War and Insane. Health Department Report. Sydney
The annual report of the Health Department states the war, with its attendant stress and grief, has not disproportionately increased the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1918
3,324 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 167
Grim Earnestness. to Terminate War in 1918. LONDON
"The Times" Washington correspondent describes the grim earnestness of America in her rushing efforts to terminate the war in 1918. It is regarded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commonwealth Finance. £2,500,000 a Year for War Pensions
A statement issued by the Federal Treasurer on Wednesday shows that to December 28th, 75,970 war pensions had been granted, committing the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russia. Civil War in Siberia. French Officials Murdered. London
Dispatches from Harbin report fierce fighting at Irkutsk between Bolshevik regulars and Cadets and Cossacks. The Bolsheviks have murdered the French…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Revolutionary Propaganda. Comical Meeting of War Prisoners. Petrograd, Thursday Night
The Leninites organised a meeting of war prisoners in order to foster revolutionary propaganda. There were comic results. Over 800 prisoners were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Civil War. Ukrainians and Maximalists. Number of Men Killed. London
Reuter's Petrograd correspondent states:— Fighting occurred with a Ukrainian lancer regiment and the Maximalists…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General War News. the Australasian Forces. Re-adjustment of Divisions. Melbourne
Senator Pearce stated yesterday that the First and Second Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, consisting of five Australian and one New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wounds of War. Maimed Faces and the Marvels of Plastic Surgery. London, November, 1917
At Sidcup, in the county of Kent, there is a war hospital which is assured of distinctive fame, even though the war hospital of to-day is universal and its relief…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers' Debts. Defence Minister's Statement. Melbourne
Requests are frequently being received by the Defence Department from members of the public asking for the "collection of moneys said to be due to soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Veteran Hero. Kempsey Soldier Returns. Gallipoli and France. Sydney
Another batch of 400 sick and wounded soldiers reached Sydney to-day. Amongst the number is Sergeant Samuel Bond, who, although 60 years of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A.I.F. Enlistments. Melbourne
The total enlistments in the A.I.F. last year were 46,729…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cossacks. Every Man a Soldier
The Cossacks had their origin in outlaws and adventurers, and have played a remarkable part in the history of Russia. In ancient Poland, the fugitive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From the Front. Soldiers Letters. Lce.-corp. F. G. Puddicombe
Extracts from letters written from France by Lee. Corp. F. G. Puddicombe to his wife at Grafton:--Somewhere in France.--Just a few…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War (Messages received, except where otherwise specified, through the Australian Cables Association.) Germany and Spain. Early Rupture Forecasted. Hun Piracy Again Responsible. New York, Wednesday Night
Official despatches from Rome hint at an early break between Spain and Germany. The Spanish press is urging the confiscation of the fifty-seven…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germany and Russia. Dropping the Mask. Civil War on Cossack Front. The Brest-Litovsk Peace Manoeuvres. a Significant Sidelight. the Mask Dropped. Springboard for Annexation. Baltic Provinces and Poland. London
The "Daily Express" correspondent says that regular railway and steamer services from Germany to Russia have been instituted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wounded Soldiers' Arrival. Sydney
Another batch of over 500 sick and wounded soldiers returned to Sydney to-day from Melbourne in four special trains…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The "Walking Wounded." FINE Y.M.C.A. SERVICE
"The biggest single prase of the whole work that the Y.M.C.A. is doing on the, "Western Front at present is ministering to the walking wounded," says…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Situation. Political Leaders Discredited
Political leaders are discredited everywhere; in England, the home of modern democracy, we find the formerly honored, names of Asquith, Balfour, Edward Grey,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Late War News. London, Thursday Night
Router's Vancouver correspondent says that American fighting men are to cross the Atlantic as last as they can be mustered, and are to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Post-war Reconstruction. the Labor Policy. London
The Labor Party has issued a draft report outlining its policy in post-war reconstruction to be considered by the party conference in June. It says: "A new…
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