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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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30,000 Soldier Priests. Fighting in the Ranks. Wollongong

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 2

Speaking at St. Frauds Xaviers' Church last night on "Death," the Rev. Father Smith, a member of the Passionist Order, mentioned with pride…

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Soldiers From Egypt. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 2

It is officially reported that none of the sick who have returned from Egypt to Wellington, New Zealand, are suffering from venereal disease…

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The War. German Wounded. Sydney, This Day

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 3

Large numbers of German wounded are arriving at Ostend and Bruges…

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Staggering Cost of War. War Indemnities Will Be £4,500,000,000. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 2

Edgar Crammond, in an address before tho Royal Statistical Society, said the cost of the war was at the rate of £9,000,000,000 per year. The Belgian…

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War Bonuses. Employers' Extra Expense. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 2

It is estimated that the war bonuses granted during the past month, have affected 154,000 workmen, involving an additional expense to employers' of…

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Production of War Materials. Increased Three Hundredfold. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 2

Lord Kitchener says that since the outbreak of the war the output of war materials has increased three hundredfold…

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Australian Cadets. Good Work at War Office. Fremantle

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 2

Captain Rushall and the 25 Australian cadets, who visited England last year, arrived at Fremantle from London to-day…

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Sport and War

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 2

Britain's motto of "Business as Usual" is highly commendable as applied to business in time of a grave national crisis. The nation which was not cool…

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War and the Woman

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 4

A thousand expressions were to be read upon the faces of this haggard crew, and not a little fine determination. Here would be a woman feeling in drink:…

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War and the Woman III

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

Faber and Trevelle reached Stepney early on the morning of the following day. Gahriclle was still at the Temple and while she had expected the visit of the…

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Latest War News London

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 2

A Leipsic paper denounces three leading Gorman firms for having swindled the war office by delivering a large stock of inferior munitions for which record high prices were…

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Tricks in War. White Flag Ruses Disallowed

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 4

A good deal of trickery is carried on in modern warfare, for a clever and unexpected ruse will often enable a small force to turn the tide of battle against an enemy far…

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First Act of War. Tell-tale Certificates

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

One small but curious fact is published by the Temps, proving, if proof were necessary, that Germany began war on France. On August 3, at 6.45 p.m., Baron von Schoen…

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Stevedores on Strike. War Bonuses Refused. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 2

Fifteen hundred stevedores have gone on strike. They complain that several. shipowners refused to pay the war bonuses agreed upon…

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The War. Strained Relations. Cootamundra, Wednesday, 10.10

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 2

A message from Vienna indicates that any understanding between Austria and Italy is regarded as hopeless. The Italian Postal Minister has…

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German War Swindle. £5,000,000 Involved. Amsterdam

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 2

A Leipzig newspaper accuses three German firms of swindling the War Office. Five million pounds is involved…

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The War. German Swindles German. Cootamundra, Thursday, 2.8

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 2

A Leipsic newspaper denounces three leading German firms for having swindled the War Office by delivering a large stock of inferior munitions…

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The War The Latest Wednesday Afternoon End of the Dresden

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

The official announcement of the Admiralty states that the cruisers Glosgow. and Kent, and the auxiliary cruiser "Orama" caught the "Dresden" at nine…

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The War. Fighting in the East. Enemy Hard Pressed. Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 1

The enemy has been pressed down on the right bank of the Vistula for ten miles towards Plock. On a 32 miles front between the…

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The War. To-Day’s Cables. The Fighting at Chapelle, “Eye-Witness’s” Account

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 2

“Eye Witness,” with the British headquarters in France, writes that on the 11th the enemy was found at Chapelle making…

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