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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Billy Cans for Soldiers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 4

Mr. F. T. Daniel, now of Subiaco (W.A.), where he is acting as secretary of a Soldiers' Conforts Club, and at one time resident of Dubbo and…

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Our Soldiers

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

Private Frank Cooper son of Mr. W. J. Cooper, arrived in Dubbo yesterday on final leave. He expects to sail on the 19th inst…

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Latest Wires. Soldiers In Revolt. at Casula and Liverpool. Violent Scenes in Sydney. One Soldier Shot. Several Injured. Sydney

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

A disgraceful outbreak of violence amongst a section of the troops in training at Casula and Liverpool took place yesterday. The men in camp…

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Big Street Recruiting Meeting. Patriotic Appeals by Soldiers Several Men Enrolled

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 3

The first of the street recruiting meetings for the present year took place on Saturday night, at the intersection of Macquarie and Church…

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Savage Soldiers Wreck Liverpool. a Battle with Alcohol. Disgraceful Scenes. Sydney Invaded. Fight with the Police. All Hotels Closed. Fight with the Picket. One Soldier Killed. Several Wounded. Parade, or Be Dismissed. Names to Be Published. Sydney, February 15

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 2

"Unexampled scenes of disorder occurred at Liverpool Camp owing to the men at Casula and Liverpool striking against the new syllabus,…

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War! Huns Concentrating Enemy Bombed. Important Success. Hun Bombast. Greasy Neutrality. London, Feb. 12

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 2

Many trains filled with German troops passed through Louvain. The troops are concentrating at Roulers and Courtrai…

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Military Discipline Where Is It? Soldiers Refuse Duty. Sydney, February 14

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 2

A number of troops at Casula and Liverpool camps refused duty as a protest against the new syllabus of training…

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War Wires. the Latest News

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 5

The American Club buildings at Toronto were destroyed by fire. Following upon an exploison one person was killed and two injured. It is…

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War Diary for 1916. Moore's Prediction

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 7

The war will Still be in full swing at the end of the year, 1916. So says Mr. Francis Moore, who predicted the loss of the Lusitania, the sinking of…

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The War. News Day by Day

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 3

The Greek Government is proposing heavy taxation on war profits, the reduction of salaries, and the dismissal of useless officials in view of the…

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A Soldiers Life. Hard and Strenuous

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 4

Lieut. G. W. Brownhill, who is undergoing training, qualifying for his commission as an officer of the expeditionary forces thus describes his life…

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Letters for Soldiers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 3

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

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A Soldier's Thanks

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 5

The residents of Bodaugoru recently sent a present to Trooper James Taylor, who is in training in Sydney, and he acknowledges its receipt in the…

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SOFTIE. (This true story is written by a wounded soldier now lying in a hospital in Kent)

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 5

Everybody called him "Soft[?]e" from the day he joined. I don't know why, but the name seemed to suit him. He was one of those quiet little fellows who never seemed at bome…

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After the War

Western Age · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 3

"You may think as you read the news of these days that the Hun will never dare show his cropped head in a civilised land. I know Mueller better than that. I know how thick…

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Tooraweenah War Service Committee

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 14

The annual meeting of the Toorawee[?] War Service Committee was held on Saturday afternoon last. Proposed by Constable Strownix,…

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The War. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 1

A Copenhagen report states that Duke Mecklenburg is on route to Bucharest as the Kaiser's envoy to offer Romania a loan of [?]12,000,000…

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To-Day's War News SYDNEY

Western Age · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 2

A Copenhagen report states that the Duke of Mecklenburg is en route to Bucharest as the Kaiser's Envoy to offer Roumania the loan…

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War and Extravagance. (To the Editor.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 7

Sir,--A good deal of grumbling is being heard on all sides just now about the reekless expenditure of of money by the State Government in…

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How Germany Makes War. the Great General Staff

Western Age · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 4

There has been a sudden outburst of assertions and hints about the functions of the General Staff (recently wrote "The Times" correspondent, formerly in Berlin). One…

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