Soldiers Charged with Robbery. Sydney
The branch premises of Gowing Bros., at Liverpool camp, was broken into last night. Goods valued at £40 were stolen. At the local Police Court this morning four soldiers were…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
2,871 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 144
Soldier Shot
A soldier named William Green was shot in the right thigh at Spring Hill while endeavouring to avoid being re-arrested by the members of an armed guard of the military…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Fisher Visits Wounded Australians London
Mr. Fisher and his wife visited Wandsworth and warmly shook the hand of every Australian. Several snapshots were taken. Most of the 200 Australians remaining at Wandsworth had been in a serious condition, but are now rapidly improving, despite many wounds and complications. Mr. Fisher commented on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Earlier Messages
The Yorkshire miners are giving 6d per week for 14 weeks in order to raise £35,000 to buy motor ambulances The South Wales miners are thinking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Echoes of the War. the Adventures of the Appam
Ere these lines appear we shall probably hear all about the events which preceded the arrival of the British liner Appam in the famous Hampton Roads U.S.A., in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War German Raider in the Atlantic. Appam Case Decision. Under 1828 Prussian Treaty. Washington, Friday Night
The first and most important point of the controversy relating to the status quo of the steamer Appam,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton War Service Committee
The Mayor presided over a meeting held last night. Messrs. H. and R. Hynes, Donnelly, Dockrell, Jones, O'Connor, and E. A. May (secretary) were also present. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General War Cables. London
Nine hundred Germans (Europeans) and 14,000 German natives entered Spanish Guinea (West Africa). Interned prisoners report that the Germans…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Battle of Eyes. War Exacting, Not Exciting
In the "Morning Post" is published the letter of an artillery officer on the western front, who wrote to his wife describing the life there "between battles":--…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers and Liquor
A Melbourne telegram states that Mr. Mahon has advised the Defence Department that the Tasmanian Soldiers Liquor Restriction Bill is-not ultra vires. The Bill forbids…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Provision for Disabled Soldiers. Settlement on the Land. London
The Committee of the Board of Agriculture investigated the question of settlement of land after the war, especially as it applies to disabled soldiers. The Committee reports its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ex-soldiers As Settlers. London
Rider Haggard, answering criticisms that ex-soldiers should be settled in England, points out that 10,000 would be the utmost the British Government could deal with,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Anzac Buffet. Mr. Fisher and Our Wounded Heroes. London, Tuesday Night
Mr. and Mrs. A. Fisher lunched with the wounded Australian soldiers at the Anzac Buffet, London…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Earlier Messages
The Petrograd "Novoe Vremya" says that the Turks have evacuated Erzeroum. Advices from Berlin state that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Earlier Wires
A trawler which has arrived at Grimsby reported having discovered Zeppelin L19 in the North Sea. A destroyer was despatched…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Changes in War Command. London
A New York message from London says the London "Daily Sketch" declares that changes of great importance are contemplated in the direction of the war. Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Frightfulness. Cruelty to War Prisoners. London
A large Party of wounded Britishers from Germany arrived at Tilbury. Many lost their limbs at Mons and Charleroi; some are suffering from advanced tubenculosis, and one man related an astounding story of German "frightfulness." Two thousand Russian prisoners were taken to the firing line in Franca and forced to dig…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Loan. Still Mounting Up. Sydney
The second war loan subscriptions now total £21,375,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germany's Plan of Campaign. War Correspondent's Comments. London
Colonel Repington, "Times" correspondent, points out that General Falkenhayn did not reveal the plans of campaign for the coming year. The attack at Frise shows that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General War Gables. Western Front Engagements. Rumours of Big Offensive. London
There are reports of fierce artillery battles between La Bassee Canal and Arras, also, south of the River Somme. The British violently bombarded Lens for several days. The…
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