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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

1,012 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 51

Berry. Welcome Home

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 1

An enthusiastic welcome home ws tendered to Private Jerry Bennett on Saturday last. There was a large attendance. The Mayor presided,…

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The War Friday, Mo[?]

Southern Star · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

Troisky has in[?] negotiations with the Persian Government relative to the withdrawal of Ru[?] forces from P[?] condi[?] in a…

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Latest War News. Sydney

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

M Trotsky has initated negotiations relative to the withdrawal of Russian forces from Persia, conditional on a similar arrangement by the Turks in…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

Trotsky has initiated negotiations with the Persian Government relative to the withdrawal of the Russian forces from Persia…

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From the Bulletin. Superfluous in War-time

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 4

She "Isn't it a shame all the best, men have gone to the Front?" He: "Oh, Miss—er—Mabel, if you would only say yes, I'm sure we could…

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Allowances to Dependents of Soldiers

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 4

Arrangements have been made for payments from the Lord Mayor's Pat riotic Fund, from date of application, to increase the amount duo to soldiers'…

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Reinforce Our Men. New Wales Wants [?] Recruits Daily. Enlistment Conditions

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 4

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

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Late War News. S[?]

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 4

Petrograd despatch: A[?] been reached between Bo[?] Ukranian delegates at [?] The independence of [?]…

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War Loan Bonds. Ready for Delivery

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 6

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia notifies that subscribers who have paid their instalments in full to the 4th War Loan may now obtain…

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Open Column Scottish Women's War Hospitals. To the Editor

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 6

Sir --In connection with the appeal now being made in N S W for £20,000 in aid of the Scottish Women's War Hospitals, my Committee recently…

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Missing Soldiers' Column

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 1

A number of soldiers hailing from tills district have been posted as missing by the military authorities. In some instances these notifications are…

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Welcome Home

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

Gunner Rupert Bartley, who enlisted from the ‘Standard” office, arrived in [?] by the mail car on Thursday afternoon and received…

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The War. Friday Afternoon

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

A wireless German message claims that the enemy lost 9 balloons and 119 aeroplanes during December. M. Huton says reports are current…

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The War Monday Morning

Southern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 2

A Paris message says that an enemy torpedoed a British steamer in the Medditerran[?] Sea, which sank in three minutes. The…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 2

The New York tanker Texas has been lost, and the crew abandoned her, following on a collision. Washington announces that an…

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The War. Wednesday Afternoon

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

An official message says that Yarmouth was bombarded from the sea on Monday night. Twenty shells fell in the town, three…

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Town Baths, After the War

The Nowra Leader · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 1

The town baths question was again revival at the Council meeting on Monday night last when Alderman Holloway asked for a special meeting to devise the best…

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War and Insanity. Fewer Mental Cases

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 5

During the year, states a report by the Health Department, the excess of admissions over deaths and discharges at the mental…

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Remarkable War Prophecy. 20 Years Old

The Nowra Leader · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 6

The following transmission of an article that recently appeared in Danish newspapers will doubtless be read with interest:-…

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Concerning Her Soldier Son

The Nowra Leader · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 5

Mrs. J. McKane, of Flat Rock Creek, Nowra, received a letter from a friend in England that she might know the progress…

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