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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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The War

The Wellington Times · Monday 31 August 1914 · page 4

The Egyptian Government has ordered six German [?] liners and two N.D.[?] steamers and several other German boats that have been lying at…

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The War. Sydney, Saturday. 12.33 p.m

The Wellington Times · Monday 31 August 1914 · page 2

A anval engagement has taken place in the North Sea. British cruisers supported by destroyers, opened an attack, on German warships. A fierce…

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More Wounded Arrive. London, Tuesday morning

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 2

Another batch of British wounded from the front has arrived in England. Very few are serious wounds, being mostly in the legs and feet…

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War Horses

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 4

On behalf of the Defence Department, Mr. R. W. D. Weaver purchased over 50 horses for service with the expeditionary force. An inspector…

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General War News. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 2

The military correspondent of the newspaper, "Nieue Courant," states that the German plan is to temporarily abandon East and West Prussia, in the…

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The War. Better News From Europe. Russia Relieving the Pressure. Another German Cruiser Captured. "Take Paris, or Die!" the French Reserves. 8000 Monks Enlist. A Baseless Scare-story. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 2

Reports concerning the Germans and Boulogne are baseless. The Governor is still there, and there is no reason to believe that the Uhlans are near…

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WAR. (Later particulars appear on another page.) Details of the Rupture

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 2

The Foreign Office has issued the text of the despatch from Sir Edward Goschen, British Ambassdor at Berlin, to Sir Edward Grey, respecting the…

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The War. (Earlier particulars may be found on another page. The Battle of Mons. Samoa Taken. SYDNEY, Monday, Noon

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 1

Earl Kitchener, reporting on the battle of Mons, states that the Germans on Monday vigorously endeavored to drive the British within range of the…

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General War News. (By Cable.) London, August 28

The Western Herald · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 2

French newspapers state that the British troops withstood six furious attacks on Mons. A Belgian officer estimates that the…

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War German Cruiser Blown Up. a Sorry Kaiser. Russians Marching on Berlin. Berlin Panic Stricken. German Position Wholly Repulsed. (By Cable.) London, August 28

The Western Herald · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 2

A patrol near Vet, East Africa, captured two Germans who attempted to blow up the railway with dynamite. The German cruiser Magdeburg…

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The War

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 8

SYDNEY, WEDNESDAY, 1.52 p.m. The Ottoman Embassy in London has declared that Turkey has no intention whatever of going to war, and denied…

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Making War Impossible Signor Ulivi's Discovery

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 10

The awfulness of war will be made more and more apparent as the present struggle in Europe develops. And yet there is a ray of hope that war will be…

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German Food. a Great War Problem

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 3

The Berlin correspondent of the "Economist," in its issue of June 13, interestingly discusses a question which to-day is vital. He says:—…

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The War. Sydney, Tuesday, 1.51 p.m

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 4

The Austrians are suffering tremendous losses at Tomaszow, entire regiments surrendering to the Russians. The report that the Allies are…

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The War. Sydney, Thursday, 8.26 p.m

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 6

The Australians desperately endeavoured to stop the Russian advance on Lemburg by a flank attack in the direction of Kaliez, but were heavily repulsed…

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The War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 4

Duriug the past few weeks it has been repeatedly asserted that the war is a capitalists' war. At the recent meeting of Ihe Dubbo Patriotic…

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The War. (Continued)

The Cobar Herald · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 3

Sydney, Monday, 10.30 a.m. The Naval victory at Heligoland proves to be more splendid than the official report indicates…

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War Scare Near Mudgee

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 6

A war scare occurred not a thousand miles from Mudgee last week. It appeal's that the wife of a caretaker of pertain waterworks noticed two…

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War and Wise-netting

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 6

The war has upset the price for wirenetting. The Government. (which in the past has been purchasing netting and advancing to landholders through…

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The War and Super- Phosphates

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 6

Although the war in Europe is seriously affecting the supplies of various commodities, the farmers of New South Wales need have no…

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