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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

21,684 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Horses in War Time. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 14

Sir,—Is anything being done in this country to mitigate the suffering of horses at the front? Australia's work for the soldiers is magnificent, but the sensitive dumb…

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Have You Read? Good War Books. "The German Army from Within."

The World's News · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 29

Just now everybody wants to read books that will give first-hand and reliable information on the armies taking part in the war and other factors bearing thereon. Those who wish to be…

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More Men Wanted for the War. (The Editor of the "Newsletter.")

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

Sir,—There has been published in the daily newspapers a lot of correspondence in regard to the above. Of course, there are more…

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John Bull and Uncle Sam. Everything is Not Fair in War

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 1

It is pretty safe to conclude that John Bull has made no international mistake in his vigorous searching of American vessels for…

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First Peerage of the War. Governor of the Bank of England

The World's News · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

THE Prime Minister announced at the Lord Mayor's banquet in London that the King had conferred a peerage on Mr. Walter Cunlif[?]e, the Governor of the Bank of England,…

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Satisfactory Enrolments. War Office's Great Effort. Every Source Tapped. London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 1

When the House of Lords met to-day Lord Middleton greeted the representative of the Minister with a number of questions regarding the war and the recruiting for tho new…

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Prosperity in Woolwich. Arsenal a Gold Mine to Workers in War Time

The World's News · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 18

WHILE the financial strain of war is felt in all parts of Great Britain. Woolwich is happy, for Woolwich lives and thrives on fighting by land and sea…

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Will End the War. Allies' Work. Process of Attrition. London, Jan. 7

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

"Eyewitness" with the British head[?]ters staff says the situation at the New Year was more favourable than at any time since the o[?]set of the war. The…

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The Great War Lloyd George's Speech. (Continued from last issue). Germany's Perjury

The St George Call · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

What is their defence? Consider the interview which took place between our Ambassador and the great German officials. When their attention was…

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A War-like Ryde Contractor. And the Complaining stationmaster. Their Troubles in Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 8

Considerable interest was taken in the proceedings at the Ryde Police Court on Tuesday, when ex—Alderman S. A. Benson, Ryde's sanitary contractor, was…

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The Limelight Kaiser. His Movements During the War. The Here and There Warrior

The World's News · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 6

WILHELM is himself again. He is once more well in the limelight, of which he did not get his fair share until he started directing the advance on…

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Notes on the Naval Side of the War Range of Big Naval Guns

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 6

Many people have asked the limit of the range of the big naval guns, that is, 12-inch, 13.5inch, and 15-inch. Take the latest type of 13.5-inch in the super-Dreadnought Iron…

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Romances of the Battlefield. Women Pose As Men and Go to the War

The World's News · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

WOMEN and girls in large numbers are trying to enter the Russian army in various disguises, and several women have already succeeded in deceiving the military authorities…

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The War has Brought About a New Cure for Tetanus PARIS, November 20

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 5

Appointed chief consulting surgeon to the 10th Army Corps region, which includes a large part of Brittany and Normandy, Dr. Doyen has just returned to Paris with his assistant…

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Trade Boom. Conditions in England. Effect of the War. Factories Going at Top Speed

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

The expenditure of war fundss has had a remarkable effect upon trade in England, and [?]n the course of an interesting article in the "Daily Mail," Mr. F. A. Mackenzie declares…

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Motors, Botors and Aeroplanes. Bad Main Roads. Motor Vehicles in War. the Motor Car Tax

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 7

Despite the fact that we have a Good Roads Association urging tho powers that be to provide better roads very little is being done-- in fact, our main thoroughfares are worse THE CADILLAC CAR, SHOWING COLLAPSIBLE WHEEL. A SIX-SEATER ON TWO WHEELS. One of the latest novelties in the world of motors is a gyroscope car, invented by a distinguished Russian, Dr. Pierre Schilowsky. The object of the gyroscope is to balance the car, and the driving power of the vehicle is quite distinct from that of its stabiliser. B.S.A. Motor-Cycle and Side-Car…

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Imperialism and the War. An application of Socialist principles to the fundamental problem which demands solution

The International Socialist · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 3

Industrial production receives a strong impetus from the development of the wage system, the substitution of capitalist production for simple production…

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Books That You May Read Algernon Blackwood Maintains High Level Mystery and Imagination the Literature of the War

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 15

The outstanding feature about Mr. Algernon Blackwood's "Incredible Adventures" is their extreme credibility—as expounded by Mr. Blackwood. It is only when after reading, the…

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Diary of the War. Private Lassetter's Story Burglars and Bosches. in the Maelstrom of Shot. London November-8

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 6

St. Bart's" is a wonderful hospital, marvelously well managed. In St. Bart's at the moment are several members of H Company of the London scottish Regiment, which has…

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How Deep Calls to Deep "I Bow to the Almighty," says British Soldier When Men Face Death—woe of the Mother Heart

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 13

Here are some change glimpses of how different people face trouble "when they are up against big things"; how woe comes to the mother heart; how men face death and women…

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