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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

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The War. Thursday Morning

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

General Sir Poug’as Haig resorts; We captured two machine guns in successful patrol encounters eastward of Ypres. Our…

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10.000 Aeroplanes to End the War in Ten Weeks

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 4

When Orville Wright, inventor of the flying machine, and the first man in the world to fly, was asked to express his opinion as to the probable effect of an efficient carrying…

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Cinemas for Soldiers

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 8

Having [?] of the public schools of South Australia, [?] the [?]…

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Land for Soldiers. Shire Council Criticism. The Departmental A[?]

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 5

The Minister for Lands (Hon. W. G. Ashford) has noticed the frequency with which Shire Councillors criticise the actions of his…

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Welcome Home

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 1

On Thursday night at Kameruka, Pte. Jack Bofinger, returned wounded, was accorded a magnificent welcome by a great…

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The War

Southern Star · Saturday 26 January 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 should be…

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Latest War News. Reuter's Cables

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 26 January 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 should be unterstood that the opintons…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 2

The Governor of Canary Islands reports an engagement between a British war vessel and two sub marines off Ferra. The following…

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Allowances to Dependents of Soldiers

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 26 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 due to soldiers'…

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Remarkable War Prophecy

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 3

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

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Late War News

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 3

Reported from Peirograt that a revolution has broken out in Vienna, and the revolutionists have organised a Government. No details to…

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Missing Soldiers' Column

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 1

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

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The War. Friday Morning

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

Mr McNamara, Par[?]mentary Under-Secretary for the Navy, announced an the House of Commons that as a result of the subm[?]ning of…

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The War Saturday Morning

Southern Star · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 2

An Amsterdam message states that severe rioting has occurred in Berlin, the mobs crying for peace. Tuesday Morning…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 2

Reuter's Petrograd correspondent says serious fighting has been reported from Brest Litovsk between the tenth Siberian…

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Allowances to Soldiers' Wives and Children

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 2

Organiser Purnell has written to the secretaries of the various coastal agricultural societies asking for permission to erect a small military…

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Scottish Women's Hospitals. Their Work Amongst the Allies' Soldiers

Southern Star · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 4

When peace is once more restored to a war weary world, and the many he[?] are recorded, there will be no more thrilling pages than those…

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Terrible War Story

The Nowra Leader · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 3

Dr. Dabo, an artist member of the American Investigations Committee, which has been working in France, speaking in…

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The War. Tuesday Morning. (United Service message.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 2

A Dublin message says that while the results of the conference between the convention delegates and Ministers are awaited with intense…

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The War

Southern Star · Saturday 2 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 perm[?]sion. It should be…

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