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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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The War of Half the World

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 8

The week's war news consists mostly of frost and snow and mud, with the usual accompaniments of slaughter and misery. The…

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The War. Sensational Episode Broken Hill Turks Fire on Picnic Train Further Proof of German Atrocities Italy and Turkey the American Note. War at Broken Hill. Turks Attack Picnic Train. From Entrenched Position. Several Killed and Wounded. Police and Military Arming. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 2

A train en route from Broken Hill to Silverton, conveying a Manchester Unity Oddfellows' picnic party, was attacked by a number of entrenched…

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The War. America Threatens, Will She Fight? London

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 5

The United States has strongly Remonstrated against the treatment of her commerce by the British feet. A Note sent to…

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Will Austria Quit the War? No Further Operations Against Servia. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 2

The Austrian Chief-of-Staff and Archduke Frederick are reported tp have stated that no further operations will be undertaken against Servia…

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War Takes Toll. Best Goes First

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 4

A remarkable leading article in the Tomato "Globe." of which Dr. J. A. Macdonald is editor, shows vividly how war takes its toll of the best…

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British in War Time. the Spirit of the Race

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 3

The German comic papers are fond of depicting the Englishman lounging listlessly in his club, and allowing the rest of the Empire to do the…

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The War

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 2

Speaking generally, there has been a considerable slackening of the Allies' offensive due to incessant rains, which render operations everywhere…

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The War Wednesday Evening

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 2

The town of Soissons has been repeatedly shelled by the Germans. Shells have damaged the Cathedral and the Hospitals, and the inhabitants are…

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Belgian War Levy. Dunkirk

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 2

A meeting of burgomasters at Ghent resolved that Germany's demand for a war levy of £19,000,000 should be met by a general levy on…

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The War. British Naval Loss. Cootamundra, Saturday, 9.18

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 2

It is officially announced that the battleship Formidable was sunk in the English Channel by a mine or submarine. Twenty-one survivers have…

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The War. Loss of the Formidable. Terrible Privations. 201 Survivors Rescued. Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 2

Two hundred and one survivors from the Formidable were rescued. They suffered terrible privations. One boat left with seventy aboard…

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The War. British Naval Loss. The Formidable Sunk in the English Channel. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 4

The British battleship Formidable was sunk in the English Channel. It is not known whether the loss of the battleship was caused by a…

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Unions and the War. Railway Workers in Conference the Question of Enemy Workers. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 2

The report of the Railway Work[?] and General Laborers' Association which was read at the annual conference to-day, stated that the…

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War Notes

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 4

As a result of the Xmas. puding eaten at the front, come very heavy charges can be confidently expected…

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After the War

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 5

Mr Philip Snowden, a member of the British Independent Labor Party who was in Sydney a few days ago, in a press…

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The War Premier

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 4

The Premier of Great Britain, who incidentally is also the greatest statesman of the empire, not because of his office but because of his abilities, is a…

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War Loan Over Subscribed Rome

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

Italy's war loan of £40,000,000 was over subscribed…

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The World's Greatest War Factory. a Romance of Krupps

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 7

The history of Commerce contains no chapter more romantic, more amazing, than that which tells the story of the growth of Krupps from…

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The War. British Naval Loss. Missing, 639 Men. London

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 8

The battleship Formidable was sunk in the Channel on Friday morning, but whether by a mine or submarine is not yet certain…

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Communications with England and Germany. War of Desolation to Humanity. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

Rome reports that the King of England and the Kaiser replied cordially to the Pope, promising their assistance in arranging an exchange of…

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