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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Miscellaneous Items. "Jettison Precedent." Shall We Win? Sterner Control of War. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 2

Mr. Lovat Frazer says he doubts whether we shall ever win unless the control of the war is placed in ruder and sterner hands. We must jettison…

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Undesirable Soldiers

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 2

Nearly 400 men were discharged from the Expeditionary Forces during December, for various reasons. The question of weeding…

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Six Seasons for Not Enlisting

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 2

No reasonable person, no matter what his politics may be, can take exception to the attitude of Mr. Boston, M.L.A., in regard to the war, and as outlined by…

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Austria. Visit to Vienna. Thousands of Blind Soldiers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 2

The "Daily Mail" correspondent says that in Vienna he saw two halls full of Austrians who had been blinded by splinters of rock, on the Isonzo…

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Public Warning. War Census Cards

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 2

Attention is directed to the following statement by Mr J. H. Catts, M.H R., Organising Secretary for the State Recruiting Campaign:—…

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Germany. the Cologne Express. Collides with Hospital Train. Wounded Men Mangled. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 2

The Cologne express collided with a hospital train full of wounded men. Forty-seven of the wounded were fearfully mangled. There were other…

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Demonstration Against War. German Women Dispensed. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 2

The police at several German towns were compelled to disperse women, who were demonstrating against the war…

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War Loan. £80,000,000 Subscribed. Rome

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 2

The subscriptions to the Italian War Loan total £80,000,000…

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Recruiting. 3000 Census Cards Received. Australian Soldiers in England. Inquiry As to Assistance

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 3

The Wagga War Service Committee met in the Town Hall last night, the Mayor, (Ald. Oates) presiding. Reports…

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Germans Depressed. Soldiers Commit Suicide. Enemy Order Published

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 2

An order of the day found upon German prisoners reveals the fact that suicide has been widespread among German soldiers. Field-Marshal von…

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Soldier Shot by Guard. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 3

William Green, 22, a soldier, who is alleged to have escaped from detention at Churmside Military Camp (Queensland) on Sunday, was shot in…

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The Second War Loan

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 2

Two primary reasons may be advanced for the huge and gratifying success of the second Commonwealth war loan. The Government had asked for…

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The War. Tuesday Morning

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 4

A zeppelin again raided Paris on Sunday night dropping a number of bombs. It is believed that only small damage has been done…

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The War. Thursday Morning

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 2

The Russian artillery on the Strypa defeated the enemy's defensive to the north-west of Buezagza. An Athens correspondent says that…

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The Printer and the War

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 4

What the war has done for the printer. Before the war ordinary English white printing paper cost 1¾d per lb. Now it costs 2¾d. In addition to this…

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The War. Russia's Good Work. Sydney, This Day

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 5

The Russian artillery on the Styrpa defeated the enemy's defensive north-west of Buezagza…

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War Loan. Immense Success. Twenty Millions Subscribed. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 2

The second instalment of the Australian war loan has been a gigantic success, exceeding, approximately by seven and a half millions the first instalment…

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Contraband of War. Soap Placed on List. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 2

A Federal "Gazette" notice issued to-day treats soap as absolute contraband of war…

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Submarine War Overland to Sea of Marmora. German Submarines Sent. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 2

There are German submarines in the Sea of Marmora. They had been sent overland iu sections…

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At the front. (All Rights Reserved.) a Thrilling Story of the Transvaal War. Synopsis of Previous Parts

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 2

Lieutenant Hugh Carruthers, an officer of the British army, is on leave, shooting big game in South Africa, when the war with England…

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