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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

21,684 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250

War Lowers Rents. Empty Buildings in Sydney

Evening News · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 2

"Observer" has been having a lock round—War arriantly can claim its victims, other than on the battlefield. This is demonstrated to an intelligent observer, his daily walks…

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Prisoners of War. Australian Jockeys. Fremantle

The Sun · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 1

Mr. Charles Watson, the well-Known west Australian sportsman, who returned by the Mooltan, brings news that Brownie Cars-lake and other Australian jockeys who had…

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Cost of the War. Germany's Huge Loss

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 11

A Rotterdam message, dated October 26, states that Professor Wolf, a well-known economist, has reckoned that the average, cost of keeping; a soldier in the…

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The War. Less Serious. Anglo-american Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 5

The American Note has been received,and is now being discussed by the British Cabinet. American State officials are hopeful that a settlement may be reached on the basis of Britain's suggestion that…

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Americans and the War. Congressman's Outburst. Vancouver

The Sun · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 1

While giving evidence before the United States Foreign Relations Committee, Congressman Bartholdt, in contending that the export of war supplies should be prohibited,…

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Life Assurance and War. Position of Expeditionary Forces

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 9

In view of the great national importance of life assurance institutions, the greatest possible care should be taken to prevent any wrong conception arising in the public mind…

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How to End the War. German--american Idea

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Wednesday.--Representative Vollmer, addressing the Foreign Relations Committee of the House of Representatives, said that the United States…

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The Property Market. Little Affected by the War

Evening News · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 8

A report by Messrs. Henry F. Halloran and Company on the property market for the past year states that though business had been satisfactory it has necessarily been affected to some…

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Austria-hungary. Anti-war Riots. Berne, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 7

Anti-war demonstrations and riots have occurred in six Austro-Hungarian provinces. The police in Vienna, in dispersing a…

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Prisoner of War. Sentenced to Death. Amsterdam, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 7

Lonsdale, a prisoner of war at the Doeberitz camp, who was recently sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for assuming a threatening attitude and refusing to obey…

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Mining Year. Mineral Production Declining. War and Low Prices

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 8

The Under-Secretary for Mines, Mr. E. F. Pittman, has furnished a statement respecting the progress of the mineral industry during the year of 1914…

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Official Communique. More Horrors. Killing the Wounded. Mis-use of Red Cross. Twisted Necks and Scalded Limbs. London

The Sun · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 1

The Official Press Bureau issues further results of the inquiry of the Belgian Commission. Authenticated details are given of the…

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German Craftiness. Lessons of the Past. the Spanish-american War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 3

While the Boer War was in progiess Mr. Poultney Bigelow, whose views on the American Note to Great Britain have just been given in the cablegrams, discussed the…

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The War. Germans Checked Struggle in Poland. London, December 25

The Land · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 9

On both fronts there has been heavy fighting, and the advantage seems to be with the Allies. The Russian operations are…

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Drama of War. Adventures of Doctor. Stirring Tale of Adventure

The Sun · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 3

During a dark and stormy night just over a week ago a company of Germans succeeded in passing right through Dixmude after Killing, amid dead silence, the mitrailleuse…

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Startling Story. From Broken Kill Picnickers Fired Upon. Four Killed and Five Wounded. Armed Police Out, Broken Hill, Friday Afternoon

Evening News · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 5

A story received from the Umberumberka pipe line near Silverton has created a profound sensation berr. Details of the affair are as yet vague [?], but there is enough in…

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The War Horse. Loved by the Men. Work of the Vets

The Sun · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 3

(By W. Beach Thomas, in the Daily Mail.) Of all the spectacles that I have seen during the war none has been so terrible as a certain wounded horse, and none so…

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Late War News. Eastern Fronts. Austro-german Losses. London, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 7

The "Times" Petrograd correspondent from trustworthy sources asserts that during three weeks on the Upper and Lower Vistula, along the lines of the Bzura,…

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For How Long? Probable Duration of War. Waking Germans From Dreams

The Sun · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 2

As this inquiry is constantly being made. I should like to say why I venture to differ from the "high French military authority" who estimates that the war will last nearly…

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Kaiser and Kaiserin. Before War Broke Out. Court Balls and Theatres

The Sun · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 3

Extracts from the racily-written memoirs of Madame de Hegermann-Luidencrone appeared in a recent number of Harper's Magazine, and included a sketch of royal…

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