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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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The War Loan

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 2

The War Council appeals to all citizens of the State to support the war loan…

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King Under Fire. His Horse Wounded by Piece of Shrapnel

Western Age · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 4

A spur of mountains on the left bank of the Is[?] has become historic. The King of Italy wishing to be present at the fight proceeding close at hand, left…

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£10,000,000 War Loan

Western Age · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 2

In the great war in which we are engaged, the Prime Minister on behalf of the Commonwealth has given an undertaking that Australia will be…

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To-Day's War News SYDNEY

Western Age · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 2

The Dunport powder works at Carney, America, have been blown up. Eight persons are known to be killed and many are missing. A…

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Commonwealth war Loan. £10,000,000. Subscription List Closes 31st JANUARY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 4

Until the list closes on the 31st January all persons who care to do so—and they should be many—have the right to assist the country and our soldiers…

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The War. British Battleship Sunk. Helles Evacuated. Brilliant British Strategy Sofia Bombed. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 2

A flotilla of French aeroplanes bombed Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, causing considerable damage to the buildings, followed by an indescribable…

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Admiration for British Soldiers

Western Age · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 4

"The greatest admiration for the British soldier is expressed. A German officer told me that his men would rather meet any company of men than…

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Soldier's Letter to a Penrith Lad

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 3

We reprint the following from the Penrith paper:--Australian children are proverbially patriotic, and it has been one of the…

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Our Soldiers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 1
Also in The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

Mrs. Seris[?]er, junior, of Dubbo, has received an interesting better from her husband. Private [?]l Serisier, who on November 14--and we believe…

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War Horses Wanted

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 3

Messrs. Bedford, Taylor and Weston, Ltd. advertise they will have a big buyer at the Commercial sale yards next Saturday, 15th inst. for any number of…

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War Wires the Latest News

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 6

The leaders of the Labor Party, having consulted with the Cabinet in regard to the Compulsion Bill, Messrs. Henderson, Brace, and Roberts, the…

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The War News Day by Day

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 4

A Petrograd official message states: Our torpedo boats sank a large steamer which was coming out of the Bosthorous. Later we encountered the…

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A Positive Nightmare Germany After the War

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 8

For many German business men (writes a special correspondent of a London paper in Amsterdam) things have long been at a complete…

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Cost of the War. 126 Millions a Week

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 5

The cost of the war is about five millions a day, or 1800 millions a year, against a total national income of 2400 millions. The enormous significance…

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In the Shoemaker's Shop Enemy Trade After the War

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 5

"The next bloke[?] see drinking German larger," remarked the Youthful Australian, who had been intently studying an article on the crippling of…

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Commonwealth War Loan £10,000,000 Subscription List Closes 3lst JANUARY

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 2

Until the list closes on the 31st January all persons who care to do so, and they should be many, have the right to assist the country and our soldiers by…

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Land for Returned Soldiers. (To the Editor.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 2

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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A Sick Soldier's Friends

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 6

A letter received to-day by Mrs. E. Moseley, wife of Captain Moseley, bears eloquent testimony to the fact that our sick and wounded soldiers are…

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Field Glasses for Soldiers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 6

There is a difficulty in supplying the officers of the Australian Expeditionary Forces with the field glasses which are so necessary in the carrying out…

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