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Article : 442 wordsThe women's thrift campaign, the aims of which are to teach the meaning of thrift, national and personal, and to eliminate waste and promote efficiency, was Inaugurated under ...
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Article : 85 wordsSouth of the O[?]se the French are forcing their way up the western slopes of the highest patch of ground yet encountered during the withdrawal. The platean covers a ...
Article : 302 wordsPublic appeals in all churches, made on Sunday, inaugurated a national service week. One hundred and fifty large meetings have been arranged in connection with the ...
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Article : 121 wordsA submarine school has been opened at Constantinople. It is managed by German naval officers, who teach the Turkish officers and sailors to command and man submarines. ...
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Article : 20 wordsProspects favour the occurrence of warm and sultry weather, and rain is developing in the eastern districts. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 27 Mar 1917, Page 7
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