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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Women and War Waste. the Duty of Motherhood. Some Pertinent Facts to Consider. Man's Lost Sense of Fatherhood

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 7

(Mrs. Flora Annie Steel is one of our most distinguished novelists. Her subject today—the relations of man and woman—is one to which she has given long years of study…

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Under German Rule. Nurse Cavell's Sympathy Even for Enemy Soldiers

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 2

Nurse [?]ll's last in the "Nursing Mirror" depicted ."Brussels Under the German Rule." even with her sympathies all with Belgium she…

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The Centre for Soldiers' Wives and Mothers

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 3

Six months ago a few women, feeling that soldiers' families were in many cases suffering from financial difficulties and loneliness, opened an office to…

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Soldiers and the Land

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 2

The Oaklands branch of the New South Wales Farmers and Settlers' Association is making an effort to induce kindred branches to move in the…

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Farms for Soldiers. Settlement in England. Equals Dominions Prospects. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 2

The Committee of the Board of Agriculture believes that it its proposals for settlement in England are adapted, they will give ex-soldiers at…

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Letters from Soldiers

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 2

Mr. E. Hyland, Ardlethan, has received a letter from his brother, Corporal O. Hyland, who is an inmate of the 3rd London General Hospital. In the course…

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Settlement of Returned Soldiers find Immigrants

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 2

The annual report of the British Immigration League makes pointed reference to the necessity for making land…

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Local and General. Corry[?]ng Enlistment

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 2

Corryong district says the "Cour[?]er" of 3rd ins[?] has made a[?]plendid response to the Federal Government's recruiting appeal. The Medical…

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Wagga Soldier's Diary. War and Weather. Gallipoli in November

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 2

The following diary, compiled by Staff-Sergeant A. F. Redhead (No.[?], Headquarters General Staff), son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Redhead, of…

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Drink and the War. Senator Watson's Criticism Thousands of Soldiers Affected. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 6

Referring to drink in its relation to the war, Senator Watson, speaking at Granville last night, said the people would deserve to be flogged if they did…

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Submarine War Enemy's New Policy. Warning to Neutrals. Fighting Merchantmen. Submarine Crews "Not Pirates." London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 4

From Berlin it is reported that Germany has handed an important memorandum to neutrals regarding the treatment of armed merchantmen…

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Comforts for Soldiers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 4

Ordinarily soldiers leave Australia with the bare military equipment, and comforts are much appreciated. A meeting of ladies, convened by Mrs…

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Anzac Shelled. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 2

A Constantinople message says that an Allied cruiser shelled Anzac and Tekke B[?] a little north of Cape Helles…

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The War, Still Fighting. Sydney. This Day

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 3

General Koevess is meeting with great difficulty in his pursuit of the Montenegrians in the mountains…

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Austro-german Note. War Considered Imminent. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 2

The "Evening News" correspondent at Washington states that the Austro-German note has caused the gravest apprehensions in…

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Submarine War Seventeen Vessels Netted. Doctor's Declaration. Commander Shoots Crew. and Then Commits Suicide. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 2

Dr. Inglis, who has arrived at New York from Liverpool, declares that he has knowledge of the capture in British nets of 17 German submarines…

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Land for Soldiers

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 3

Thirty, five farming blocks for returned soldiers have been allotted by ballot at French's Forest…

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Soldiers' Pay.—a New System

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 2

Hitherto people who have been in receipt of allotments made by men who have gone to the front have been paid by money order from the Expeditionary…

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War Benefit Contribution

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

Mr. Archie Butler, of Marrar, in a letter published in Saturday's "Argus," says:—"Like myself, there are many who are obtaining a direct financial…

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The War. the Derby Levies

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

It is announced in London that the remaining eleven classes of unmarried men are called up. There…

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