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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

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After the War. Australia a German Colony

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 6

Mr. Thomas J. M'Mahon, who arrived in Sydney this week, is a man of cosmopolitan address. Broadly, he is generally at home either in one…

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Air War in 1918. The Sky be Darkened

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 7

Commandant de Albertis contributes to the "Rivista Politica" (Rome newspaper) an exceedingly interesting article in which he discusses the new conditions…

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Re-organising the War Departments. New York

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 5

Mr, Baker, United States Secretary for War, has announced that the five branches of the Ordnance Department will be co-ordinated and placed under a single…

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Failure of The" Hungarian War Loan'. London

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 5

An Amsterdam message states that subscriptions to Hungary 's seventh war loan only reached three thousand million kroner, whereas the Government…

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The Australians in Action. Exhibiting War Pictures. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. Andrew Fisher, High Commissioner for Australia on Saturday opens an exhibition of pictures depicting episodes on he West front where in the…

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Trip in a War Aeroplane. Above the Enemy Lines

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 4

Life has scarcely anything more thrilling to offer than a trip in an Aeroplane above enemy's lines. The most blase mortal is whirled in an…

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£30 for a Lock of Hair. Battle Rellos After the War

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 4

Keepsakes in time become relics, and relics become, if not sacred, often very precious--in terms of hard cash, that is. It is not everybody that recalls the…

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America in the War. Crossing the Atlantic. As Fast As Possible. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 5

VANCOUVER, Thursday.—The American fighting men are to cross the Atlantic as fast as they can be mustered and trained, France and Britain agreeing to join in providing…

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Fostering the Revolutionary Spirit. Bolsheviks and War Prisoners. An Outspoken German. London

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 5

A Petrograd message states that the Leninites are organising meetings of Austro-German war prisoners, in order to foster revolutionary Propaganda…

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The Altered War Position. What Russia's Defection Means. American Armies will. Restore the Balance. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 5

It is officially stated that Mr. G. N. Barnes, presiding at a meeting of representatives of the Government and Trade Union's, said the War Cabinet had studied…

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General War News. Labors' Reconstruction Report . A Comprehensive List of Proposals. Elimination of Private Capital. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 5

The Labor Reconstruction Report includes proposals for a minimum wage of 30s. for a 18 hours week: a levy on capital to pay off the national debt the…

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Letters for "Lonely Soldiers" Ten Thousand for Two Men. MELBOURNE

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 5

Senator Pearce, Minister for Defence has stated that as a result of the insertion in Australian, papers of advertisements by "lonely soldiers," inviting…

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Pillaging Cargo. Returned Soldier in Trouble. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 5

Herbert Streatfield, a returned soldier, was fined £10 and costs at the Water Police Court to-day for stealing some tins of sardines and salmon from a ship…

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Unshaven Soldiers

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 4

No anxiety about shaving is felt by the French conscript when he joins the army, for he is encouraged by the authorities to grow a beard, and…

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Soldiers Farewelled

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 6

On Friday evening last, in the Town Hall, the Casino Empire League bid farewell to Troopers Archie Casey, Ernest Drinkwater. and Wallace Clark…

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German Cruelty. British Soldier Found Nailed to the Wall

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 6

There came to New York recently a man who told a story at a patriotic rally in sembly in Carnegie Hall that sank deep into the hearts…

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Two Lonely Soldiers. Get Ten Thousand Letters

Northern Star · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) states that as a re sult of the insertion in the Australian press of advertisements by lonely soldiers inviting…

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Patriotic. War Chest

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 2

The result of the drawing of the recent Art Union, was as follows:-First prize, pair of English pheasants, donated by Mr. Farrant, won by Mr. Mulhare,…

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Russia. Repatriation of War Prisoners. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 5

PETROGRAD, Friday.—The people's commissioners promise they will not war against Ukraine if Ukraine allows the Maximalists to attack Gerneral Kaledin. Negotiations…

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War Bonus Inequality. (Published in the "Times".)

Northern Star · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Electrical Trade Union threatens to strike at noon today. the grievance being inequality in the distribution of Government war bon[?]ses. The…

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