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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Progress of the War Suvla- Anzac

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 9

The detailed description of the Suvla- Anzac re-embarkation makes it seem more marvellous than ever. It will probably be reckoned one of the…

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Wounded in London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 9

One of the cards which have been sent to every wounded and convalescent Australian in England has been sent us by Margaret Baxter,, who, with Lady Robinson (wife of the…

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The Year of Anzac

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 12

The year of which the passing chime Is pealing from a thousand spires Is not arrayed with ghosts of Time That mock our visionary fires;…

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Late War News. Anzac. "Should Be Name of Federal Capital." London, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 11

The "Manchester Guardian" says that Canberra may well give place to Anzacone of the most illustrious names in history. Surely there Yvas never so…

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The Wounded. Motor Car Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 10

A transport with sick and wounded is expected on Tuesday, January 3. Motor cars from No. 63 to No. 99 on the society's register are called upon to be at the No. 1…

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Wounded Soldiers. Duties and Privileges. Instructions to Be Followed. Artificial Limbs and Eyes

Evening News · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 3

[?] have a [?] on arrival, and [?] of the staff officers for [?]…

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Caught Napping Leaving the Turks Behind Last of Anzac Quiet Moonlight Flit Anzac, December 19

The Sun · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 6

Three miles away from me, across a grey, silky sea, lies a dark shape of the land. Eight months ago, just as the first lemon- grey of dawn was breaking over that long…

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Canberra or Anzac? Suggested Change of Name

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 9

LONDON. Friday.--The "Manchester Guardian" writes:-- "Canberra may well give place to Anzac, the most illustrious-made name in history. Surely…

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The War

Evening News · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 6

ALBANIA has Joined in the war—so far as Es[?] Pasha is entitled to pledge that remarkable country. Ess[?] is said to have an army of 20,000 men, but the rest significance of his…

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Dummy Limbs for Wounded. London, Friday Night

Evening News · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 5

The art[?] limb staff at Har[?]field Hospital is how engaged [?]tting those wounded who need [?] things with artificial limbs. It is estimated that the [?] of those limbs is now [?]…

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Ganins War Scouts. Remarkable Aid to British Soldiers

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 4

In the British army the Airdale terrier is used extensively. His coat, is of such a nature that it is suited to any climate…

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Our London Letter. the Recruiting Campaign. Mr. Redmond's Visit to the Battlefield. Wounded Australian Soldiers. London, November 26

Evening News · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 6

London in the grip of a general electric would not have to submit to heavier assaults of eloquence than ate being hurled at her this week. In halls, parks, and open city places…

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Commonwealth War Loan

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 9
Also in The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People, Nepean Times

Now that the proceeds of the Australian wool clip and wheat harvest are beginning to be realised, subscriptions, should come. In freely for the…

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Railway War Fund

The Sun · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 5

The secretary of the New South Wales Railways and Tramways War Fund (Mr. Hodgson) reports that the subscriptions received from November 21 to December 23…

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SUMMARY. The War--

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 1

Eyewitnesses of the withdrawal from Galli-poll say that the calmness of the weather accounted for an immense part of tho success of the undertaking. The only fighting occurred between the…

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Duration of War

The World's News · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 2

EXCLUDING the Balkans, men of military age in the European countries now at war numbered rotund seventy-five millions. General Green, a retired United States army…

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"Cheero, Tittell" Australian Wounded Cheep Tittell Brune Film Acting

Saturday Referee and the Arrow · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 1

Kiss Tittel Brune makes a reappearance in films in "Esther Redeemed" at the Lyceum on Monday. According to latest reports. Miss Brune is giving most of her time to film-acting…

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Ground Lights in War

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 12

Whenever there is a night attack the battlefield is made almost as light as day by means of searchlights, special star shells, which burst in the sky and throw out a brilliant light, and…

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