Commonwealth War Loan. the Final Amount: £22,500,000. MELBOURNE
By the extension of time for the closing of the Commonwealth War Loan the Federal Treasurer has been enabled to get an additional 4½ millions, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1917
3,032 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 40 of 152
Gallant Canadians. Win the Greatest Battle of the War. London
In the offensive the First and Third British Armies [?]artook in the Arras attack, while the Fifth, in which the First Anzac Corps is at present…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News of the World. Austria. Corruption in the Army. War Minister Resigns. London
Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent, Wednesday, Vienna: The Minister for War, M. Krobatin, has resigned following on revelations of extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier's Letter
Mr. W. J. Kirkpatrick, Grafton, recently received word that his brother Private "Tom" Kirkpatrick, had been awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Enlisting. the State Returns. Sydney
Professor McIntyre, chairman of the State Recruiting Committee, states that enlistments in the Commonwealth during the first three months of this year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American War Preparations Filmed
Camera men were busy during the weeks which followed the breaking off of diplomatic relations with Germany by America, and the films secured by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Earlier Messages
A German official report says:--Our enemies lost in March on all fronts 161 aeroplanes and 19 balloons. Aerial attacks destroyed 143 of the aeroplanes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The European War. Early Messages. Sydney
The American House of Representatives carried the war resolution by 373 votes to 50. President Wilson's subsequently signed Declaration of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →America and Mexico. War Almost Certain. Washington
War with Mexico is regarded as a distinct possibility by the State Department, which learns that President Carranza is planning an embargo on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General War News. Empire Naval Development. Canadian Bases to Be Improved. Ottawa
The Imperial War Cabinet, it is understood, has agreed to a scheme of Empire naval development, whereby Halifax and Esquimalt are to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Soldier's Appeal
Sergeant F. J. Dood, of Newcastle, writing to his cousin, Miss Holt, of Campsie, says :âIt would not do for the miners to come out at this job…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returned Soldiers' Association
Relative to the formation of a branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association on this river, Mr. R. Bale is in receipt of the following communication from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Real Peace Coming. British Soldiers Heralds of the Dawn. Ships the Assurance of Victory. London Thursday Night
Continuing Mr Lloyd George said: "The Peace Conference will settle the destiny of the nations and the course of human life for countless years. I…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Brushgrove. Brushgrove Soldiers' Helpers' League
A general meeting of the above was held on Wednesday night, Cr. J. Lattimore (president) presiding over a fair attendance of members…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War (Messages received, except where otherwise specified, through the Australian Cables Association.) Western Offensive British Still Advancing. Further Notable Success. Great Air Work. London
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-- Our operations have been energetically continued despite heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Anzac and his Girl
An exchange publishes this: The cry of the English girl today is "I want to marry an Anzac!" This leads one to suppose that the average Anzac is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Salvaging Wounded Turks. Stretcher-bearers in Desert
Writing to a friend at Forbes, Private T. J. Lee, of the Army Medical Corps, gives some particulars of the life and incidents of fighting in the desert:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anzac Day. Wednesday, April 25. Remembrance of Our Dead
The word Anzac is unique. It is not in itself related to any other human word, but in its meaning it is akin to the most beautiful words in every…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late War News. London
A French communique says: The struggle continues fairly violent between the Somme and the Olse. We attacked the German positions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early War News. London
Reuter's Petrograd correspondent states that the Socialist, M. Kerenski (Minister for Justice), attended a meeting of the military delegates and…
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