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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

3,883 stories in Riverina's papers · page 15 of 195

A.M.A. Secretary. Charge Under War Precautions Act. Broken Hill

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 4

William D. Brett, secretary of the A.M.A., appeared at the police court to-day charged by the military authorities that he, being the printer and…

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The War Loan. Federal Treasurer Satisfied. M.L.C. Insurance Company Subscribe for £1,000,000. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 3

The Federal Treasurer is very satisfied with the manner in which the general public is responding to the appeals for subscriptions to the…

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Eastern Front. Enemy Train Wrecked. Hundreds of Soldiers Killed. Petrograd

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 2

A detachment of Lettissh Volunteers crawled to the railway line between Libau and Rom[?]y, and cut the enemy's guard's throat. They…

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St. Peters Hold Up Two Soldiers Arrested. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 2

At the Inverell Police Court to-day Athol Roy Senior (15), David Austin (24), both attired in military uniform, were charged with bailing up Dick…

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Commonwealth War Loan

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 2

As the date approaches on which the list of the second issue of the Commonwealth War Loan is to close, the question which each one of us…

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Submarine War Dominion Liner Sunk

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 2

News has been received of the sinking of the Dominion liner Norseman…

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A Question for the War Committee

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 2

In the exercise of its functions with the object of removing causes which are calculated to discourage recruiting there is one question which should be…

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Railway Employees. Many at the War. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 2

The Railway department is experiencing difficulty in obtaining the men necessary to carry on the usual services. In addition to its many employees at…

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The War. Greek Cabinet Crisis. Sydney, This Day

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 4

German papers predict a Greek Cabinet crisis, resulting in the return of Gounaris to power. with a pro—Entente policy…

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Prisoners of War. Great Captures of Men in Battle

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 7

Captures of guns, and, in lesser degree, munitions aud stores in battle arE significant features if only for the reason that they strongly suggest a…

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Land for Soldiers

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 4

The sub—committee appointed to consider the question of setting returned soldiers upon land has suggested that the Commonwealth…

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Armoured Soldiers. Steel Helmets and Legshields

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 7

The European war has at least proved one thing. It has shown the utility of war devices, invented hundreds and in some cases thousands of…

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The Anzac Buffet and Soldiers' Tea Gardens

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 3

A very great want will be supplied when in the course of a few days the soldiers' tea gardens will be opened by the committee who have worked out the…

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The War

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

Owing to an interreption of the telegraph lines, our late war vires were not to band at time of going to press. TUESDAY AFTERNOON…

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Commonwealth War Loan

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2
Also in The Murrumbidgee Irrigator, Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser

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

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Catholics and War

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 6

"There was a moment when the enemy fully counted upon our domestic politicians dissensious and trusted there by we should as a united kingdom be…

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War Material Abandoned

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

So headlong was the Turkish flight from the Erzerum region that enormous quantities of war material were abandoned…

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A War Secret

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

In connection with the action of the King of Bulgaria precipitating his country into the war on the side of Germany, against the wishes of the great majority of the bulk of the…

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