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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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War and the Woman CHAPTER IV.—(Continued)

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 7

Bertie's vocabulary, it should be said, was chiefly exclamatoiy when he was not translating. He was a fluent Frenchman, and had an uncommonly sound knowledge…

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War and the Woman. Chapter Iv (Continued)

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 4

They went down St. James's Street and into pali Mall Here their was held up by a howling mon indulging in the another and amusing pastime of…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Cost of the War

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 6

The figures adduced by Mr. Lloyd George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, stating the cost of the war to the Allied Powers, almost defy imagination…

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The War. Zeppelins Busy, Cootamundra, Wednesday, 1.45

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 2

Amsterdam reports state that Zeppelines, with a dozen aeroplanes, were seen crossing the North Sea…

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H0use Wives and the War. German Professors Advice

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 6

The professors of economics at the University of Berlin have, according to the "Glasgow Herald," issued an appeal to the German nation to frustrate…

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The War. News Day by Day. Sydney, Thursday afternoon

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 4

The German troops have moved from the western to the eastern front, bringing the force to its full strength…

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War Surgery. Mercy of Modern Methods. Contrast with Past

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 7

If the great war reveals on advance in the science of killing. It is also notable, according to a writer in the Paris Journal des Debats. for great progress in the treatment of the…

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The War The Latest Thursday Afternoon. German Crusade on Shipping

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 2

The British steamer "Oakoy" has been sunk in the English Channel, but the crew was saved. It now transpires that the mail…

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The War. the Week’s Cable News Mine Sweeping. Record of Pluck and Heroism. Italians Want War. SYDNEY, Saturday, 3 p.m

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 3

The British Admiralty in a memorandum on mine sweeping operations to the end of December, discloses a wonderful…

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The War. To-Day’s Cables. The Blockade. Copper Seized in Holland

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 4

The British steamer Western Coast [?] tons, was blown [?] Beechy Head off the [?] All hands…

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War and the Woman. CHAPTER V. the Man of the Moment. I.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 2

It was quite true that Faber had been summoned to Dawning Street; equally true to declare that not even the wit of that engaging Paul Pry, Master Bertie…

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The War. News Day by Day. Awaiting German Orders. To Attack Merchant Shipping. SYDNEY, Tuesday Afternoon

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 1

Austrian submarines are awaiting German orders to attack merchantmen in the Adriatic…

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Soldiers' Superstitions

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 3

Superstitions akin to those which have been obsolete among the British peasantry for nearly a century are at this day rife…

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Soldiers' Marching-songs. They Cheer Men On To Victory

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 3

"It's a Long Way To Tipperary" is not the first music-hall song to which [?] soldier-boys have marched to the front. One has happy recollections of…

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Famous Soldiers' Graves. Wellington's Funeral

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 2

In the Valhalla of Britain's greatest soldiers—St. Paul's Cathedral [?]es the body of Lord Roberts, whose death the Empire mourns. His grave is situated not far…

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New Zealander Wounded. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 4

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Camphell, formerly of the New Zealand defence force, has been wounded for the second time. He was twice…

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Copper in the War. Its Supreme Importance

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 5

Although the Chasnellor of the Exchequer happily chese the simile of "silver bullets" to explain the 1 process by which Germany must…

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Sidelights on the War. Cannon and Christian Ethics

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 8

General Sherman said:—" War is Hell." "Collier's Weekly" revises that, and says after Lonvain "War is Prussia." Another paper says that…

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Ramsay Macdonald's Pamphlet. Circulated in Germany. Sirs Grey Blamed for the War. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 4

The "Daily Telegraph" says that Mr. Penciather, in the Commons. drew attention to a Government pamophilet circulated in Germany…

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Stories Told by Soldiers. Christmas Truce. Friendly Meeting with the Enemy. Cigars Exchanged

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 2

An official in the R.F.A. writes on December 27. On Christmas Eve things were afternoon as naval it was a glorious…

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