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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Essad Pasha Declares War Against Austro- Bulgarians London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 1

A Valona message says that the Italians are not yet advancing. It is reported that Essad Pasha, who is at the head of 20,000 Albanians, has declared…

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War's Signs and Warnings. Occultist Writer's Budget of Curious Stories

The World's News · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 27

STORIES are current among the French people of mysterious happenings that took place before the Great War began. One is that a gust of wind carried the immortelles off the…

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

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 2

"Stick to Gallipoli, did you say, Sam? The English Government ain't taken your advice this time. Stick to Gallipoli, says you; and here they been and cleared the whole Australian crowd out…

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"A Happy New Year"? a New Year's Meditation in War-time

The Methodist · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 1

A HAPPY NEW YEAR!" Is the wish not ironical? How can that year possibly be a happy one which takes its course through the anxieties and sufferings of a great war? As…

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Bernard Shaw, During. the World Wide War, in Europe Chiefly, 1915

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

"Fifty years age America banished slavery of the body from men in the United States, but still the same curse of the…

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Life on Board an Australian Transport. Aid Some of the Interesting Peaces Visited. One of the Ships That Brings Back the Wounded

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 10

Hospital ship lying off Lemnos. A view of the water front at Port Said, showing the landing stage for small boats. Two Australian Soldiers engaged in a bout with single sticks. A group of Australian buglers on one of our transports…

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Odds Against Ferdinand. Three to One Offered at Lloyd's; Other War Risks Betting

The World's News · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 21

3 to 1 against King Ferdinand being on the throne by June, 1916. 8 to 1 against the British soldier being killed in battle…

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The Socialists National Congress in France Resolutions on the War. Paris, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 6

The National Congress of Socialists has passed resolutions that France should continue the war until Alsa[?]-Lorraine, after a formal [?] of its inhabitants is reunited to France: the…

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The Terrors Which War Brings to the Peaceful Countryside on the Western Front

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

[?]is striking picture of actual warfare will bring home to Australians something of what the war means in the countries over which fighting is proceeding. "The photograph was taken during the bombardment of a peaceful village at the front, and it will to seen that the whole village is wrapped in smoke…

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Review of the War. by Lord Sydenham. Allies' Calm Confidence. London, Dec. 30

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

Lord Sydenham, who is recognised as one of the world's greatest military authorities, has granted the Australian Press Association the following interview…

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Great War Serial. Billy Maydew.v.c. Chapter III—A Breakfast in Flanders

The World's News · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 22

BEHIND some blackened ruins, which had once been a white Belgian farmhouse, an elderly soldier was busily engaged with pots and kettles over a…

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Calm Confidence Hopes for New Year. Lord Sydenham Reviews the War. London

Evening News · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 6

Lord Sydenham, who is recognised as one of the world's greatest military authorities, has granted the Australian Press Association the following interview reviewing the…

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Diary of the War Churchill's Eclipse Vacillations of Greece Servian Nation Treks London, November 13

The Sun · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 4

London is not asking to- night about Greece's King or the renewal of Russian activity, though the one is developing his schemes quickly, has allowed a…

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Another Ally. Essad Pasha to the Fore. War on Austria and Bulgaria. Rome, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 1

It is reported from Valona that E[?] Pasha, the ruler of Albania, has decided to take an active part in the war. He has declared war against both…

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Women & War's Man Waste the Sacred Duty of the Mother Sex Man's Lost Sense of Fatherhood

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 11

Mrs. Flora Annie Steel is one of England's most distinguished novelists, and it is within her right to comment strongly on the relations of man…

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Monetary and Commercial. Financial. Economic Forces in War. Germany's Food Supply. Important But Not Decisive Factor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 13

In war there are several distinct though often interlocked factors that make for success. These may be summarised as follow:— 1.—Exhaustion of enemy human resources…

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This Afternoon's War Cables New Year Honors. Conferred on Australasians Sir Charles M'kellar Included. London, Friday Night

Evening News · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 5

The list of New Year honors includes the [?] of the following Australasians:— K.C.M.G. Mr. Thomas Mack[?] High Commissioner…

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Blind Private Jones Full-fledged Swaddie at Sixteen Years War-worn Veteran Now "Some Cow's Got the Kid!"

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 15

We'll call him Private Jones. That's nearly his name, but it isn't quite. He's a little over seventeen, and perfectly blind. He gave his eyes that Australia might see the light. He…

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Pure Water for Soldiers Australian Inventions Make Good 99 Per Cent. Efficiency

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 14

Pure drinking water is an essential if the health of the soldiers in the field is to be preserved, and such troubles as typhoid fever kept away from the camps. Filtered water was, for…

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Some Reflections in The Mirror. Huns and Soldiers

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 5

NOW that the Federal Government 18 about to take action regarding the behaviour of soldiers and the early-closing a liquor bars, it is not too much to hope that it will also give some attention to…

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