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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Serb Refugees Enlisting. London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 3

Thousands of Serbian refugees are applying to the legation at Rome for permission to enlist to fight with the Allies, in order to reconquer Serbia…

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ANTI - Conscription Meetings Soldiers Take Charge, London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 3

A few feeble attempts have been made to hold anti-compulsion meetings, in London and the provinces. One in Hyde Park to-day was easily…

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Open Column. Land for Returned Soldiers. (To the Editor.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 4

Sir,—The Sydney papers contain reports of volunteer efforts to clear land for returned soldiers at Franch's Forest, some miles from Manly. It is another example of…

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Late War News. British Battleship Sunk. German and Bulgarian Relations. Russian Advance Prepared. British Submarine in Golden Horn Events in the Balkans. New Boer Force

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 5

VANCOUVER, Friday.—A Johanne[?] message says that there has been a great review of a new force which has been raised for a…

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War Service Committee

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 5

A meeting of the newly-formed war service committee was held at the Council Cham- ' bers, Lismore, last night, those present including the Mayor, Ald. R. White (in the…

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War News Wanted

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 2

Now that there is another worrying and annoying break in the war news it is interesting to glance just briefly at the general aspects of the whole…

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War Loan Appeal

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The War Council appeals to all citizens of the State to support the war loan…

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Casino and War Loans

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 5

It is rumored that there are a fair number of people in the Casino district who are lifting war loan bonds on account of the easy instalments on,…

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War News. LONDON

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 6

A message from Washington states Germany has replied relative to the Lusitania agreeing to pay compensation for American lives lost and contending…

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Latest War News. LONDON

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 2

It is officially announced that Gallipoli has been completely evacuated, this being carried out with only one wounded. General Monro…

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What of the War? (Contributed)

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 3

Perhaps we are on the eve of the most momentous day in the history of the British Empire.Conscription proposals are before the Houses of Parliament, yet the members…

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Interesting War Notes About Greece

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 3

Grece is mainly an agricultural country. Currants are largely cultivated. About 160,000 tons are produced annually…

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Enemy Work with War London

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 5

A Constantinople telegram says that the German Press reports the arrival at Constantinople of a battalion of Gallipoli troops, unmistakably…

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The War Red Cross Society. Booyong-pearce's [?]Reek Branch

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the BoevongPearce's Creek Red Cross Society took place on Friday, January 7th. There was a poor attendance, only 13 ladies being present. Mrs…

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War Loan Treasury Bonds to Be Placed in Banks. Melbourne

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 5

The Federal Treasurer has received a letter complaining that in the event of Treasury bonds for the war loan, to the value of ten pounds, being lost,…

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General War News Battle in Bosphorus. the Goeben Attacked. London

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 5

An official message from Petrograd states:— Our torpedo boats sank a large steamer coming out of the Posphorus…

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Commonwealth War Loan, £10,000,000. Subscription List Closes 31st JANUARY

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 6

Until the list closes on the 31st January, all persons who care to do so—and they should be many—have the right to assist the country and our soldiers by subscribing to the second…

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Eric Dacres: (Copyright.) A Romantic Story of Adventure during the Matabolo War. PART 14

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 2

"By Jove, I have it !" Eric exclaimed. "It is all clear now! There has been stiff fighting going on earlier in the day, and that is…

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The Northern Star, Published Daily. at Lismore, Bichmond River, N.S.W. Wednesday, January 12, 1916. the Fortune of War

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 4

To combat on the water the stormy elements attaching to the Aegean Sea at this season of the year, and at the same time to fight the Huns and Turks with all the devilish devices…

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A Soldier's Luck

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 4

Private Lou Barrington, of the Fourteenth Battalion, who resides at Coogee, is a lucky man. He was wounded in a charge at Lonesome Pine a…

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