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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Farms for Returned Soldiers

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 3

“In this State the Government will naturally desire (and with the approval of the community) to keep every possible returned soldier, and, if it be…

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Anzac Day. Returned District Soldiers' Fund Initiated. £70 Subscribed in the Room

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 2

The public meeting of district residents convened by Cr. T. Kennelly for Wednesday night last to consider the advisability of…

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Brief Mention—The War

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 2

The number of German civilians interned in Great Britain total 20,291. Four thousand Britishers are interned in Germany…

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Brief Mention—The War. Latest Telegrams

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 1

A La Patris message states that the Consuls of the United States, Spain and Roumania have asked their Governments' authority to leave Salonika…

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War Sables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 2

Eighteen of the crew of the Minneapolis are missing. She was torpedoed without warning. Rome papers say the Russian…

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Reinforce Our Men. New South Wales Wants 80 Recruits Daily. Enlistment Conditions

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 4

New South Wales requires an average of 80 recruits daily to reinforce New South Welshmen at the front…

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Teachers Enlisted

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 2

A return made available by the Minister for Education shows that 500 teachers of the Education Department have enlisted in the…

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Returned Soldiers Settlement Bill

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 6

MR. M. F. MORTON: I am sorry the Minister has not been more explicit. Anything he can do to provide land for returned soldiers…

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The European War Monday afternoon

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 3 April 1916 · page 3

French troops are fighting Bulgar and German marauders who are entering Greece near Ma[?]thukovo…

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The European War Thursday afternoon

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 3 April 1916 · page 5

An Athens paper says two British cruisers filled with troops have arrived at Suda, in the North of Crete. The…

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Poet's Corner a Soldier's Song

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 3 April 1916 · page 1

The following parody on "Tipperary," by one of our boys at the front, has been handed to us for publication:-- It's a long way to dear Australia,…

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The War. Friday morning

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 2

The Paris “Temps” says the exchange of ideas between the Allies slows that none sought a change. The [?] movement was a…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 2

A Paris official message Bays that several German attacks against Avoucourt redoubt were repulsed. Four simultaneous…

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How the Tide of War is Running

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 9

Dr. Fitchett, in the April number of "Life," is very confident that the tide of war has turned and is beginning to run strongly in favor of the…

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War on Art

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 3

“Dropping bombs in Venice is just plain dirt. It is war, not on Italy, but on art, history, religious. It is an expression of the same brutish (spirit…

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Australia's War Bill

The Nowra Leader · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 1

The Minister for defence states' that for the period ending Feb. 29 the total value of goods and equipment examined by the…

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The War. Tuesday afternoon

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 2

A Berlin message says that the French on March abandoned [?] north-east of Haucourt and adjoining joining positions for a distance of…

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How the Time of War Is Running

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 5

Dr. Filchett in the April number her of “Life.” is very confident that the tide of war has turned and is beginning to run strongly…

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Wounds in War. Scenes After a Big Battle

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 6

Between the fields of war in South Africa and In France, remarked Surgeon-General Sir Anthony Bowlby in-a lecture in London on “Wounds in War,…

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Our Letter Box. Management of War FUNDS.(To the Editor)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 2

Sir,—While in Melbourne I have had the opportunity of conversing with many representative people and the general concurrence of…

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