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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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The War and Country Pressmen

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 October 1916 · page 2

The Premier, in declaring open the Australian Provincial Press Association on Tuesday, urged newspaper men to use their influence to guide public opinion…

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War Service Enrolments. (To the Editor.)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 October 1916 · page 2

Sir,—Will you kindly give me space in your columns to notify those who have not yet reported for enrolment to immediately do so…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 October 1916 · page 2

Sir Douglas Haig reports: Our raiders entered trenches at Loos and South of Arras. A Russian communique says: We…

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THE Queanbeyan Age. Friday, November 20, 1916. Effects of War on Industrial Life

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 October 1916 · page 2

Among the pleas put forward in opposition to national Service none makes a more persistent appearance than the cry that the withdrawal…

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Soldier Farewelled

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 October 1916 · page 2

The Gundaroo hall was well-filled last Saturday night, when a Send-off dance and! presentation was tendered to Pte. O. C. Elliott, who is to leave…

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War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1916 · page 3

The French carried the whole of the first German line between Maisonette and Biaches, opposite Peronne…

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Late War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1916 · page 5

The Roumanians continue to hold their frontier passes against the Austro-Germans from Transylvania. Both sides are…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1916 · page 2

General Haig reports: We captured 800 prisoners on Saturday. The Rome "Messagero's" correspondent at Zurich says the…

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THE Queanbeyan Age. Tuesday, October 24, 1916. the War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 October 1916 · page 2

A Russian communique says: The Rounmanian successes continue on the west frontier of Moldavia. The Russo-Roumanians continue to…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 3

Sir Douglas Haig, in his final report on Monday, stated :— We advanced our line east of Gueudecourt and Les Boeufs…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 2

General Haig forwarded the following despatch on Wednesday : Heavy rain is again falling. Enemy artillery fire is active to the…

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Women Voters and the War

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 2

In how splendid a spirit women in all countries have faced the war! England with its hundreds of thousands of women in munition fact[?]…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 2

A Petrograd message says the Czar has given his personal pledge that all Russia's resources will be utilised in repelling the invasion of…

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Farewell to Local Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 2

A splendid send-off was given to three more of our local lads in the Triumph Hall on Tuesday night. They were Privates A. Thomson, D…

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War-time Psychology

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 31 October 1916 · page 2

A thoughtful British writer recently remarked, "War-time psychology is a thing of its own kind. It is comparable to a stamped, or a…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 31 October 1916 · page 2

A French communique says: We captured system trenches north-west of Sailly-Saillisel, and made progress east towards Saillisel, taking…

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THE Queanbeyan Age. Tuesday, October 31, 1916. the Effects of War

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 31 October 1916 · page 2

The physical effects of war are terrible enough. It is only as a means of averting evils far more terrible, as in the present conflict,…

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Our Soldier Boys

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 31 October 1916 · page 2

Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, a considerable number of people ventured out last night to a send-off, in the Triumph Hall,…

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The Patriotic Funds. How They Assist Our Soldiers and Sailors

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 31 October 1916 · page 2

The prospective recruit in New South Wales need have no undue fear as regards proper provision for his dependents while he is engaged…

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Snowy River Soldiers. Message by Bottle Post

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 31 October 1916 · page 2

The following letter, written by a number of "The Men from Snowy River," was picked up in a bottle on the beach near cape Schaoks…

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