£550,000,000 War Vote. London, Friday night
Mr. Bonar Law (Chancellor of the Exchequer) intends to ask the House of Commons on Monday for a vote of £550,000,000 sterling—the largest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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 26 of 250
Fourth War Loan. Amount Exceeded, But Time Extended
The subscription to the new issue of the Commonwealth War Loan has been a substantial success. The amount asked for was £18,000,000, and on the first day it was known…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Loan Twenty Millions Probable Our Big Bill. Melbourne
The subscription to the War Loan was increased to-day by a coatribution of £200,000 from the State Savings Bank of Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Loan Late Subscriptions. Reduced Rate of Interest. Melbourne
Mr. Poynton, the Federal Treasurer, announced yesterday that the rate of interest on war loan subscriptions from now on till the end of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Speculator. How They Can Be Made Peace Angels. Vancouver
Mr. Henry Ford urges the Government to confiscate all large plants, in the event of war, which, he says, will force war speculators to become peace…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Near the Verge of War.” Statement by Mr. Lansing. Washington
Mr. Lansing, Secretary for State, in a speech, said: “It is a time of anxiety and heavy responsibility. We must not close our eyes to the fact…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Power for War Utilising Women and Men. Mr. Massey's Views. London
Mr. Massey, Premier of New Zealand in an article in the “Pall Mall Gazette,”says: “One of the most valuable lessons of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War. (Australian Cable Association Messages.) American Crisis "Petering Out." Washington
Information is forthcoming from the United States that America will not fight unless an American ship [?] proved to be deliberately torpedicd,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dodging War Attitude of America Severe Critics. Overt Act Impossible. Washington
The administration is still standing rigid with the fixed determination not to precipitate was with Germany. Some unkind critics say that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New War Loan Our Debt £126,880,000. Australia Subscribes £76,880,000. MELBOURNE
Mr. Poynton, the Federal Treasurer, stated to-day that until February 14 subscriptions to the war loan would be received as usual…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-day's War News. Submarine Campaign. Confidence in Admiralty Methods. Neutral Ships Nervous. London
The sinking of approximately 20,000 tons of shipping daily, including neutrals, since January 31 is not half the Germans' boasted expectations of a million tons monthly, even…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Early Gables, Taking of Grandcourt. Germans Forced to Evacuate Village. Biggest Success Since November
A Special cable to the New York "Iribune" calls the capture of Grandcourt the biggest British success since November, opening the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prisoner in Germany. Molong Soldier's Letter
Private Fred W. Hart, of "The Gap," Molong, who is a prisoner of war at Minden, Germany, writing to Miss M. Woods, of Molong, under…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Young Soldier's Folly. Fires Revolver From Train
There was a scatter amongst the fettlers on the Orange railway line the other day, when they thought they were being attacked by an armed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seeing the Sights. What Australian Soldiers Do Salisbury Plain (England), December 1[?]
We have in sight of the cold, dulllooking shores of England early one morn, and round us steamed two torpedo boats on the look-out for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Good-bye and God Speed. to a Mudgee Soldier. Private Ransome Farewelled
Private Bruce Ransome, of the Trench Mortar Battery, one of Mudgee's latest recruits, was farewelled and made the recipient…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assisting Returned Soldiers
Settling returned soldiers on the land will be a knotty problem. Putting them on the land will be a comparatively easy matter; keeping them there will be a difficult one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Win the War" Day
"Win the War" Day will be celebrated in Bathurst on February 23, by a series of recruiting meeting's, held on the King's Parade during the day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Anzac Band Secretary's Repudiation. of Mr. T. L. Bathurst's Statements. Melbourne
Mr. H. Durard, formerly a sergeant-major in the 19th. Company of the Army Service Corps, who was secretary of the Anzac Band, when it visited…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anxious for War. New York
The Pekin correspondent of a number of American papers states that China has been anxious to enter the war against Germany ever since its…
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