Professor Macintyre, chairman of the State Recruiting Committee, states that the committee has approved of a scheme consisting of a Win-the-War League. Finality was ...
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Article : 315 wordsEx-Sergeant-Major Fitzpatrick, who has served in South Africa, Zululand, and Gallipoli, has been appointed recruiting organiser for the eastern portion of the Macquarie ...
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Article : 23 wordsThe New Zealand sick and wounded soldiers will leave Sydney this afternoon. The Red Cross motor cars numbered 18-35 are requested to be in attendance at Rose Hall, ...
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Article : 151 wordsThe Liquer Control Board will prohibit the sale of whisky, brandy, rum, and gin, unless it is reduced to 30 degrees under-proof, representing a further 5 per cent. reduction in ...
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Article : 133 wordsThe war correspondent Mr. Ashmead Bartlett, who has been on the Western front, has arrived here. He is of opinion that there will be no cessation of hostilities before ...
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Article : 32 wordsThe "Daily Express," says that the New Year honours will include a new Imperial Order, to be especially associated with the Empire. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 4 Jan 1917, Page 7
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