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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

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War Chest Market Stall

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3
Also in The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser

The market stall on Saturday last was in charge of Mesdames Lee, Cordery and Kennedy, and the proceeds were £6 4s, including a donation of 10s from Mrs. Watt…

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Britain's War Aims. London

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 5

Mr. Lloyd George, on behalf of the Government, made an important statement regarding the nation's war aims to the trades union…

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Local and General. Early War News

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

A quantity of war news, held- over from yesterday's issue, appears on page 4 of to-day's paper…

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War Loan Bonds. Ready for Delivery

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia notifies that subscribers who have paid their instalments' in full to the 4th War Loan, may now obtain their bounds…

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War Aims. a French View. London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

Paris "Figaro" says that Mr. Lloyd George's speech was a perfect expression of the Allies' peace conditions…

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General War News. Turkey's Troubles. Arabs Successful Operations

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

The War Office reports that the Hedjaz Arabs successfully raided the railway south of Maan, and also captured the garrison of an important post further "south…

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War Aims. Lloyd George's Statement. American Opinion. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Sunday.—Lloyd George's speech overshadowed all other developments of the war to-day. It is regarded here with the deepest attention. The…

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General War Cables. What the Enemy Says. (United Service, Ltd.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.—The "Cologne Gazette" is publishing fantastic, propagandist articles, misrepresenting the effects of the war on Britain and the Dominions. The…

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War Bonuses to Skilled Workers. Sheffield Workers Earning £45 a Week. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

The action of the Government granting a 12 12 per cent bonus to skilled engineers last October has created trouble and the claims of other industrials for a…

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Late War News. Food Shortage in England. Rationing Inevitable. Local Attacks on West Front. New Year in Trenches

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 5

LONDON, Friday,—Reuter's representative at British headquarters states that the Germans attempted to fraternisu New Year's Eve…

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Letters to Lonely Soldiers

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

The Minister for Defence, Senator Pearce, has stated that as a result of insertion in the Australian Press of advertisements of "lonely…

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Soldiers' Debts

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

Requests are frequently being received by the Defence Department irons members of the public asking for the collection of moneys said to…

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Entertainment at Coraki. to Returned Soldiers

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 4

On Thursday evening last the Coraki Red Cross and Girls' Patriotic League tendered a welcome social, in the School of Arts, to Corporal Reg Lance…

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No Fraternising. Enemy Soldiers' Warm Reception. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

A message from Paris states that a number of enemy officers and men, carrying a white flag, attempted to fraternise with the French troops, but the latter…

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German Soldiers' Revolt. London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 4

A Russian wireless message says that German deserters state that, in consequence of the drafting of all soldiers under thirty-five for the Western Front,…

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Land for Soldiers

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.—A Hawkes Bay squatter has presented 2535 acres of land to the New Zealand Government as returned soldiers' settlement…

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Russias Position. German Socialists Meet. Thi Peace Negotiations. Lloyd George's Statement on War Aims, Received with General Approval. Russia. the Breakdown in Negotiations. German Threats. (United Service, Ltd.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday.—The breakdown in the Brest Litovsk negotiations is exciting the press and politicians in Berlin. A sharp conference is foreshadowed regarding the…

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Latest War News on the Flanders Front Snow Holding Up Operations. Lloyd George's Speech- a Chorus of Approval the Russian Peace Negotiations. . Western Front. on the Flanders Front Snow Holding up Operations Enemy Preparing for a Last Desperate Effort LONDON

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

Mr Philip Gibbs says the enemy, for the moment, is not doing much he is snowbound and icebound like ourselves, and there is little activity behind his…

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War Chest

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 5

The War Chest Market Stall on Saturday was in charge of the Misses Devlin, assisted by Mrs. L. W. Devlin. Donations were received from Mesdames…

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