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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1917

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War Finance

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 1

The fourth issue of the Australian War Loan was a pronounced success. The Treasurer askked for eighteen millions, and…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 8

The American State Department admits that Germany is willing to negotiate with the United States if the commercial blockade…

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War Loan Extended

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 2

Captain Coates has circularised the War Service Committees throughout the State advising that in view of the fact that the…

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Late War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 4

Sir Douglas Haig in his midnight report on Tuesday stated: We drove off a strong raiding party south of Pys. The enemy…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 2

The American Consul at Rome cables that the American schooner Lyman has been shelled and sunk by an Austrian submarine…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 2

The United Press correspondent in Berlin now at Berne says the Germans are staking their all on the assumption that submarines are able to paralyse the…

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Interesting War Notes Another Example of "Frightfulness."

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 6

Our troops have recently made acquaintance with man-traps in the German trenches. The are constructed on the principle of the old-fashioned…

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A War Story. the Smallest Man in the Regiment. Complete in Three Instalments. II

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 6

One of the stretcher men whom he had just left with Locke came trotting back at the double…

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Easter Parcels for Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 2

Orders will be taken at the 1st H. Depot, 28 Moore Street, Sydney, until Friday, Feb. 23, for Easter parcels for men of any unit on…

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War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 4

Germany has expressed her readiness to negotiate with America regarding the conditions of the submarine campaign, on…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 7

Official German casualties reported in January, not necessarily incurred January, were 77,532. Of these 14,192 were killed…

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The War Ministry. Portfolios Allotted

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 2

The new Federal Ministry is as follows:—Mr. Hughes, Prime Minister and Attorney.General…

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Win the War League Day

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 2

All those Who love their country— and who is there who does not—and wish for a successful and speedy termination of the war, cannot fail to…

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War Chest Fund. What It Is

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 7

The object of the War Chest Fund, which is the N.S.W. Division of the Australian Comforts Fund, is to provide all…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 2

It is expected that President Wilson will appear in Congress ins a few days and that Congress will support the arming of ships. It is…

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A War Story. the Smallest Man in the Regiment. Complete in Three Instalments. III

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 6

The Uhlan climbed slowly and cautiously, as one not naturally accustomed to such exercise. Wimsett, wholly obsessed with…

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Our Soldiers

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 2

Mr. F. H. Dowell has received several letters from his son, Private F. Dowell, which were considerably overdue. He states…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 4

Mr. Philip Gibbs, the well-known war correspondent, says that Friday's and Saturday's successes north-east of Grandecourt…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 9

German newspapers demand that Mr. Gerard, ex-American Ambassador to Berlin, shall disprove Count Reventlow's charges…

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Old Gold and Silver War Fund

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 2

One of our recent editions contained an appeal by the committee of this fund asking for gold and silver articles of any…

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