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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

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Soldier Settlements

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 8

The province of Ontario (Canada) has completed the arrangements for a land colonisation scheme by which discharged soldiers, who have…

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Harbor Sensation. Soldier Jumps Overboard Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 4

A police report stated that a soldier named William Martin jumped off a ferry steamer in the harbor yesterday afternoon. Sergeant Richard…

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War Money

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 3

The Imperial Supplies Dept. has paid New Zealand producers to date nearly £50,000,000…

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"Winning the War"

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 3

A meeting of the Federal Cabinet has been convened for Thursday. It will probably consider the question of launching…

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War in the Air. Defence of Paris

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

Reuter's Paris correspondent says that "Le Temps" reports that a conference was bold between the Premier and the Under-Secretary for Aviation,…

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Wheat for War Council Donations From Farmers. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 3

Mr. D. S. Oman, Minister for Agriculture, and Mr. H. J. Baker, manager of the Victorian Wheat Commission, announced to-day that a scheme similar to…

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War on the Sea. Spain Demands Reparation. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

A message from Madrid states that the Spanish Government has demanded reparation from the German Government for the torpedoing of the…

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Latest Cables. War. Noon News. Strikes in Germany. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

The Amsterdam correspondent of the "Hamburger Fremedmblatt" says the strike broke out at Kiel. Other German papers report that…

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The War. Rioting in Germany Martial Law in Berlin The Air Raid Sydney, This Day

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 3

An Amsterdam correspondent reports extensive disturbances over a large area of Berlin. Stormy scenes have occurred in…

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Our Soldier Boys

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

Enlisted.—Mr. Jack Roche, grazier, Yass, youngest son of Mr. I. Roche, formerly of Nanangroe…

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Wagga Soldiers' Comforts Fund

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

On Saturday forenoon Mrs. E. E. Collins, Misses Loughlin and Dobbs, and Thelma and Dorothy Greer, gathered a collection of flowers from Messrs…

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LOCAL & General. a Soldier's Last Letter

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

Lieutenant Sid Ayers, after being mortally wounded, wrote on a slip of paper, thus: "23/11/17. Dear Mother,—I am asking the…

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A Soldier's Letter to a Local "Anti." "Do this Much for the Soldier." Captain Norman Pinkstone's Views

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 4

A prominent local "anti" received the following letter, dated France, 21/11/17, from one of the "Pinkies," and has been…

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League of Help. French Soldiers' Appreciation

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

A London cable: Mdile. Soubeiran, formerly of Sydney, who is secretary of the Paris committee of the French…

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Wagga's War Efforts. Riverina Returned Soldiers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 4

The Mayor, Ald. E. E. Collins, presided over a meeting held in the Town Hall last night, convened for the purpose of taking steps to have official…

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The War The Latest

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 2

[Such of the cable news on this page so headed appeared in the "Times," and is cabled to Australia by special permission. It…

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Latest War News London

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 2

The New York United Press correspondent on the West Front writes that the German strength there is 180 to 190 divisions, comprising 115 divisions in the trenches and the…

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The War. Latest News. SYDNEY, Monday. Published in "The Times."

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 2

A correspondent states there are 400.000 strikers at Hamburg. The majority at Cassell have resumed work…

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German Rebellion. Strikes Still Spreading. Desire to Finish War. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 2

The "Times" Amsterdam correspondent states that despite semi-official assurances that the strikes are waning and that order has keen…

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Soldier Settlements. Ministerial Report. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 2

The Minister for Lands, who has been inspecting suitable sites for the settlement of soldiers in the Bathurst district, states that the land he…

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