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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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The War Loan. Total Reaches £21,581,820. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 2

The War Loan now totals £21,581,820, the New South Wales contribution being £10,375,690…

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Wagga War Service Committee. Second Recruiting Sergeant Appointed. Congratulations to Mayor

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 3

The Wagga War Service Committee' met last night under the presidency of Mr. P. H. Bradhurst. Correspondence…

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Collapsed in Tram Car. a Soldier's Death. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 4

A soldier, whose name is believed to be Mark Crow, collapsed in a tramcar this morning. He was conveyed to the hospital, where life was…

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Soldier Falls From Train. Condition Critical. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 4

Trooper W. J. Russell, who is encamped at Liverpool, fell from a train last night between Ashfield and Croydon. He was lying on the permanent…

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War Census Cards

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 2

The Minister for Defence stated on Tuesday that a proclamation would probably be issued shortly relating to the filling in and returning of war census…

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Balloons in War

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 3

Writing in "Harper's Magazine," General W. A. Greely traces the use, and discusses the various uses of balloons in war time. The first time…

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The War. Monday Morning

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 4

Owing to an ex-movement of their troops the Germans have reclosed the Belgian frontier A Paris message says that Russia…

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The War. Thursday Afternoon

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 2

Lieut. Berg slates that with the exception of 15 lascars killed and four wounded all the passengers and crew of the Clan MacTavish are…

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The Printer and the War

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 10 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. a Naval Encounter. Paris

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 5

The French Admiralty describes the naval action in the Adriatic. which took place on Feb.-6 A .British cruiser and a French…

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Neutral Consuls. Expulsion From War Region. Bucharest

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 2

The Bulgarian general staff has decided to expel neutral Consuls from the war region…

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Direct from Seat of War. (Continued from last issue.)

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 4

"We had some Germans in with gunshot wounds, and they told me the French wounded were also coming on. We were inoculated against…

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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 10 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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Our Soldier Boys

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 4

Private A. T. Cox. of Sydney, has been appointed Recruiting Serjeant at Gundagai, and will take up duties immediately…

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Early Pioneers. Early Recollections Guarded by Soldiers

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 8

In my last article read the name of the nort We sailed from in Treland ws Kingstown. Further on the article should…

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A Soldier's Adventure

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 6

A remarkable capture of pythons is reported in the "Madras Mail," Recently two. men who were out shooting game in Mysore for the…

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From Various Sources. the Ozar As a Soldier

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 7

The Czar's action in placing himself at the head of his army makes it interesting to know that at one time he served as a private,…

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Court Martial. Soldier on Trial. a Remarkable Case. Posing As a Hero. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 2

Private Norman Stacey Duke, alias Carl Conrad Maurice, was tried by court-martial at Victoria Barracks with having deserted from Liverpool camp in…

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Forged a Telegram. Returned Soldier's Name Taken. Accused Sent for Trial. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 4

At the Central Police Court to-day. Charles Johnston was committed for trial on a charge of having forged a telegram…

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"Lack of Shells." Why Russia Retreated Position Completely Retrieved Situation at Salonika Attack Considered Imminent Enemy's Food Problem Renewed Riots in Germany Naval Activity at Kiel Eastern Front. Russian Recovery. War Minister Speaks. Permanent Reserve of 1,500,000 Enemy's Inevitable Fate. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 2

The Russian Minister for War, referring in the Russian recovery from the munitions crisis of last year, explained that in June the Russian army was…

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