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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

21,398 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250

An Australian Contribution to War Trophies

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 20

One of the big guns of the Emden, which is the latest addition to the exhibition of captured cannon on view at the Horse Guards parnds. This tun attract more attention than anything else in the exhibition…

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Frederick Palmer's Year of the War

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 6

Mr. Frederick Palmer is the most experienced of all the American writers on this war, and one of the luckiest. After going through half a dozen wars in different parts of the…

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The War and the Holy Land

Nepean Times · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 1

If any further proof were wanteed of the unchristian methods in the war of the Teutonic administration it is afforded in the following article:—…

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Some First-fruits of the War

The Methodist · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 7

IN many unsuspected ways the present awful war is calculated—if it has not indeed begun—to work out moral and spiritual good. Among what may be styled the first-fruits of the coming spiritual…

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A Typical War Landscape in Lorraine

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 1

The village of St. Genevieve. which has been turned into a mass of rules owing to the war, in the distance is seen post-a m[?]…

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Commonwealth War Loan. Why you should Subscribe

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 9

For upwards of three weeks the terms of the new War Loan have been before the public. As the lists are not to be closed…

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Lithgow War Committee "Politicians Could Be Spared."

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 9

LITHGOW, Friday.--At a meeting of the Lithgow War Service Committee last night, Mr. J. Ryan proposed (1) that members of this committee offer their services to the Government in…

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Drink Evil. Recommendations of War Committee. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 17

At to-day's meeting of the Federal Cabinet, three recommendations received from tho Federal Parliamentary War Committee about the sale of liquors in military camps were…

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A.W.U. and the War. Armialb

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 10

At the half-yearly meeting of the wes[?] Branch of the Australian Wokers' Union, motion was carried (to bo sat to the prime Minister) in reference to pese proposals…

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The Turks. As Australians Know Them Turks' Tribute to Britons "Our Hero Enemies." Anzac, Dec. 1, 1915

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 16

Four days ago, just as the first light began to broaden into a bitter wintry dawn, the Australian sentries, as they blew on their ungloved fingers behind the parapets at Quinn's…

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In the Midst of War the Nation Bull Remembers

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 10

The monument to the late Captain Scott erected in Waterloo Place, London with money subscribed by officers of the Navy. The monument was recently unvalied by MR. Balfour…

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Commonwealth Recruiting Campaign. War Service Committee. Formed in Kogarah

The St George Call · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 5

A public meeting was held in the Council Chambers, Kogarah, on Wednesday, 5th inst., for the purpose of forming a local Recruiting Committee…

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Trade with Germany After the War. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 6

Sir,--Your correspondent, Mr. Beale, who is always well informed, seems nevertheless far too sanguine as to our ability to block German goods, or else he has great faith, in the good…

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Progress of the War the Campaign in the East

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 10

The huge extent of Russian territory that the enemy has overrun during the past year is made clear by the…

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Gotten Cargo for Denmark Seized by Gorman War Ship

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 4

Stockholm, via London. Nov. 6.—The Norwegian steamship Eir, loaded with cotton and bound from Bergen for…

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Lost Zeppelins. About One a Month Gone Since War Began

The World's News · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 19

IN the eighth volume of "Nelson's History of the War," Mr. John Buchan has the following interesting notes on the enemy's lost Zeppelins:—…

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The War. Future Problems of Empire. Sir George Reid's Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 10

Australia's response to the call of [?] aroused by the great war is described by [?] George Reid in an article in the "W[?] Magazine," wherein the High Commiss[?]…

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Science and the War. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 20

Sir,—A striking address with the above title recently delivered at University College, London, by Professor J. A. Fleming, should be read and studied by every public man who…

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The Un-german. Rooting-out Process. War on English and Fbench

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 9

The Police President of Frankfurt-on-Main (says the "Daily Chronicle" of November 15) has issued the fallowing ordinance to the citizens. The "Frankfurter Zeitung" describes it…

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