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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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A Soldier's Sang

The Nowra Leader · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 3

The following ia parody on "Tipperary," by one of the boys:-- It's a long way to dear Australia, O[?] to fight for England our…

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Anzac Day

The Bega Budget · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 2

A public meeting was hold in the School of Arts on Thursday evening to decide what steps should be taken to celebrate Anzac…

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Off to the War

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 2

We have said our good byes to our ki[?] and our kind, We have left all the dust of Australia behind…

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war news of the week

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 1

General Munro, in a despatch dealing with the evacuation of Gallipoli, says he found our positions possessing every possible military defect, and…

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Latest War News, Sydney

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 2

A Zurich message declares-the Mahometan civilians have been ordered by the Turkish warauthorities to leave Bagdad; Turkish and German army…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 2

A British Order in Council has declared that gold, silver, paper money, and all negotiable instruments and realisable securities are…

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

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 15 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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Soldier's Letters Home

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 3

Dr. Wilfred Evans writes to his mother from Egypt, as follows:— We are still jogging along here, but word has come to hand this week…

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Late War News

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 17 April 1916 · page 5

Swiss advices state the Kaiser is at Potsdam recovering from the shock of the explosion of a French shell at…

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The European War[?] Monday afternoon

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 17 April 1916 · page 6

A North Sea trading captain reports 15 warships were seen proceeding north wards off Begen, Norway…

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The War. Friday [?]

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 2

Another attack by the enemy against Hill 301, on the Verdun [?] was frustrated by French gu[?] which prevented the enemy’s [?]…

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Anzac Day. Commemoration Function. Tuesday. Next, 26th INST. United Religious Service

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 19 April 1916 · page 5

A meeting to take steps to fittingly commemorate Anzac Day was held at the School of Arts, Nowra, on Mon-day night. The Mayor (Ald. Bennett)…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 19 April 1916 · page 2

The Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs states that the Italian navy, using a hundred vessels, carried 40,000 tons of food to help the…

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Anzac Day

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 4

The public meeting re the steps to be taken in celebration of Anzac Day, was held in Bega School of Arts hall on Thursday…

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Post War Trade

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 3

“Does anyone suppose that England ought to refuse after the war to have any trade dealings with the 150,000,000 of people in Central Europe! Such a…

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War Service Committee

The Bega Budget · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 2

A meeting of the above was held on Wednesday. Present: Messre. H. M. Blorafield (Mayor, in the chair), C. Maybury, W. Park. W…

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The War. Tuesday [?]

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 7

The Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs states that the Italian navy, using 100 vessels, carried 43,000 tons of [?] to help the Servian army,…

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The Chronicle. Friday, April, 21, 1916. Anzac Bay, 25Th April

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 2

Next Tuesday, the first anniversary of Anzac Day, will be celebrated throughout Australia and Now Zealand, to commemorate the lauding of…

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German Review of War

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 3

“Now that we have passed well across the threshold of a new year, we can east a glance behind us and marvel at all the blessings with which our God had filled…

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Latest War News. Sydney

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 2

The recruiting problem in Britain is not yet solved. Cabinet appointed a special committe to endeavor to arrange a solution. The Parliamentary Labor…

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