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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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Work for Soldiers and [?]tute

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1914 · page 2

Two parcels of clothing have been despatched from the Y. W C A., Bowral, during the past fortnight one to the Red Cross Society, obtaining [?]…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 2

The German forces operating against the Allies lu the North of France are short of ammunition. The heavy rain of the past few…

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The War. Naval Action

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 6

The Official Press Bureau states that a cruiser (the Uodaunted) and four destroyers sank four German destroyers off the Dutch coast…

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Against War. Appeal of the Women

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 4

The hand of the woman is raised against the warring nations, and the following appeal, signed by Anna Howard Shaw, Jane Addams, Desha Breckinridge, and Caroline…

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War and the Woman. Chapter III.—(Continued.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 4

"Yes," he said at last; "I don't think Sir Jules will marry. You must accept this invitation, Gabrielle." "What am I to do for frocks?"…

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Story of the Male and Female. Too Many Males Means War

Robertson Advocate · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 4

"We may possibly look upon ourselves at the present moment as being at the [?]nithof a female oscillation." Such words in their proper…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 6

On the morning of October 11 a hundred of the Prussian Death's Head Hussers, in the vicinity of Ypress, encountered Belgian cavairy, which…

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War Expenditure

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 4

Canada will probably have to face an expenditure of £30,000,000 on the war, Australia £20,000,000, or more, and New Zealand, say £10,000,000, and India,…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 2

Official: Paris reports that the enemy made violent attacks on Tuesday against Nieuport (on the Yser, 10 miles south-west of…

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Moss Vale and District War Fund

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 2

The war fund still remains at its previous total, £142 16s 3d. For the first time there are no further contributions to acknowledge. Five…

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The District and the War

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1914 · page 3

The Robertson ladies have for some time been holding sewing meetings for the Belgians, the last meeting being on Friday last in the School of Arts,…

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The War. Sydney, Monday, 10.26 a.m

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1914 · page 2

General French, after the attack on Th[?]urt, refused the Germans [?] to bury their dead and collect the wounded…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 6

An official communique makes the following announcement:— "On the left a very strong German force continues to deliver violent attacks…

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Huge Engines of War. Shells Weighing a Ton

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 4

The extraordinary advance made in the science of warfare In recent years Is in no way better illustrated than in the matter of siege guns, such as were used by the Germans…

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War Scares. Question of Expense. Kruger Ultimatum Cost £325

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 4

The very rumor of war has cost a nation hundreds of thousanuas of pounds, where a scare like the recent threat of a European war cost Europe unknown millions…

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War and the Woman. Chapter Iv the Beginning of the Odyssey. I

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 4

Bertie Morris was a very fair type of American journalist, whose body goes to Paris while lie lives, whatever may happen to his soul at a later period…

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The District and the War

Robertson Advocate · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 2

The hon. treasurer of the Bowral branch of the Red Cross Society gratefully acknowledges receipt of £11 5[?] 6[?], being the [?] is of the church party and dance…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 2

Three hundred and eighty-seven vehicles carrying wounded passed through Ostend last Saturday. The Rotterdam correspondent of…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 6

A communique states:—A great battle developed along a line extending from Petrekau (about; 75 miles S W. of Warsaw) to Radom (57 miles south of…

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The District and the War

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 2

On Friday evening next a grand patriotic concert, organised by Mr. A. H. Brain, is to be held at the Robertson School of Arts in [?]id of the Belgi[?]n…

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