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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Shooting with Intent. Soldiers Committed for Trial. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 3

Alfred Henry Burnett, a soldier, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of shooting at Henry Paul, a police sergeant, with intent to murder him…

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Her Soldier

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 1

Frenchwomen have adopted a new scheme for helping their fighting men. Almost every woman in France is becoming "marraine," or godmother, to a…

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Shocking Accident. Junee Railway Station. Soldier Under Moving Train

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 4

A shocking accident occurred at Junee about 6.30 yesterday evening. The usual crowd was standing or moving about the Junee station…

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Fatal Dispute. Soldiers' Two-up School. Man's Neck Broken. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 5

The State Commandant made an official statement to-day to the effect that the gambling dispute which occurred amongst some soldiers confined on…

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Anzac Souvenir. Published in London. for Australian Red Cross. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 2

Messrs. Cassells Ltd. are publishing Captain C. E. W. Bean's Anzac Souvenir, together with sketches and stories by Anzacs, for the benefit of the…

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Voluntarism. Mr. Henderson's Misgivings. War Lord's Requirements

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 2

Mr. A. Henderson (Labor), President of the Board of Education, writing to his constituents, says:— "Lord Kitchener assured me most…

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Submarine War. Arabic's Master Honored. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 2

At a presentation at Liverpool this afternoon of a medal to Captain W. Finch, master of the British steamer Arabic, which was sunk by a German…

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The War. It Felt Flat. Sydney, This Day

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 3

King Constantine's appeal to the United States has fallen flat. The newspapers are un sympathetic and remind him that the Allies came,…

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When the War Will Finish Up. a Terrible Machine. a Startling Disclosure

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 4

The following is from the "Motor in Australia," being extracts from a letter received by a Sydney journalist from his son with…

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Our Soldier Boys

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 2

Died of wounds, or illness, at the front—Private C. H. Stair, Gundagai. Sir George Reid says the war…

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Taxing Returned Soldiers. Demand at Fremantle. Outrageous Treatment. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 3

Although flatly contradicted at first, there now seems some justification for the statement that sick and wounded soldiers returning to…

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Germany. Soldiers Deserting. Crossing Holland. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 2

German deserters are flocking into Holland. General von Bissing, military governor of Belgium, is threatening severe penalties against persons who…

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St. Kilda Riot. Soldiers Court-martialled. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 3

A court-martial was held at Melbourne to-day, when soldiers who are alleged to have taken part in the riot at St. Kilda last Saturday night…

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Cabling Money. Remittances to Wounded Soldiers

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 2

OWING to the doubt in many minds as to the authenticity of cable messages which are received from relatives with the Australian Imperial…

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Wounded and Sick. Coming From England. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 3

A steamer arrived at Fremantle yesterday with 250 wounded and sick soldiers from England…

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Commonwealth War Loan

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 4
Also in The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser

The response of the country to the Government's call for men has been magnificent, and the conducts of these Australians under fire the admiration…

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War Census Cards

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 2

The Cards to be filled in and returned to the local. Recruiting Committee have been in circulation in this district during the past week. It is as well…

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The War German Buff

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 2

The opinion that Kaiser's visit to Nish foretells an attack against Salonica is discounted by the fact that…

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Intentions After the War. Amsterdam

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 2

Mr. Gutmann, director of the Dresdner Bank at Berlin, states, in an article in the New York "World." that Germany has a large quantity of…

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