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The wars & local soldiers, 1917

17,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250

Federal Politics. Suggested War Cabinet. No Amalgamation of Parties. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 12

Another day has passed without the Federal political situation becoming any clearer. It wns confidently expected that the Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, would unburden…

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War Work of the Y.m.c.a. the Spiritual Uplift

The Methodist · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 3

The inviting opportunities that exist for spiritual work among the troops at the front are described by Mr. L. J. Greenberg, a military secretary of the Y.M.C. A., who is on service with the Australian troops…

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New War Weapon. Aeroplane Bomb that is Under Control. Explodes in Air

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 6

Official tests have just been made by the Government of the United States and found successful, of a torpedo for dropping from aeroplanes…

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Late War News. Transport Ivernia. Archbishop Riley on Board. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 13

Archbishop Riley, of Perth, was aboard the transport Ivernia which was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on Monday. He has telegraphed that he is safe…

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Tommy and Jack at the Play Types of Drama the War Has Killed

Arrow · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 3

Considered broadly, England is now one vast camp. At last we are grasping the awful significance of things happening within sound of the cliffs of Dover. And we are living…

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Monetary and Commercial. Financial. the Metric System. Is It Essential? After the War Measure

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 15

Great Britain has, during the war, learnt much, and, above all has learnt the thoroughness of the methods adopte by the Germans in war and peace. For the…

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Greatest Air Battle of the War. With the British Army in the Field, November 11

The World's News · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 4

ENEMY airmen are showing more than their usual enterprise. Bombing raids, machine-gun…

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This Afternoon's War Cables Passed by Censor, Frank Austrian Paper, Rough and Ready Peace Note Amsterdam, Friday Night

Evening News · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 4

Surprise is expressed that the Censor at Vlenna should have allowed the "Agbelter Zeltung" to publish the following comment— " if the central Powers discover that the…

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Australian Soldier in Trouble. London, Friday Night

Evening News · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 4

Private Harry Robbind, of the Australian Field Artillery, has been remanded on a charge of stealing £[?] from the War Chest of a club at Horseferry-road, of which he was cashier…

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Have You Bought One? The Australian Soldiers' Gift Book

The World's News · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 29

Please notice the change in the heading to this column, for this week only. You are not asked, have you read "The Australian Soldiers Gift Book," edited by Ethel Turner and Bertram…

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Prayer for Our Soldiers

The Methodist · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 1

Almighty God, Sovereign Ruler among nations, Who sittest on the throne of the universe, judging right, look down in mercy on all our soldiers exposed in our country's cause to the perils of battle. Give to their…

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Christmas Treat for Soldiers. Liverpool Camp

The Methodist · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 3

The pleasing function, of entertaining the 2,200 soldiers in Liverpool Camp on Thursday, December 21st, proved to be a great success. At midday a good dinner was provided, which included 2,000 lbs. of plum…

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The Maltese. Not Aware of Embargo. an Offer to Enlist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 13

The cause of the Maltese immigrants is espoused by Mr. Arthur Rickard, president of the Millions Club. Mr. Rickard stated yesterday that the whole…

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Soldiers at Play

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 5

A chaplain of an Australian battalion in France writes as follows to the Australian Comforts Fund (of which the Citizens' War Cheat Fund is the N.S.W. division): --…

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Land for Soldiers Proposals of the Six States MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 5

The Ministers for Lands of the six Australian States considered this morning the various schemes submitted for the settlement of returned soldiers on the land. At the…

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Soldiers' Pay and Provident Wives

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 12

"Since Bob went to the war I have had more money to spend than I ever had before,'" was the remark I overheard on a ferry-boat on Christmas Eve. The person who made it was…

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Disabled Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 12

A preface by Sir Frederick Treves, the editor of a co-operative book entitled "Made in the Trenches," and composed entirely of articles and sketches contributed by soldiers, shows…

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For Our Soldiers!

Mosman, Neutral and Middle Harbour Resident · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 1

Anyone willing to assist with the furnishing of the returned soldiers cottages at French’s Forest by donating any kind of old furniture…

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In the Hands of the Germans. A Granville Soldier's Bad Luck. Left to his Fate in a German Trench

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 10

The thoughtfulness of a kind-hearted officer at the front in Franco has relieved the anxiety of the mother and relatives of Private William Frick, an old…

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