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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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Latest War News. LONDON

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

Earl Kitchener and the Lords of the War Office, in reviewing the ebb and the flow of the battle tide during the past few weeks, consider that the…

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Conference on Defence Matters Not Desirable During the War

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 5

WELLINGTON, Friday.—The New Zealand Minister for Defence opposes Mr. Fisher's recommendation for an Imperial conference on defence matters this year…

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Swelled Into Agreat Army. Bringing the War to an End

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—"Eyewitness'" headquarters reports that an officer and 25 men of the British right centre attacked a treach on the evening of…

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Chartering German S[?] to Be Exchanged After the War. London

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 5

British shipwners are seeking to charter German steamers detained in British ports during the war, which may be exchanged for captured…

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German Atrocities. Never Such a Ferocious War. Rape, Incendiarism, and Murder. Unprecedented Attempts Against Women. London

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 5

A French official report contains more than a hundred different cases of atrocities, counted, on photographic documents and sworn affidavits…

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Wonderful Escapes. Soldiers Who Defied Bullets

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 3

There is a story told of an old veteran of the First Napoleon who lived until 1865 in the French village of Savary, and who owned a wooden…

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Roumama. Diplomatic Preparations for War

Northern Star · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.—The "Morning Post's" correspondent at Paris declares that Roumania, has delimitely arranged with the United States to attend to her…

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War Miscellany. Fishing Amid the Shells

Tweed Daily · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 2

How the devotion of a disciple of Izaak Waltok to his art made him oblivious to the fact that war was raging around him in its most deadly…

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Recruiting in Ireland. the War Office Satisfied

Northern Star · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.—Baron MacDonnell (Under Secretary of State for Ireland) stated in the House of Lords that 115,000 Irishmen have enlisted during the…

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Socialism and the War. German Socialists Blamed. London

Tweed Daily · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 3

Vanderveldt, addressing British Socialists at Charos, said that the international Socialists Were divided into three parties when the war broke out…

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Not the Last War. "Times" and German "Kultur." London

Tweed Daily · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 3

The "Times" in a leader says: "It is unlikely that this war will be the lose war, not is it even likely that a long reign of peace will follow it in…

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King and Queen Visit Wounded

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday,—The King and Queen visited 1100 wounded Indians at Brighton. There were several touching scenes…

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War Notes

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

A fist of Coraki district soldiers who have gone to the front, with the names printed in large type, as displayed m St. Mary Magdalene's C. of E., Coraki…

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Touching Scenes. Royal Visit to Wounded Indians

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday.—The King and Queen visited 1100 wounded indian soldiers at Brighton, Several touching scenes were witnessed, many being able to converse…

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War Miscellany. Russia After the War

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

Assuming Germany is beaten, Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, late leader of the British Labor Tarty, holds that in Russia the autocracy will be rehabilitated…

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A Holy War

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 3

PARIS, Saturday,—All the Turkish attempts to proclaim a holy war at Baghdad proved unsuccessful. (Baghdad is an important city in the…

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War Until 1917

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 5

NEW YORK, Sunday,—Edison, the famous inventor, is of opinion that the war will last until 1917…

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The European War. London

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

The Vatican is without, information, concerning the arrest of Cardinal Mercies by the Germans. Vatican circles are of the opinion that the Pope…

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The Awful Cost. Devastation of War

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

Whatever the final outcome of the war in regard to Alsace and Lorraine, there is a good chance that the destined lot of these two unfonunate…

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Latest War News. German Dreadnought Sunk. British Cruiser Unharmed. Roumania Coming In. Generally Satisfactory. Roumania Preparing

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 5

PARIS, Sunday,—"Le Petit Parisian" reports that Roumania is preparing to mobilise three classes of recruits, totalling 135,000 men…

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