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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1917

5,026 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 14 of 250

To-day's War News Destroyers in Action. Seven Germans Reported Sunk. London

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 2

Ten British and 12 German torpedo boat destroyers have been engaged. Seven Germans are reported to have been sunk…

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I Serve Win the War League Bathurst League Formed Sergt, Inman's Proposals Adopted. Hon Jagoe Smith Donates £20

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 2

There was a good attendance, pri[?]pally ladies, at the public meeting held in the Bathurst Town Hall last night for the purpose of forming a "Win the…

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Battlefield Savings Bank. Getting the Soldiers' Savings Petrograd

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 3

Russia has established 113 savings banks on the various fronts in order to encourage the soldiers to subscribe to the war loan…

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Training Australian Soldiers London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 2

General Anderson, the Commonwealth representative at the War Office, is considering a proposal for the training of Partially disabled soldiers in British…

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Soldiers' Savings Banks. Petrograd

Leader · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 2

Russia has established 115 savings' tanks on the various fronts, in order to encourage soldiers to subscribe to the war loan…

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Soldiers Praise Smokes. Thanks for Southern Cross Fund

Leader · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 5

How greatly the gifts of tobacco and cigarettes which have been sent through the Overseas Southern Crosn Tobacco Fund to the men at the front…

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Taxi-Cab Fatality Soldier Killed. Taxi Driver Charged. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 2

While motoring from the city to Randwick early this morning, Arthur Patrick Murray, a member of the A.I.F. attached to the Liverpool camp,…

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Our Soldiers' Letter Box. the Mullins Brothers

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 4

The friends of several Lithgow boys on active service have recently had letters from the front. These received by Mr. and Mrs. P. Mullins intimate that Pte. Will Mullins has…

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Gingkin Items. Send-off to Soldier Lads. a Resident's Ofer

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 2

A number of relatives and friends of Ptes. A. Stilwell and R. H. Mackie, congregated at the residence of Mr. G. Spencer one evening recently to wish them good luck and…

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More Inhumanity Germans and Wounded Soldiers. Neutral Protest. Berne

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 2

The Humane Society protests against what is described us the cruelty of the German procedure in taking French and British sick and wounded prisoners…

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Win the War League

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 30

The formation of the new Win the War League is an earnest attempt to organise the Australian people with a view to making a…

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"Over by December" a German View of War. Amsterdam

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 2

A large German hotel has undertaken a big advertising campaign intended to attract visitors in December…

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Late News This Morning's Cables. Sea Fight Complete Victory a Connected Story. Enemy Surrounded. Admission by Wounded. Many Sinkings Reported. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 2

The "Daily Chronicle's" [?] correspondent states that within a few hours of the anniversary of Dogger Bank the Germans again suffered a…

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Germany and France "Do Not Want War." Another German View. New York

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 2

The "World's" correspondent at Berlin has had an interview with [?] Heckher, a prominent member of the Reichstag, who said, "We…

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Labor British Congress "Most Important in History." Attitude Towards the War. London, Wednesdnay. I

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 2

The annual conference of the Labor party at Albort Hall in Manchester is the most important in the history of the movement…

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The War New Measures Against U Boats. Raider Reported Sunk. Threat to Blockade Britain

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 20

A New York message states that Britain has adopted a new method of fighting U boats, and the system has been generally applied. One vessel…

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Prisoners of War in Germany and Turkey. Red Cross Comforts. Some Interesting Details. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 1

The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) has received from the High Commissioner a report by the Australian Red Cross Commissioners relative to the…

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To-day's Wires. The Naval Engagement. Great British Victory. Seven of Enemy Sunk Testimony of Enemy Wounded. Some Gruesome Scenes Frozen Dead. Chopped off the Decks. LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 16

One theory respecting the naval engagement is that the Germans were about to commence a raid. later particulars of the naval…

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Returned Soldiers and Eligibles in Defence Department Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 1

An official reply was made by the Defence Department to-day to the statements by returned soldiers that many of the officials in the central…

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French Soldiers' Wine Paris

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 4

During 1916 the French Government requisitioned a quantity of wine, equal to 792,000,000 large bottles for the army…

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