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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Custody of War Loan Bonds

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

The Commissioners of the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales--the State Saving institution--are prepared to receive for safe…

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Alter the War. a New Earth

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 5

A London journalist thus cogitates: The great war has altered the social face of Europe just as much as the glacial epoch once altered its physical…

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A Collie Boy. at the War

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 19

The proprietor of the "Weekly" is in receipt of the following letter from Gunner S. J. Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Murray, of…

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To-Day's War News SYDNEY

Western Age · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 2

Seven British steamers, including the Clan McTavish, were sunk by the German boat Moewe. which seized the Appam and took her as…

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The Truth About the War. (Hilaire Belloc.)

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 6

There has been during the last week or two an increasing ill ease among the public of this country, and that ill-ease may very largely be referred to a feeling that has…

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To End the War. Horrible Hunnish Plan

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 19

Albert Dorrington, an Australian writer now visiting America, writes as follows to the "Freeman's Journal":—…

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A Positive Nightmare. Germany After the War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 2

For many German business men (writes a specal correspondent of the "Times" in Amsterdam) things have long been at a complete standstill, and…

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Romances of War. Strange Re-unions Mid the Clash of Arms

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 2

Upon the hattlefields of Europe within the past year many human dramas have been played. To the unceasing inferno of sound, conjured into being…

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The War. Mysteries of the Sea. Capture of the Appam. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 4

Cheers greeted the British official's launch as it approached the captured Appam to inform the captives that they had been granted permission to…

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Socks for Soldiers

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 10

Although our Gilgandra ladies are assiduously knitting socks for soldiers, still they will have to work hard to beat the Chrisholm sisters,…

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The Gilgandra Weekly Gilgandra, Friday Feb. 4, 1916 Seven Brothers Enlisted

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 10

When the Boomerangs arrived at Cowra en route to Bathurst from Parkes a particularly gratifying recruiting incident occurred, and one…

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Our Soldiers

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

A column of interesting paragraphs under this heading appears on another page. Wednesday of last week…

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Soldier Killed By Lightning

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 1

A thunderstorm yesterday struck the military camp at Maitland show ground. The lightning killed Private Wilkinson, a Methodist clergyman,…

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Open Column (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by correspondents.) Land for Returned Soldiers. (To the Editor.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 3

Sir,--the Sydney papers contain reports of volunteer efforts to clear land for returned soldiers, at French's Forest, some miles from Manly. It is…

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Our Soldiers. (Other paragraphs under this head on another page.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 4

A soldier named William Green was shot in the right thigh in Queensland while endeavoring to avoid being arrested by the members of an armed…

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Seven Sons Enlist

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 4

During the stay of the Boomerangs at Cowra a particularly gratifying incident occurred which goes to show that the true patriotic spirit is strong…

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Italy's War Leader

The Western Herald · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 3

Just as General Joffre was practically unknown outside of France before the beginning of the ar, so Italy's leader comes upon the European battlefield unherslded and…

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"Vast Arsenal." Britain's War Work

The Western Herald · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 3

"A Neutral," whose contributions to the London press are attracting attention, declares that England's share is not understood on the Continent even by her Allies…

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War! Compelled to Return. Vessels Sunk. Bulgars Want Separate Peace. a Collision. London, February 2

The Western Herald · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

A Berlin message says tho raids on Paris are reprisals for French bombing the open town of Friedburg. Further particulars state that ten…

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