-weary Austria. London

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 7

"The Times" correspondent at Berne reports great and increasing industrial disturbances in Austria, owing to the food scarcity, drastic rationing…

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The War. Router's Cables. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

The Irish. Convention is taking a disappointing turn, and the prospects of a favorable report are more remote. Sir Herbert Smart, leader of the…

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The War. Reuter's Cables. Dublin

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 4

Irish newspapers are not commenting upon the Convention, realising the extreme delicacy of the situation; hut the crisis is the sole topic of Irish…

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LatestWarNews Renter's Cables. London, Sunday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 4

A British-Italian official message says that during the past week flying has only been possible for two days. We destroyed six aeroplanes and lost…

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Girl Engineer. Control of 6000 Women War Workers

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 6

One of the great engineers of the war a man who makes everything from a battleship to an aeroplane, showed me his latest creation, an…

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Land for Soldiers Shire Council Criticism. the Departmental Attitude

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

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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Soldier's Farewells. Two From Oakwood

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 7

On Tuesday, 15th inst., a farewell social was held in the Oakwood Hall, when the many friends of Mr. Jack McCosker and Mr. Jack Tome met to…

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Land for Soldiers. Shire Council Criticism

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 8

Quite a lot of vigorous criticism has been directed by Shire Councils (including Dumaresq) of late on the soundness of the present administration…

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To Stimulate Enlistment

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 4

Sydney, Monday. — Steps are being taken to stimulate enlistments for the A.LF. within the ranks fo the Victorian public service…

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War Aims

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. Lloyd George's straight talk to the representatives of the Trades Unions affected by the Man Power Bill might profitably be assimilated by…

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