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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

21,398 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Where the Flag Still Flies on Gallipoli. Different from Anzac

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 13

The character of the country in the south of Gallipoli Peninsula is very different from that which was occupied for many months by the Anzacs. The highest point on the [?]izen is Achi Baba. A shell is seen bursting in the distance, while a few British soldiers are enjoying a game of football late in the evening. Gallant Highlanders at Work…

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The War Stops Anarchism

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 5

An intersting [?] of the war is the disappearance of the [?] from the East End of London. He is earning good wages making army uniforms or…

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A German War Council

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 15

The Kaiser has summoned to a great War Council on his birthday, on January 27, the Crown Prince, General von Hindenburg, General you Mackensen, General von Sanders, and…

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Sport and the War

Referee · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 12

"F.R.W." writes from Delegate, N.S. Wales: "I would like to mention, Mr. 'Not Out,' the seeming inconsistent views held by 'The Referee' as to whether Interstate games should be…

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War Notes. Russian Advance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 11

A recent cable stated that a large body of the Austro-German troops who penetrated into Servia had left hurriedly for the north, presumably to meet the Russians who were…

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Farmers' War Relief Fund

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 8
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The acre-of-wheat donations to the Farmers and Settlers' Association War Relief Fund for the week ended Wednesday last represented three acres of trops,…

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War Rates. Another Increase

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 6

The Sydney Marine Underwriters' and Salvage Association has received the following cable from London:--"War, homeward, United Kingdom, France…

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An Act of War

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 12

A message from Salonika states that the enemy Consuls there, and their suites, numbering in all 51, who were interned by General Sarrail's orders, have been sent away in a…

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Brokerage on War Loan Dealings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 13

Punter writes:— Sir,—Up Commonwealth 4½,per cent. War Loan. After first issues, transactions in this stock on the Sydney Exchange carry a brokerage of 1 per cent. on face…

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Latest War Pictures from Europe

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 26

A French soldier making his choice from a varied collection of German helmets after an engagement. French ladies tending British soldiers' graves. The Italian Advance -- Austrian prisoners and captured guns in the mountains. General Bailloud, a French officer, landing at Salonika in a fisherman's boat…

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Municipal Extravagance and the War

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 6

While our State Government is adding to the difficulties of financing the war by overbidding the Commonwealth locally and by raising Ipans in London to keep up the…

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Medical Students and the War

Referee · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 12

Last week I referred to the matter of medical students at the University enlisting for the work of the soldier-combatant, and thus leaving their medical studies, and pointed out that this…

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Socialistic Intrigue and the War

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

Charles Rivier, of Quebec, Canada, writes to the New York "Tribune":-"That interesting letter signed 'An American' brings valuable corroboration of a fact…

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The War. in Fladsy Pants

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

Numbers of young men in the Liverpool district have received their notices re enlistment, and in some places there is a great flutter in the paternal dovecotes…

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Marine War Rates. Another Sharp Advance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 10

The Sydney Marine Underwriters announce that the war insurance rates on vessels homeward to the United Kingdom and France and the Mediterranean (excluding the Adriatic),…

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Orders for War Supplies in America

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 35

THE president of the American National Surety Company recently estimated, upon a basis given by the demand for bonding by manufacturers and buyers, that the war orders placed in the…

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Progress of the War. Eastern Front

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 7

The London "Daily Telegraph" account, cabled this morning, of the activity along the greater part of the eastern front, repeats and…

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War Office Contracts. New South Wales Benefits

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

The War Office in London has placed contract valued at £15,000,000. A sum of £250,000 will be spent on the season's jams, including melon mixtures…

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