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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
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Serious military rioting continued till a late hour last night. Apparently a few malcontents were responsible for the whole business. Decent men in the camp were cajoled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the above was held in the Town Hall last night. Mrs. A. McDonald, in the absence of the Mayor, presided, and there were also present Mesdames Thomas,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After the public meeting on Monday night, the Grafton War Service Committee held their usual weekly meeting presided over by the Mayor, and all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The week's recruiti[?] is very poor, only 681 men enlisted at Sydney. The Times correspondent states…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In view of Roumania's f[?]ture policy, which is daily causing increased anxiety to the Austro-German press, importance attaches to the news that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There has been further fighting in the Artois region. French troops surrounded and decimated a Germany company. Fighting is also proceeding at Champagne and Alsace,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There is a notable pause in the fighting in Europe. Has been indeed for the last month. Our interest has been centred on matters which have after all, not effected the main…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Germans admit that Lille has been damaged by the British bombardment. (Received too late for publication in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The soldiers' strike and riot at Liverpool and Sydney yesterday culminated in a midnight affray at the Central Railway Station, wherein Private…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dr. G. B. Grundy, a distinguished Oxford "don," happened while staying abroad in 1905 to spend a long evening with an Austrian count, well acquainted with European…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On January 15th this year a meeting of engineering and other experts was called in New York to discuss American preparedness for defence. At this meeting a letter was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Until the spring of 1915 the Balkan situation seemed sufficiently clear. It could be thus summarised: The European war had aroused in all the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Speaking at the Millions Club, Mr. Ashmead Bartlett said he was certain there would be an unprecedented rush to Canada and Australia from Britain when the soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The conference of railway workers and general labourers carried a resolution condemning the action of the Government in paying exorbitant interest to moneylenders…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the House of Commons Mr. Asquith said recent happenings in the war zones did not call for any special comment, excepting the recrudescence of fighting on the Western front, where the Allies were more than holding their own. The Servians had evacuated Albania, and were now reconstituting and reforming…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Germans are persistently active in the Ypres salient. Part of the enemy got into a short section of the British front trenches, but bombers easily cleared them out. A heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the House of Lords Lord Kitchener reviewed the situation, and said the Allied offensives at Loos, in Champagne, and Arras had resulted in the infliction of very heavy losses on the foe and capture of important positions, while his counterattacks had failed to recover lost ground. Considerable forces had been withdrawn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The military authorities state that under the existing law any person who shall maliciously or advisedly endeavour to seduce any persons in His Majesty's forces by sea…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minister for Lands stated that there are two serious obstacles in the way of carrying out a scheme to provide land for returned soldiers; firstly, the cost, and…
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