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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1917

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The Soldiers' Vote

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 8

The final batch of the soldiers' votes from abroad was received by the Chief Electoral Officer on Monday. The return comprised…

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Soldier's Insurance

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 2

Mr. J. B. Young has offered to insure the first married man enliating after the 2nd instant under the following conditons:—…

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Another Local Soldier Fallen

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 2

On Wednesday last the sad news was communicated to the Rev. G. H. Hirst, with a request that it be broken to his nearest relatives, of…

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Letters to Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 4

The postal authorities intimate that delays sometimes takes place in returning undelivered letters addressed to soldiers abroad, owing to such articles having to be…

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Killed in Action

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 2

A telegram was received from the Defence Department on Saturday conveying the sad news of the death of Private Arnold…

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War Profits

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 1

It is a remarkable fact that while we are talking volubly about winning the war and spending our last man and our last…

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War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 4

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig,in his noon report of Thursday, says :-We attacked at 3.10 this morning the Messines-Wytschaete…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 7

General Hang reports : We have gained further ground at a number of points southward of Ypres. Last, night we made successful…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 2

Sir Douglas Haig reports considerable artillerying southward of Ypres and eastward of Epehy. We successfully raided southwestward of…

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Another Soldier Dead

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 2

On Saturday last, following the customary routine in such cases, an official intimation was wired from the military authorities to the Rev, H. W. Woodhouse…

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Public Meeting. Homes for Soldiers' Widows

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 2

A large and representative meeting of ladies and gentlemen was held in the Council Chambers last night in response to an advertisement…

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Local Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 2

News reached here during last week that two of Mr. and Mrs. W. North's grandsons, Arnott Temple and Reg. Barton, have been wounded in France. Mrs…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 4

Mr. Bonar Law stated in the House of Commons that the average dairy expenditure for the first nine weeks of the year was…

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Romantic War Incident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 7

A romantic sequel to the case of Lieutenant Cameron, who was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for stealing a necklace in…

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Latest War News. Another Raid

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 9

About 15 hostile 'aeroplanes were heard crossing the Essex coast, passing in the vicinity of the Nore. They proceeded…

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War-time Economy. Implements and Machinery

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 4

There are two ways of buying. The first is to buy lowest priced article on the market. The second is to buy a high-grade standard…

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Interesting War Notes Famous Military Messages

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 6

Of famous military messages there are scores beginning with the neverto-be-forgotten "Veni, vidi, vici" of Caesar, and that equally famous…

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The Labor Conference and the War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 1

This Conference, having arrived at the conclusion that as the Governments of Europe have failed to bring the war within…

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Allies' War Aims. Britain's Note to Russia

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 9

The British Government's reply to the Russian Note regarding the Allies' war aims states :- We heartily concur in the…

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THE Queanbeyan Age. Friday, June 15, 1917. the War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 2

A Zeppelin has been destroyed in the North Sea. British troops have been landed in Greece…

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