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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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Workers at the War. Distillers' Difficulty

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 2

Messrs. Mackie and Co. Distillers, Limited, the well-known White Horse distillers, have had to ask the forbearance of their numerous customers in the execution of orders…

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War and the Woman. Book Iii. Chapter Iii

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 4

Through this press, by many a filthy street, the car conveyed the strangers to their destination. This lay some way down the Commercial Road and was officially…

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The War Food Fund. Australian Nuttton in England

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 2

The Secretary of the [?] Hospital Greenwich, London [?] to the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, as follows, appreciative of a gift of…

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"The Kaiser's War." a Book to Be Read

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 10

A war book that contrives to say something new is "The Kaiser's War," by Austin Harrison, the editor of the "English Review." Harrison, a son…

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Issue of the War. Germany Will Succumb. Triumphant. Message

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 2

M. Henri Bergson well justifies his op[?] philosophy by a triumphant message Figure of which the Westminster gives this translation:—…

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To Kill War. H.g. Well's Idea. Change Germany's Mind

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 7

Mr. H: G. Wells has written an important and very stimulating little book. The War That Will End War. In this he declares that:—…

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War and the Woman. By Max Pe[?] Chapter IV.—(Continued)

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 2

They went down St. James's Street and turned into pall Mall. Here their taxi was held up by a howling mob, indulging in the ancient and amusing pastime of…

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The War. Hoist with Their Own Petard Cootamundra, Wednesday, 8.53

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 2

A vessel guiding German [?]orped[?]boats through the mine zone of Borkoum Island was sunk through striking a mine…

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War Finance. Huge Expenditure Merchantman Torpedosd. Sydney, Tuesday, 4 p.m

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 4

Mr. Lloyd George said in the House of Commons that the expenditure of the Allies to the end of December last amounted…

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Chaplain at the Front. Weird Stories of War. Rev. S. Watkins's Experiences

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 7

Rev. Owen S. Watkins, one of the Wesloyan Methodist chaplains with the Expeditionary Force (already mentioned in the despatches), tells some most extraordinary…

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Password Thrill. Night Motoring on War Road Spirit of the Middle Ages

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 7

John" Priol[?] writes in the Daily MaH:—"Halte la!" The car slows down and cornea to a stop, with its single headlight throwing a tempered beam on a big earthwork built…

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The War The Latest Thursday Evening. Great Battle at Czernowitz Terrific Carnage

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 2

The Daily Chronicle' war correspondent, describing the Austro-German attack on Czernowitz, states that there were appaling losses in the Storanzwetz…

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The War. To-Day cables. De Wet’s Trial. Sir E. Grey and U.S.A

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 5

General French’s despatches mentions several Australians fighting at the front, including three since deceased…

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Soldiers Fight by "Shifts."

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 3

The whole of the infantry of the British force is not, of course, in the firing line maiming the trenches at mice. The trenches…

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Honoring English Dead. Tribute From French Soldiers. All Saints' Day in France

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 2

The Figaro (Paris) publishes the following letter from a French soldier, who writes from a point at 500 metres from the Germans—often nearer:—…

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The Russian Soldier

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 2

"The more one sees of the Individual of the Russian Army, the more one comes to like the common soldier here." says a Times correspondent. "They are the most…

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The War. the Week’s Cable News The Eastern Front. Severe Hand to Hand Fighting. Terrible Carnage. Sydney, Friday, 5 p.m

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 4

The Germans at Violaines were surprised by a deadly fire and surrendered when the British made their charge The British…

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The War. News Day by Day. On the Western Front. Allied Airman Harass the Enemy. And do Great Damage at Ostend, Zebrugge and Dunkirk. SYDNEY, Wednesday Evening

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 4

The Germans attacked the British position before Guincy, but the massed attackers never reached the British trenches. A counter attack…

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Wounded Arrive in London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 4

Over two hundred British wounded have arrived in London from Germany…

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After the War. English Soldiers for Australia. Fremantle

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 4

Mr. Easton, honorary secretary to the British Emigration League, who has reached Fremantle on his return from England, stated that he had returned…

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