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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

21,398 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Aeroplanes for Wounded

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

The "rent Journal describes the use of six aeroplanes for the transport of wounded Srvians across the trans-Albanian Alps, to Scutari…

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More Wounded Coming

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 10

A telegram received last night from Perth stated that another hospital ship, with about 200 sick and wounded aboard, arrived at Fremantle yesterday…

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Wounded in the Arm

The Sun · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 2

Mrs. Mary Fergusson, 47 Rainford street, Surry Hills, who was removed from a tram by Constable Brogan in Crown street late on Wednesday, in a serious condition, suffering…

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Australian and English Wounded in London

The Land · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 13

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Anzac Buffet. a Kiosk in Sydney Domain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 2

The soldiers tea-gardens in Sydney Domain will soon be an accomplished fact. The plans for the gardens, the kiosk, the fence, and the platform for musicians…

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Anzac, Where the Australians Successfully Re-embarked

The Land · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 9

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War Census Papers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 10

"Whoever are responsible for dealing out the war census papers." said a Randwick resident yesterday, "seen to have a queer idea of the proper proportion of things. I…

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Our War Cables

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 15

For the War Cables in this issue, we are indebted to the Sydney Daily Press…

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After the War. Settling Soldiers and Sailors. London, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 1

Sir henry Rider Haggard is to visit South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. He is reporting the Royal Colonial institute for the purpose of inquiring into the…

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Trophy of the War

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 7

ONE OF THE MAMMOTH FIELD PIECES RECENTLY TAKEN BY THE FRENCH…

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The Toll of War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 8

The latest Australian casualty list brings the aggregate losses incurred by the Commonwealth forces at the front to the rather striking total of 37,182 men, of whom 0[?]46…

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A War Stores Steal

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

Robert Mills Simpson, wearing the uniform Army Medical Corps of the Canadian Army Medical Corps, was remanded at Bow-street police Court,…

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War Prisoners in Turkey

The Land · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 7

The following list of Australian soldiers and sailors held as prisoners of war in Turkey, has been obtained through the conrtesy of the American Consul at Constantinople:—…

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Cost of the War

The Land · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 7

"The cost of the war is about five millions a day, or 1800 millions a year, against a total national income of 2400 millions. The enormous significance of…

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Contracts and the War

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--In a proclamation issued to-day, under the Enemy Contracts Annulment Act, the Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) has declared that the following…

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Australians at the War

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 5

Dear "Planets,"—Do you remember. I "Planets," a letter that I wrote to the League about five years ago. (Of course you don't; I could not expect…

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The Jew and the War

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 6

Many of our Australian co-religionists have German surnames, and as a consequence (which is not unnatural) are objects of suspicion to people who are personally…

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War of the Money Market

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

There is much comment in New York banking circles on the decline in the German exchange rate to 73½ cents. (German four market, which is the lowest…

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Canned Meats. War Office Contracts

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 3

A cable from London says :—"The War Office has agreed to allow Dr. Cherry and Dr. McCaim to be present whenever Australian canned meats…

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War Notes. Britain's Great Effort

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 10

The cable news this morning relates for the most part to the bill introduced by the British Prime Minister, providing for compulsory military service—Mr. Asquith's and…

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