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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1915

488 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 19 of 25

Soldiers Remain Electors

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 October 1915 · page 2

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Black) stated last week that it has been the practice not to remove from the electoral rolls the name of any person…

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The War

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 1 November 1915 · page 2

A cable from London to the New York Tribune says that a neutral just returned from residence in Germany status that…

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If Britain Had Not Gone to War. the Position We Should Occupy To-day

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 1 November 1915 · page 4

Just over a year ago, at the beginning of that fateful August, 1 was in France. I beard the French mobilisation orders read out before crowds of anxious citizens, I saw great…

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Soldiers' Bags Appreciated

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 November 1915 · page 2

Mrs. C, T. Campbell, hon. secretary. of the local Red Cross Society, has received the following letter, which speaks for itself:—…

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The War

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 4 November 1915 · page 4

It is understood that Mr. Lansing, Secretary for State at Washington, will meet Count Bernstorff, the German…

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The War Situation

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 4 November 1915 · page 5

"It if no use urine we are winning when Germany has held up France on a fortified line since the battle of the Marne, and has gained enormous…

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Japanese Opinion of the War

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 4 November 1915 · page 3

Gonnoski Komai, late correspondent for "The Times" in Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese campaign, says:—…

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Of Britain Had Not Gone to War. the Position We Should Occupy To-day

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 4 November 1915 · page 2

Just over a year ago, at the beginning of that fateful August, 1 was in France. I beard the French mobilisation orders read out before crowds of anxious citizens, I saw great…

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The Russian Soldier. Brave, Calm, and Cheerful

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 4 November 1915 · page 5

Warsaw has fallen, but the Russian Army is not defeated. Like a famous General of the Napoleonic days, the Grand Duke decided it was better to…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 November 1915 · page 6

The Paris "Temps" says that General Joffre and Lord Kitchen met to decide on common measures in the Near East…

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The War. To-day's Cables. London

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 November 1915 · page 2

The landing of the Allies at Kavalla is regarded as the only offensive strategy the British have yet devised, and will compel the…

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Our Soldiers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 November 1915 · page 2

Mrs. Daft has received a letter from her son, Private E. H. Daft, who was wounded at the Dardanelles and is new in hospital in…

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The Russian Soldier. Brave, Calm, and Cheerful

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 November 1915 · page 4

Warsaw has fallen, but the Russian Army is not defeated. Like a famous General of the Napoleonic days, the Grand Duke…

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The Submarine War

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 8 November 1915 · page 4

It is just six months since the German submarine blockading of the British Islands was inaugurated. Nothing more characteristically German has happened in the whole course of…

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Teaching War Cripples Useful Trades

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 8 November 1915 · page 4

How can life be made supportable for the wreckage of humanity war leaves in its wake? This problem in being widely discussed in France, and we learn from "Le Nouvelle…

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The War. To-day's Cables. London

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 November 1915 · page 2

The German cruiser Undine was torpedoed in the Baltic. Most of the crew were saved. Numerous German officers are…

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Soldiers Honoured. a Brilliant Function

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 November 1915 · page 2

Lieuts. Jim and Jack Chapman had a great send-off in Sydney fast week at Sargents' Rooms. Some hundreds of friends assembled to do…

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Farewelling Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 November 1915 · page 2

Last Friday night, in the supper room of the Triumph Hall, the members of the local football clubs met to farewell a number of their…

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Tanned Sheepskin Clothing. for Our Soldiers at the Front

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 11 November 1915 · page 3

At a meeting of the Executive Committee a resume of the work done since June was given by the Chairman, Mr. John Mackay. The…

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Lasses Who Loved a Soldier

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 11 November 1915 · page 2

Petticoats dearly love a uniform—or, at least, the chap that wears the uniform (says the Lithgow " Democrat.") But…

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