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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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The Future of Our Boys. Settlement Schemes for Soldiers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 3

From official statements it appears that the N.S.W. Land Act requires amendment before full effect can be given to th approved policy regarding…

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A Thousand Sandbags for Soldiers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 6

It may not be known to everyone that Miss Edie Nicholas, the local agent for the New South Wales Central Sandbag Committee, has been…

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Wounded Soldier Charged

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 12

A wounded returned soldier named Oswald, while proceeding from Sydney to Melbourne, was ordered off the train for travelling without a ticket…

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German War Babies

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 4

The German Governor-General of occupied Poland has issued an ordnance in respect to the appeals by a number of Polish women for grants on behalf…

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Italy's War Leader

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 3

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

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War Loan Subscriptions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 4

For the second war loan of £10,000,000 the total amount subscribed was £21,681,820, and the number of applications 28,649. Applications and…

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The War. Yesterday's News

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 1

It is reported in New York that a British cruiser captured the German cruiser Boon, after a three hours fight, off Bermuda. Two merchant ships…

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Famous War Correspondent Arrives

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 2

Mr. Ash[?] Bartlett, the well-known war correspondent has arrived in New Zealand. Referring to the Australasian troops, which he saw in action at the…

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"Vast Arsenal." Britain's War Work

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 4

"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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The War. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 4

Germany has apologised to the Nethcrlands Government for torpedoing the steamer Artemis, and offered to pay an indemnity,…

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War-time Strikes. Victorian Minister Outspoken

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 8

Responding to the toast of the State Government at the A.N.A. luncheon at Melbourne last week, Mr F. Hagelthorne, State Minister for…

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To-Day's War News SYDNEY

Western Age · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 2

It is stated in New York that a British cruiser captured the German cruiser Roon after a three hours fight off Bermuda. Two…

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The World's Great War. Stirring Incidents of Battle. How the Turks Fight

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 16

The Turks fight like gentlemen (writes the American war correspondent, in a despatch from Salon ica). This is the testimony of every…

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Women and War Waste. the Duty of Motherhood. Some Pertinent Facts to Consider. Man's Lost Sense of Fatherhood

Western Age · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 3

(Mrs. Flora Annie Steel is one of our most, distinguished novelists. Her subject to-day—the relations of man and woman—is one to which she has given long years of study…

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Letters for Soldiers

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 12

Steamers leaving Sydney for London via the Suez Canal, carry letters for soldiers in Egypt and the Dardanelles. Letters should be posted…

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French Soldiers' Pay

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 3

From 1st October the pay of the French soldier has been increased by 400 per cent. But even this increase does not place the French conscript in a state of affluence, for the…

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Under German Rule. Nurse Cavell's Sympathy Even for Enemy Soldiers

Western Age · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 4

[?] Casell's last article in the "Nursing Mirror" depicted "Brussels Under the German Rule." Even with her sympathies all with Belgium she…

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Our Soldiers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 1

A column of interesting paragraphs under this heading appears on another page. We deeply regret that our local…

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For Our Soldiers. Battalion Comforts Fund

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 5

A meeting of citizens was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of establishing a Battalion Comforts Fund in…

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Farms for Soldiers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 4

Mr. James Fowler, of Kelburn, Pullabooka, has offered to dispose of his property, comprising 3459 acres, to the Government to be cut un for farms…

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