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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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The War. The Austrian Rout. Russians Still Moving. The Formidable's Fate. Sydney

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

The Russians near Plock are preparing to cross the Vistula and thus threaten German line of communicate has between…

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The Pope and the War. to Save Cracow Cathedral Efforts for Peacf. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

The Poles have sent a delegation to Rome to implore the Pope's help in saving the City Cathedral at Cracow from being blown up in the event…

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West Australian Wounded. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 2

Major E. B. Hanckey, of the Worcestershires, and formerly an aide decamp in West Australia, has been wounded…

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Enemy Subjects in Employment. Protest at Port Pirie Should Be Made War Prisoners. Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 2

A mass meeting of unionists at Port Pirie unanimously protested against aunmaturalised enemy subjects being given employment, and recommended…

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Enlistments From Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 2

After the first expeditionary force was completed, the work of enlisting recruits in country centres was placed in the hands of the police. In Wagga…

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Oh! to Be Wounded

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 4

"What should [?] without [?] overseas Dominations?" [?] asks an Melbourne [?] girl, writting to a relation Sydney. "We go [?] work [?] same…

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"War!"

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

"War!" is the title of the latest illustrated booklet issued by Dr. Barnarde's Homes. It tells of a war declared, not last August, but half a…

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Victorian Assistance. Butter and Cheese for Wounded. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

Mr. M'Bride, Victorian Agent-General has arranged for the distribution of Victorian butter and cheese, the manufacturers' gift, comprising 365 boxes…

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War and the Woman

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 4

The "Savannah" weighed at dawn, and all that day they steamed by the glorious isles of the matchless Adriatic. Their destination was Venice, whence Faber…

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Motor—cycle in War

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

For the first time in the history of the world the motor-cycle may be called upon to take no unimportant part in what may prove to be the greatest…

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The War. in the Caucasus

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

After the Turkish route in the Caucasus the bodies were frozen, and the only way to destroy them was by burning. The weather is so cold that…

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The "Biological Necessity" of War

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

One of the most illuminating and pregnant of the articles that have appeared on the war is that written by Dr. Macdonald of Canada, in reply to…

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War Topics. Some Sidelights. to Moisten Their Mouths

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

Private Cooley, of the Connaught Ranvers, tells how they found a wounded German [?] and cloven soldiers:—"Three of the poor devils were suffering…

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The War Tuesday Afternoon. Germans Short of Metal

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

The Germans have taken the well known bronze gates of the Antwerp Railway Station for the purpose of melt-ing them down to make cannon…

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The War. Devilish Order. Cootamundra, Wednesday, 8.45

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

According to a German officer, in the fight off Chili the did not rescue the British because they were ordered not to…

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European War. (Our Daily Cables.) Saturday, January 2nd

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 5

It is officially announced that the battleship "Formidable " has been sunk in the English Channel, either by a mine or a submarine. 71…

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Duration of War. What Should Be Considered. Strategic Reserves

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

I have been very often asked. "How long will the war last?" but my opinion in regard to this deliente subject is that such a question is better not discussed by the press,…

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War and the Woman. Chapter V Goodwill Toward Men. I.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

Faber arrived in Berlin three days after the yacht had put into venice. The cordiality of his reception in the German capital surprised him. Known both as the…

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The war. To-day’s Cables. America and England Germans Levy Another War Tax. Speech by Earl Kitchener. SYDNEY, Thursday 4 p.m

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 5

The American authorities have permitted an American resident to purchase a German steamer for the purpose of carrying cotton…

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A War Vignette. Soul of a Dead Village Five Red Lunatics

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 7

The London Observer gives some passages from a striking series of articles which Gina Culza Bedolo has been contributing as special correspondent to the Glornale [?] Signor…

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