Late War News. London, Thursday Afternoon
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:—Our aviators bombed an aerodrome northward of Doual dump and northward of Lille. They dropped…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1918
3,324 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 27 of 167
The Aeroplane Sentry. a Sketch of War
The aeroplane sentry sat on his solitary mound in the middle of the field in the hot sunshine. His business was to watch for hostile aeroplanes, arid to warn the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Scottish Women's War Hospitals. Mr. Button's Address
Mr. C, N. Button, speaking at Grafton on Wednesday night, said that the historians of the future when dealing with the subject of women's work in the war…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Women on War Work. Ambulance Driving in France
The need for more men in the army to keep the battalions up to strength on the war fronts is ever reducing the available male labor in Great Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Buy War Bonds." Mr. Bonar Law's Appeal. London
Mr. Bonar Law, in appealing to the public to buy war bonds, says: "At this moment it is more imperative than ever that we at home should do our part and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Britain's War Bill. Daily Expenditure £6,384,000. LONDON
In the House of Commons Mr. Bonar Law staled that the average daily national expenditure for the four weeks ending February 16, was £6,384,000…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Soldier Lads Farewelled
Notwithstanding torrential rain, there was a fair attendance at the School of Arts on Friday evening, when Ptes. "Jack" Pullen and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Soldier's Thanks
Pte. H. A. Brown, 3rd Battalion, A.I.F., rites from "somewhere in France," under date, December 6, 1917, to the secretary, Harwood Island Comforts Fund:—I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Turks Losing Palestine. Soldiers "Want to Be Captured." 8000 People Starved
"A shining oasis in the desert of our unpreparedness for war was the fact— hitherto, I believe, unpublished—that a week before war broke out the survey of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers in Fine Fettle. Germans Dislike the Prospects. and Are in Dismal Spirits. London
Mr. Hamilton Fyfe, the "Daily Mail" correspondent, who is visiting the area in which is expected the German attack, between Arras and St. Quentih, says the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Position of the Soldier
While everyone, will wish the best of success to the appeal now made to the people of this State to provide a further sum of £150,000 for. the Lord Mayor's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ulmarra Soldiers
Pte. M. Carmont, in a letter to his consin, Miss: Flanders expresses his gratitude at the receipt of a parcel from Ulmarra. The package opened up in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Kempsey War Chest
A public meeting convened for the purpose of forming a .branch of the War Chest was held in the Kempsey School of Arts on Friday, the Mayoress (Mrs. C. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Earlier Messages
The unprecedented floods on the East Coast belt of South Africa continue, and a[?] causing great damage (says a cable from Capetown). It is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Loan. Melbourne
During the coming week there will be 500,000. canvassers working throughout the Commonwealth urging subscriptions for the sixth war loan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Aims Defined. Fighting Prussianism. London
The Inter-Allied Socialist Conference agreed to a memorandum on war aims, declaring: "The peoples of Europe are the sufferers by the war, though…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Labor View. War Aims and Peace Policy
The Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Union Congress and the executive of the Labor party, which sat in London during December last year, formulated a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton War Chest. Annual Report and Balance Sheet
The annual report of the Committee of Management and balance sheet for the year 1917, of the Grafton branch of the War Chest, for presentation to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General War News. I.W.Ws. in England. Three Gaoled, London, Saturday Night
Three members of the Industrial Workers of the World, including two Americans, were sentenced to six months' imprisonment to-day for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Workers Support the War. No Peace Till French Provinces Are Restored. Paris
Mr. G. H. Roberts (Labor M.P. for Norwich), Minister for Labor, in an interview with "Le Journal's" London correspondent, said: "The British…
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