Drink and the War
The late strike or riot or mutiny, or whatever it may be termed, amongst the soldiers has supplied the temperance party…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
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Hotels and the War
The Minister for Defence has issued a proclamation closing hotels within the County of Cumberland at 6 p.m. daily. All…
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Salonika reports that the Greek Bulgarian patrols fought a sharp engagement at Dorin when the Bulgarians crossed the frontier. The…
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Sergt-Major Yates, of the Royal Military College, champion athlete and cricketer, has enlisted and will shortly go to the front. Mr. Yates…
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A Bucharest message says the King has given an audience to Jomisen and Filipeocu, leaders of the pro-Allies party, and…
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General Sir Douglas Haig reports:—The enemy on Saturday night raided our trenches westward of Serre, after a heavy…
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The French report that they have retaken the trenches near Bois de Givenchy. The struggle on the Meuse continues violently…
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President: Mr. F. P. Woodward, Mayor. Hon. Secretaries: Messrs. J. Ridley and J. Keeffe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Queanbeyan Age. Friday, February 25, 1916. the War. To-day's Cables. London
A Stockholm message states that importers have been notified that the export of woollen goods from Germany will be stopped soon through…
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A conference of Federal and State representatives upon the question of absorbing returned soldiers has adopted a complete…
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Sergeant John Malone, son of Mr. Jas. Malone, formerly of Braidwood, has been on a visit to his native heath during the…
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Lloyds report news has been received that the P. & O. liner Maloja has been mined and sunk at Dover en route to…
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"Nothing is more [?] in that the Government need the help [?] constructed Military Council, acting [?] Staff, with as able and eminent [?] as we can…
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Captain Arthur Constant Aucher is a Frenchman. He has been an Australian resident since 1880. Ten years prior to that date he was a young lieutenant of the 84th Infantry…
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A French communique says: Fighting north of Verdun was continued with the same intensity throughout the night on the…
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Trooper W. M. Royds, of the 7th A.L.H. Regiment, writing under date Ma'adi, Egypt, 12th January, to Mr. P. Coffey, of this…
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The French position is improving daily with the arrival of fresh troops. Great artillery battle in the…
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"It is not likely under existing circumstances that private firms, in face of the absolutely abnormal conditions prevailing, would be inclined to…
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Batches of our brave soldiers are returning almost daily, and the majority for a very longtime will not be able to do anything to…
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General Aylmer has engaged the Turks on the Tigris. The enemy lost heavily. The French violently…
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