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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

21,398 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Great War Serial. Billy Maydew.v.c. New Readers Begin Here

The World's News · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 24

At a garden party given by Miss Scott-Aiglon— a leader in the woman's suffrage movement—in her beautiful grounds at Richmond Hill, in Surrey, the reader is introduced to several of the characters of the story. They and others have been called together by tl.eir militant hostess to consider her latest scheme—the provision of a field hospital staffed entirely by women. Her nephew—the Hon…

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War Thoughts of Red Indians. Man Who Would Stalk the Kaiser

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

THE manner in which the North American Indian regards the European war is described by Archdeacon Renison, rector of the Church of the Ascension, Hamilton, Ontario,…

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Before the Whistle Blow. the War Moralisings of Long Sam Martin

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 2

"When the Germans wan busy' makin' guns to smash the world," paid Long Sam, "France made a discovery that was worth a lot of runs and cordite and spiked hats. Guns was out of fashion…

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War Census Cards. Must Be Filled In. Penalties for Noncompliance. Melbourne

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 5

The reports of various meetings which have decided ro ignore the enlistment cards have been brought under the notice of the Prime Minister (Mr. W. M. Hugnes)…

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The Mirror of Fashion. Autumn Frocks in War Time a Forecast of Fashion

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 9

Dear Jane, At the old world gentleman used to say at Christmas time Here we are again busy looking forward to what offers in the…

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The men rival claims to leadership in the War Crime being so eagerly canvassed

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 14

The men whose rival claims to leadership in the War Crisis are being so eagerly canvassed…

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The New Hun. "A Beast We Have to Slay. War to Save Germany's Soul

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 5

A German author has published a book under the title of "The Blessings of War," in which he paints a remarkable picture of the…

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Monetary and Commercial. Financial. Trade After the War. Thinking It Out Now. a Complicated Problem

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 19

These who airily assert that after the war we should not trade with our present enemies have given little thought to the complicated problem, whose solution they find so easy…

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The-ruins Which Are Left Behind in the Pathway of Ruthless War. These Three Pictures bear eloquent testimony to the terrible havoc wrought by the war in the Lorraine and Champagne districts of France

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

The heaps of debris soon in this picture are all that remains of what was once the finest street in the one-time pretty. town of B[?] in Lorraine This town beside being needs the beauty of its thoroughfarce and surroundings was also the centre for the manufacture of the crystal ware…

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War Widow's Cry of Protest Did My Husband Die for King and Country or for a Blunder?

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 9

The Dardanelles expedition is an example of the recklessness that so often goes with a general habit of indecision. The Balkan policy of the Government, on the…

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A Recrudescence of Hatred War Is the Best Force for Inspiring It the Human Face Animated by Hate

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 3

In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our…

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Our Choice—soldier or Politician?

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 8

FOR a whole week I have been standing on the tiptoe of expectation, breathlessly awaiting the Great Speech from Mr. Asquith; instead of which the great Speech was made by…

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Sydney Girls busy Working For the Soldiers at the Front

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 17

A glimpse of a work-room at Elliott Bros, where many girls are at work packing field dressings fort use at the front by the Army Medical Corps…

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Treatment of Soldiers. Returned Queenslander's Indictment. at the Mercy of Red-tape Officialdom

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 18

A Queenslander recently returned from Gallipoli writes as follows regarding soldiers" grievances:— The difference that is amply realised…

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Soldiers' Letters. Sorting Arrangements at Sydney

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 6

During the past three months complaints regarding the delay in the delivery of letters to men at the front have been very consistent and several letters…

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A Peace Meeting. Miss Pankhurst and the Soldiers

Direct Action · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 4

Granny "Argus" is an unconscious humorist, and does not know it. Miss Pankhurst was going to lecture on "Shall Men Enlist?" Whether she…

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A Soldier's Death

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 1

The Liverpool Coroner inquired into the death of Heavy Au[?] whose mutinied body was found on the railway line near Casuls on December 28…

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Another Railway Accident Soldier Killed Near Clyde

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 5

A soldier was killed [?] near Cl[?]de this morning [?] passengers of a train [?]…

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