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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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War Wires. the Latest News

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 2

The Pripet to Gallician front last week suddenly blazed into fierce activity. The new Russian troops are fine types of soldiers, and ammunition…

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The War News Day by Day

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 4

Both press and public have accepted conscription with surprising equanimity. In the House of Commons it is believed that the uncompromising…

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War. Another Lusitania Outrage

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 1

The P. and O. Company's steamer Persia, bound for Bombay, was torpedoed on Thursday, without warning, and sunk in a few minutes. It is…

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The War. (Later War News on another page.) the Evacuation

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 2

Renter's correspondent at the Dardanelles says that the withdrawal from Anzac was the most difficult and dangerous operation yet…

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To-Day's War News SYDNEY

Western Age · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 2

Berlin reports that orders have been given the Austro-Germans in Serbia to advance into Greece and attack the Anglo-French…

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The War. P. & O. Steamer Torpedoed. German Marine Outrage. Anti-War Demonstration In Berlin. Startling Revelations. on the Western Front. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 2

Arge[?] batteries dispresed German [?] on the road from Avo[?]court to Mal[?]urt. The Germans claim that their [?]…

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Our Soldiers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 1
Also in The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

Mr. Silas Williams, son of Mrs. Williams, of Ba[?]ge-street, is among the latest recruits. He passed his medical examination in Sydney on Tuesday…

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War and Rainfall

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 3

Our own experience this year so far does not altogether tend to confirm the following interesting statements as to extra rainfall in the following…

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War Workshops. Union Sacrifices

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 3

As we travel north from the Midlands we gelt out of the areas of big production, and the new fascination lies in the variety of munitions manufactured…

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Farmers and the War

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 4

In these days of war every class in the community is being put through the ordeal of fire. Most of our ideals and systems are in the melting pot, and we…

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War Wires. the Latest News

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 6

Mr. Asquith introduced the Military Service Bill, No. 2, in the House of Commons. The results of the campaign by Lord Derby, he declared, would…

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The War News Day by Day

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 8

The Paris "Temps," commenting on the proposed Allied commercial entente, says that the Germans are growing more uneasy, owing to this new line of…

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The War and the "Grousers." a Pleasant Optimist

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 2

Messrs. Richard Distural and Co., axle and carriage manufacturers, Wednesbury, England, writing to Mr. J. F. Minto, a director in the firm of Robert…

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Commonwealth War Loan. Use Your Money to Help the Country

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 2

Everyone has the right to subscribe all the money they choose to the new Commonwealth War Loan, but be it many hundreds or few, or even a…

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Great Economic Struggle. Germany Looks to End of War. Trade Campaign After Her. Victory

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 3

Those who are of opinion that, after the war, things will be as before and that relations with Germany will recommence on the ante-war footing, will…

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An Appeal for the Soldiers. (To the Editor.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 7

Sir,—I crave space in your widely circulated journal in the hope of enlisting the sympathy of a large number of people in a matter which must…

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The Anzac Withdrawal

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

Capt. Bean, the Commonwealth official correspondent, in describing the withdrawal from Anzac, said that exactly eighteen hours after the troops…

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How He Was Wounded

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 6

Writing to his mother in Coonamble on 22nd November, aboard a hospital boat, Trooper Stan. Ayoub says:—Just a line to let you know that I received a…

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War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 1

The Petograd correspondent of the London "Chronicle" says Russia accepts the view that Roumania is not in a position to undertake a long war…

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