Italy's War Leader
Just as General Joffre was practically unknown outside of Frame before the beginning of the war, so Italy's leader comes upon the European battlefield unheralded and…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
2,871 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 21 of 144
War Brevities. London
The steamer Tergestea has been sunk. The crew were landed. Since the war broke out food prices have increased 47 per cent. in the United…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Earlier Messages
The King has conferred decorations on forty French officers and men. The Austro-German printing works are busy turning out enormous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Vast Arsenal." Britain's War Work
"A Neutral," where contributions to the London press are attracting attention, sleclares that England's share is not understood on the Continent even by her Allies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The European War. Early Messages. New York
It is reported here that a British cruiser captured the German cruiser Roon after a 3 hours' fight off Bermuda. Two merchantmen are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Loan. Crowing Over Other States
We are reminded that fine though the response to the War Loan has been, we must still face the obligation of providing the Government with enough money to finance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How to Meet War Cost. the Personal Problem
For generations well-to-do people have built up for themselves a complicated scheme of life, involving a house which needs so many servants to run it, a class mode of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →End of the Arethusa. First Naval Action of the War Recalled
The news of the loss of H.M.S. Arethusa as the result of striking a mine on the east coast of England, will be received with a peculiarly strong…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Raiders in Atlantic. a Sensational Story. Eleven Raiders Preparing. London, Thursday Night
Capt. Maguire, of the schooner Edgar Murdoch, has arrived at New York and reported that eleven German steamers, which are laid up in ports…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fifteen Military Camps. Efficiency of the Soldiers. Sydney
The State Commandant says there are now 15 separate camps in New South Wales, eight of which have been established since the New Year. An administrative and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From the Front. Soldiers' Letters. Trooper C. B. Pratt
From Ma[?]adi Camp, Egypt, under date 12th Dec., Trooper C. B. Pratt writes to his sister, Mrs. E. A. Wicks, Villiers-street, Grafton, as follows:--…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Soldier-poet. Pte. Alex. McQUEEN, of Lawrence
Pte. Alex. Ross McQueen, of 1st Batt. 1st Brigade, was one of the first four volunteers to leave the Clarence when the war broke out. He was in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tea Gardens for Soldiers. to Be Erected in the Domain. Sydney
The Premier (Mr. Holman) has authorised the expenditure of £1400 on the erection of tea gardens for soldiers in the Outer Domain, near the cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Australasia. the Soldiers' Riots. Alarm at Liverpool Camp. Rumored Attack From Casula Restrictions on Hotels. Sydney
The alarm was sounded at Liverpool Camp last night and the Thirtieth Battalion was on guard in a few minutes. The cause was a rumour that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sergeant Peachey's Experiences. Wounded in Three Places
Sergeant F. C.Peachey, who returned a few days ago to Grafton, saw a lot of fighting in the early stages of the Gallipoli landing. He left Australia on December 22, 1914, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Papers at War
The late J. L. Trefle's old paper, the Temora "Independent," has discarded its red-hot Labor policy, and ranged itself behind the Liberals, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Census Cards
A proclamation in the Government "Gazette" requiring persons of military age to fill in and return the war census cards by March 1, makes it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Sydney
The Associated Chambers of Commerce of the Kingdom have arranged a meeting for the 29th to consider post war problems. The Norwich…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General War Cables. London
Fighting is taking place between Arab tribes in Egypt. Austrians ceased the offensive against Durazzo owing to the arrival of Italian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returned Gallipoli Soldier
Corporal Oscar Hansen, a returned Gallipoli soldier, arrived at Coffs on Tuesday last. He is the first of the local boys to return. Corporal…
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