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The wars & local soldiers, 1917

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Wounded Returning

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 4

Two more hatches of sick and wounded soldiers arc expected to arrive next Wednesday. They will at No. disembark Whaf, Woolloomooloo. Red Cross motor cars numbered 213…

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Sick and Wounded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 6

More sick and wounded soldiers are expected to arrive on Wednesday, and will disembark at No. 1 Wharf, Woolloomooloo. Red Cross motor cars numbered 213-282 are…

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Fashions for All Court Treated Girl As Widow Romance of Solider Killed in Action

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 7

By the family of a fallen hero a young woman has been treated as his widow. There has, in fact, been no marriage ceremony, though the wedding had been arranged, and the…

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Wounded. Captain V. M. Rich

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 8

Mr. Louis Rich, of Sydney, has received a cable message from the secretnry, Wa[?] Office, London, stating that his son, Captain Vivian Morris Rich, of the Royal Army…

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The War

Evening News · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 4

It was stated in a recent cable message that the losses of the enemy during November were 350,000, and even more in December. The number seems too great, in [?] of the reduction…

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French War Finance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 9

Up to July 31 the French Government raised by way of olan to conduct the was £1,530,000,000. The largest smounts are in the National Defence…

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Commercial. War Risk

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 9

War risks to the destinations mentioned, according to latest cable advices, are:- To or from Mediterranean, neutral, and Allied ports, ex Adriatic, via Suez, 10 per…

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Unhurt by the War

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 16

Paul H. Cram, American vice-consu[?] Marseilles, France, in writing on the film [?] ditions in Southern France, reports as [?] "Marseilles has about fifty motion [?]…

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Arbiters of War and Pea[?]

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 14

RULERS OF ALL THE WARRING NATIONS AND PRESIDENT OF THE GREATEST OF THE NEUTRAL COUNTRIES…

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War Services. Franco-british Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 5

LONDON. Sunday-- The Press Bureau states that during the past three days there have been continous conferences in Londond between the Batish Government and M. Ribot (French)…

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War Notes. the Allies' Reply

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 7

Although the reply communicated by the French Government to the United States Ambassader in Paris is described as "the joint reply of the Allies to the German Peace Note,…

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War Casualties. Killed. Lance-corporal A. C. Swinbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 8

Lance-corporal A. C. Swinbourne, third son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Swinbourne, of Newtown and Petersham, was killed in action in France on Novermber 14. He left for the front in…

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Progress of the War West of the Meuse

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 5

This German offensive, west of the Mouse, coming close. on the top of Successes…

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A Dead Horse German War Loan Over-spent

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 14

The result of the fifth German war loan is regarded in Swiss banking circles as unsatisfactory, and even as approaching a financial reverse. Germany's war expenditure to the end of…

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Church and War. Day of Intercession. Stirring Sermons

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 5

In accordance with the cabled request of the King, services of Intercession were held In tho churches of all denominations throughout the State yesterday. In Sydney the appeal of the…

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For Their Country. N.s.w. War Casualties

Evening News · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 2

Notices of casualties at the war will only be published on the written authority of the relatives or next-of-kin. Our correspondents, are therefore, asked to verify the information…

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War Cabinet. Imperial Conference. Press Opinion. London, Dec. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 7

The "Spectator" says:—"The summoning of the Oversea Dominions to the War Cabinet is incomparably the greatest constitutional event in the Empire's history. The foundations of…

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Late War News. Sunk. Cruiser in Mediterranean. Paris, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 7

A cruiser was submarined and sunk in the Mediterranean on December 27. Four lives were lost…

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The Cataclysm of War Dangers Confronting Us. Address by the Peimate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 8

A stirring address on the war was delivered by the Archbishop of Sydney at St. Andrew's Cathedral last night "We pray to-night," he said, "as our beloved King has asked us…

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Trade After the War. Ii. Supplying the Demand. Thf Need for Efficiency

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 9

While British manufacturers show a tendency to supply not so much what the consumers want, as what they consider good for them, many of the criticisms levelled against…

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