The Great War. a Quiet Week
As in politics so in war, it is never safe to predict or prophesy! Present information regarding the pending operations in France is again scantily meagre,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1914
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Life in London. London in War Time
The great city is wonderfully calm and only shows her excitement by buying newspapers every hour. The so-called fourth editions of the evening papers are…
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The fall of Antwerp cast a gloom over everything on Monday morning. It was only to be expected in view of the strength of the German attack, but the people felt…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Horrors of War
A nurse at Bordeaux tells a tale a tale of Poignant misery. A mother visited her son, who, comfortably tucked in bed with his head wrapped in bandages, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War and Other Things
IN the early stages of the war, British authorities who are directing operations advised that those not in the firing line, and not likely to be, that they could best help by keeping the wheels of industrial machinery moving just as though there was nothing unusual happening. All England quickly settled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A War Guide Worth Getting
A flood of publications on the war has begun to flow in from overseas, but an Australian publisher has succeeded in issuing the best sixpenny war publication…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →How the Germans Make War. Abominable Methods
Australians have not the slightest idea of what this war is, or means, but by the time it is over they should have received a liberal education—that is if they will read, mark,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great War. a Mad Monarch. His Latest Blashphemy
The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that a Warsaw newspaper contains the text of the German Emperor's latest proclamation,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Prisoner of War.—
Mr. Mark Foy, so well known on the Mountains, is now prisoner of war in the Caroline Islands. It will be remembered that Mr. Foy left Sydney some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Life in London. the War in the Air
When Wells wrote his "War in the Air," most people probably thought that such things as he described would never come to pass. But Wells was a true…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War and the Mountains
THE war still comes first, continuing to overshadow all other mundane affairs in most parts of the world in which we have either direct or in direct concern. As a cynic, who possesses the saving grace of humor, has remarked—"the war is now localised, it covers all Europe,"—and when one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Great War. the Week's Epitome
The news from the Franco-Belgian fighting area became more satisfactory as the week progressed. The great battle taking place on the German left wing,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Welcome Home
In a letter to "Echo," the Rev. Hulton-Same, Queensland's fighting parson, his old friends. He also forwards several…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eagles of War
The eagles of war have swooped on our land From the depths of the devil's throne, To plunge their talons in quivering flesh…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Leura War Chest Fund
In these days of the Empire's greatest need, all should help, no matter in how small a way, to swell the different funds that are to aid our soldiers and those…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Great War. Ending of the Emden. Australian Jack Tars. Settle the Sea Serpent
"The Australian cruiser, 'Sydney,' caught and the latter is ashore at the Coces Islands, a complete wreck."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Little Bobs." Passing of a Great Soldier
Lord Roberts—or "Bobs," as he was affectionately called by the British army and public—is dead, and with his demise passed one of the greatest figures of his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Reason for War
It may be affirmed positively that a very few people, excepting those actually cognisant with the political schemes of Europe, seriously believed that such a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A War Alphabet
A for the Arms we must honorably bear, B for the Burden which Briton must share C for that Courage as brave as of yore D for the Dare-devil when foes number more…
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