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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

884 stories in South Coast's papers · page 13 of 45

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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The Australian Soldier

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

“The Australian soldier on active service is the most highly-paid in the world. There is no question of his not being worth every penny, that he…

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Remarkable Surgical Operation on a Soldier

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

We are informed by a Sunderland correspondent (says “The Scotsman”) that extraordinary surgical operation has been successfully performed on a…

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Anzac Day

The Bega Budget · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 2

It is only fit and proper that Anzac Day (25th instant) should be celebrated, but in a proper way. The proposal to illuminate the…

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Bega War Service Committee

The Bega Budget · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 2

The monthly meeting was held on Thursday evening, and was as usual well attended. The Mayor, Aid. Blomfield, presided, and…

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War news of the week

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 4

Twice within a month Turkey has endeavored to induce Great Britain to negotiate a separate peace. Mr. Phillip Gibbs, the "Daily…

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Latest War News. Sydney

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 2

London newspapers say that General Lake's successes in Mesopotamia give both the long-suffering forces at Kut-el-Amara and those at home a ray…

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Brief Mention—The War. Latest Telegrams

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 1

German submarines are active and many trading vessels have been sunk. The enemy losses were never so terrible as during the recent repulses…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 2

The London newspapers say that the British successes in Mesopotamia give both the long-suffering forces at Kut-el-Amara…

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Protection in War Time. (To the Editor.)

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 2

Sir,— It is the general experience of wars that unprincipled men redouble their efforts to impose upon their fallow citizens. Anyone who…

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Late War News. Friday afternoon

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1916 · page 5

A correspondent of the "Times" says the relations between Bulgaria and Roumania are aggravated, as a…

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The European War. Monday afternoon

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1916 · page 3

Berlin correspondent of the Copenhagen paper "Politiken" says the Dutch Government's measures caused the greatest…

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[?]oet's Corner a Soldier's Funeral

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1916 · page 1

The following lines are sent to us by a [?] friend of the Kebby family as a tribure to [?] the memory of the gallant hero, Trooper J. C. Kebby:--…

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The War. Friday morning

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1916 · page 2

The Brazilian steamer Saldan Hadegama, from Para to New York. with a cargo of 120 tons of raw rubber, was seized off…

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Anzac Day

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 April 1916 · page 5

A public meeting, to consider the taking up of Anzac Day, has been called by Ald. Bennett, Mayor of Nowra, for Monday evening next, in…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 12 April 1916 · page 3

A Paris correspondent of a London paper says it is believed that the German offensive at Verdun baa finished, and that there will…

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The War. Tuesday morning

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 2

[?] offensive on the [?] H[?]mme-Cumieres front was most [?] gainers, but was defeated. The French [?] guns and [?]…

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Hints for War Workers

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 6

When machining always fasten off ends of each line by working four or five Inches in the opposite direction, except in a round seem, as when putting…

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How Long Will the War Last ?

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 5

The war will last until our foes are crushed. And Turks and boastful Huns have licked the dust;…

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Enlistment of Men of Enemy Parentage

The Nowra Leader · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 6

The following instructions have been received at headquarters 2nd Military District:-- Where the local confidential…

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