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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

21,684 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Railway Employee, War Fund

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

The sum or £125 has been collected in the Penrith Loco Department in connection with the Penrith Railway Employees' War Fund. The amount…

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War Notes. Jellicoe's Task

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 13

The statements made by the Earl of Selborne and Earl Crewe, in the [?]se of Lords, are of very great interest. The sole task of Admiral Sir John Je[?]coe, Lord Selborn[?]…

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International Rugby. War Interferes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 7

Owing to the number of its players that have joined the colors the Northern Rugby Football Union of England has notified the New South Wales Rugby League that it with…

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Peace Pulpiteering and the War

The Methodist · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 7

SIR WILLIAM CULLEN rendered good service lately by deprecating the preaching of sermons at. the present time clamouring for peace and chilling the ardour of national imperialism. We coincide with…

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How War Affects Australians Abroad

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 1

Australians and Now in London are divided into two classes those who come and go, and those who come and stay—if they can." So…

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War's Wastage. Germany's Power to Endure

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 10

That well-known writer upon military subjects and strategy. Mr. Hilare Belloc, contributed two articles on November 7 and 11 to "Land and Water," in which he says the factor…

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The Churches. War and the Hissions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 8

In the view of the Bishop of St. Albans, one of the principal speakers at the annual meeting of the Melanesian Mission in London last month, the war [?]ought to be rather…

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Contraband of War. a Revised List

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

A revised list of articles to be treated as contraband of war has been, issued, and includes the following:— Schedule 1.—Absolute Contraband…

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Oil Company Employees at the War

Evening News · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 3

Patriotism is a high degree has been shown by many business arms who have made arrangement to [?] the positions of employees on active [?]. This spirit is displayed by the Vacuum Oil…

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The War. American Protest. Partly Settled

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 9

The difficulty between Britain and America has, according to a Washington message, been partly settled. Arrangements have been made by which naval stores may be shipped from the United States to the Netherlands…

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The Boulevards. the New Parisian. War Pleasantries

Evening News · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

As the parisian walks along his beloved [?]levards, the war in always with him in [?], cartoons, and picture pestoards. Every blank shop [?] has been [?] by the…

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New York Gunman's Views on the War

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

So many different sorts of military experts have been airing their views on the war and how it stated, that ''Collier's Weekly'' has had to fall back on a New York gunman to lift the…

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The Influence of Von Clausewitz on the War

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 24

Bernhardi we have heard of, and Von der Goltz we know, but are these the only men who have influenced German military policy? Are they even original, or are their teachings…

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Story of the War Told in Simple Language

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 7

Out of all the alleged histories of the war that have appeared in volume of in newspaper from, what single one is that produces the clear, resultant impression of the following…

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International Snowball. New War Game. London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 6

An English chaplain who is at Berlin writes:-- "I visited Doberitz on Christmas morning, and. found, the war prisoners interned there…

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War Supplies. Private Enterprise Suffers. an Order From England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 13

Mr. J. J. Weekes, of the firm of J. J. Weekes, Ltd., saddlers and leather manufacturers, stated yesterday that he had received an order from the British War Office for…

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The War. Berlin on the Spree. For "The Argus."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 11

The mighty German legions marched from Berlin on the Spree, And the gold-bedizened Eagle gave them hope of victory;…

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After the War. How to Secure Peace. London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 6

"It is unlikely that this war will be the last war, nor is it even likely that a long reign of peace will follow in which human relations can make a permanent advance,…

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Recruiting in Ireland. the War Office Satisfied. London, Friday Night

Evening News · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 7

The House of Lords has adjourned to February 2. Lord Macdonnell, formerly Under-Secretary of State for Ireland, stated that in the past…

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Late War News. Interned. Australians in Germany. London, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 13

The United States Ambassador at Berlia suggests that Austral[?]ns who are interned in Germany should obtain birth certificates, as Dominion subjects are better treated…

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