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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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

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

Rev. C. Wesley on Wednesday received a letter from his son, Capt. C. H. Wesley--the first received since the evacuation of Anzac. He gave a…

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Federal Members to Enlist

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 6

Two Victorian members of the House of Representatives have stated their intention to erlist. These are Messrs. McGrath (Ballarat) and Ozanne…

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Our Soldiers

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

We are indebted to Lieutenant A. J. Shirt, enrolling officer at the military camp, for the information that 23 reeruits have been passed into the…

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The Doom of The Kaiser Monk's 300-Yeae-old Prophecy. the Text in Full. How the Antichrist Will Be Overcome. War Fully Predicted

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 3

[This remarkable prophery appeared in the "Liberal" on 21st September of last year, and owing to the numerous enquiries by our subscribers and others…

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Local and General. Wounded

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 4

We regret to learn that Private Loughtnan, son of Mr A. Loughnan, of Morton Plains, Enngonia, was recently severely wounded at the front,…

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War Demand for Aluminiumj

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 2

The demand for aluminium has increased enormously, through war requirements, and the price has risen by caps and bounds, especially within the…

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War! the Next Few Days. Austrians and Serbs. Artillery Battles, Turks at Smyrna. London, Feb. 8

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 4

Germany ag[?] reprisals must not be directed against any other than enemy subjects. The German legation declares…

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

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 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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Under German Rule. Nurse Cavell's Sympathy Even for Enemy Soldiers

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 6

Nurse Cavell'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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War Wires. the Latest News

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 2

There has been great activity in the war office during the last few days. The announcement calling up the remaining eleven classes of unmarried…

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The War. News Day by Day

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 4

A correspondent at Petrograd states that Ussicezka, which the Russians have just captured in their southern offensive, is a natural stronghold at a…

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Should Young Girls Marry Soldiers?

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 2

That is rather a crude way of summarising a proposition in the February issue of "Everylady's Journal," just to hand. But war-marriages form a…

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Letters for Soldiers

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 4

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

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Soldiers' Serious Riot. One Man Killed. Several Wounded

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 1

The soldiers at Casula Camp, with the exception of the Miners' Battalion, refused duty yesterday morning as a protest against the new syllabus which…

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Soldier Shot Dead. Result of Strike Riot. Civilians and Police Wounded. Sydney

Western Age · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

A soldiers strike and riot at Liverpool, Sydney, yesterday, culminated at midnight at the Central Railway Station in Private Keefe being shot…

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The War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

[?] [?] London, Monday night [?] that had beeb damage [?] [?] near the German [?]…

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War Demand for Aluminium

Western Age · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 4

The demand for aluminium has increased enormously, through war requirements, and the price has risen by [?]aps and bounds, especially within the…

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The War. Yesterday's News

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 1

Interest in the operations at the Balkans has been intensified by the news that French troops have crossed the Vardar in the region of Yenitso and…

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To Day's War News SYDNEY

Western Age · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

Amsterdam estimates that the Germans lost 100,000 men between February 4th and 11th during the Lens and Arras attacks. The…

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Our Soldiers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 1

A "Gazette" notice issued on Thursday places the obligation of obtaining, filling in, and returning the war census cards upon the individual. The cards…

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