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The wars & local soldiers, 1917

17,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

Outside Age Limit. Warning to Soldiers

Evening News · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 1

[?] Commandant [?] this morning this [?]…

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Soldiers' Letters. How to Address Them, the New Style

Evening News · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 3

[?] Minister for Defence announces [?]…

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Millions Wanted. Mr. Justice Ferguson and Returned Soldiers

Evening News · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 4

Speaking at the opening ceremany in connection with the [?] Mr. [?] (chairman of the [?] Committee) referred to post-war problems…

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Charge Against Soldier. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 7

Private Harry Robbind, of the Australian Field Artillery, has been remanded on a charge of stealing £9 from the War Cheat Club, Horaoferry-road, of which he was…

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Recruiting. Teems of Enlistment. South Coast Rally

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

The State Recruiting Committee is working energetically in its endeavours to secure the reinforcements necessary to keep the Australian army at the front at full strength. Public…

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Portugal's Help Smart and Efficient Soldiers LONDON, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 1

Portuguese newspapers announce that 100 officers and non-commissioned officers of the Portuguese army have already reached Paris, where they will prepare for the…

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Week-end Enlistments

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 6

On Saturday 32 men were accepted for the A.I.F. at Victoria Barracks, and 12 were rejected. Yesterday, at the Barracks, 11 were accepted and 8 rejected…

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Eager to Enlist Age Limit Evasions Action by Military

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 6

Lately there have been so many cases of youths under and men over the military age enlisting, and, on the eve of embarking for active service, being claimed for discharge…

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Missing Soldier

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 5

Second-Lieutenant Clarence T. Collier has been wounded and missing since July 20, 1916 and his father, Mr. Thos T. Collier, of "Alverstone," Boundary-street, Roseville, would be…

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Placing Soldiers on the Land. Cost to Queensland, £12,000,000

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 6

MELBOURNE. Saturday.--The total cost of the scheme for settling soldiers on the land In Queensland, which Is estimated to meet the maximum requirements In that State, is…

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"Council of Victory" Allied Gathering in Rome Balkan Question May Be Settled Lloyd George's Popularity 158th Day of Third Year of the War LONDON, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 1

A message from Rome states that the Allied representatives conferred all day on Saturday. Mr. Lloyd George is the hero of the…

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The Anzac Book

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 4

The best book about the Anzacs is The Anzac Book! Written and illustrated by themselves, on Gallipoli, in the face of the foe, it is unique. The…

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Wounded. Corporal Norman S. Bradley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 10

Official information has been received that Corporal Norman S. Bradley, of the Field Artillery, second son of Mr. Walter Bradley, of Darling Point, and formerly of Turramurra,…

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War Loan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 9

Circulars have been issued in connection with the War Loan to the recruiting committees by the Commonwealth Treasurer (Mr. Poynton), and the organising secretary…

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War Summary

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

Desperate Roumanian Fighting.—Desperate engagements are taking place along the whole Russo-Roumanina front…

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War Chest Club

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 6

Mr. C. le M. Walker, honorary secretary of the Citizens' War Chest Fund, has received the following cable from Brigadier-General Anderson, of headquarters, London, who has…

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The War Loan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 8

It is clear that if the fourth Commonwealth war loan is to be as great a success as the earlier ones then a special effort willl have to be made. There is a…

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The War Loan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 11

Mr. R. Wilson writes:— THE WAR LOAN. Sir,—A number of people who would like to contribute to the new war loan as a matter of patriotism…

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Patriotic Funds. War Chest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 12

Amounts already acknowledged, £121,—1/18/1; staff Lands Dept., £4/9/9; Liverpool, London, and Globe Ins. Co., £3/18/; Massey-[?]irris and Co., employess £17/18/l0; North Sydney [?] School, £4/4/6; The…

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