Grafton War Chest
For the week ending on Friday, the takings at the Grafton War Chest Depot totalled £6 10s. Donations from the following are acknowledged:--…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1918
3,324 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 37 of 167
The War Earlier Messages
Major P. K. Glazebrook, Unionist member of the House of Commons for Manchester South, has been killed in Palestine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. Ulmarra. War Chest
The monthly meeting of members of the War Chest branch was held on Thursday night. Present: Mr. G. W. Fitzgerald (Mayor), president,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Loan Bullets. Pith of Our Position
So that everyone may be seized with the salient facts of the financial position of Australia to-day--and the power of the people to make the Sixth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Loan. Advances to Wool Growers. Melbourne
The secretary to the Federal Treasurer, referring to the new war loan, said any wool grower could obtain from his bank an advance up to 90 per cent, of the value…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chief Officer of Matunga. Prisoner of War in Germany. Sydney
Mrs. McBride, wife of the chief officer of the Matunga, has received a cable message stating that her husband is a prisoner in Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When War Broke Out. British Sincerity. Testimony by Lichnowsky. London, Friday Night
The "Politiken" (Stockholm) publishes a remarkable secret memorandum by Prince Lichnowsky, who was German Ambassador in London before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General War News. Collision in Irish Sea. 26 Persons Missing. London, Saturday Night
The steamer Rathmore, with 640 passengers, has been in collision with a naval vessel in the Irish Sea. There are twenty-six persons missing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labor and the War. Sam Gomper's Message. Must Destroy Autocracy. a Misunderstanding Cleared Up Washington
"That Labor in all the Allied countries must co-operate in the gigantic task and destroy, autocracy" was the message that the president of the American Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Submarine Menace. Fate of War Will Be Decided in Shipyards. Startling Figures to Be Quoted. London, Friday Night
Mr. Bonar Law, in the House of Commons, replying to speeches in the debate on mercantile ship-building, said that the essence of the matter was the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"We Took the Wrong Side." Who Caused the War? German Ambassdor's Revelations. Germany Riding the Wrong Horses. London
A Swedish political paper publishes a document written by Prince Liclnowsky, formerly German Ambassador in London, for private circulation, revealing the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Honors for Australians. Order of the British Empire. Awarded to War Workers. Mr. E. G. Elworthy Honored. Sydney
The Governor-General has received a cable from the Secretary of State for the Colonies informing him that his Majesty the King has approved of the following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Politician-soldier. Mr. Webb Court-martialled. Sydney
Mr. Webb, Labor Member for Grey, New Zealand, who was called up for active service under the compulsory service law, has been court-martialled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War (Messages received, except where otherwise specified, through the Australian Cables Association.) Austria's Troubles. New Strike Movement. Railway Men Refuse Duty. Zurich
A new strike movement has begun in Austria. The workers on a number of railways have struck and the military authorities have vainly ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Voyage of the Wolf Another Thrilling Story. Piracy and Mine-laying. (Special to the Australian Press Association, which supplies all war and oversea cables to the Grafton "Argus and to the leading metropolitan journals of Australia.) LONDON
A representative of the Australian Press Association has interviewed Dr. Strangman and Dr. Flood, Australian medical men who were captured on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Financial. Sixth War Loan. the Financial Shirker
It is expected that the Sixth War Loan will be a phenomenal success, and that the amount the Treasurer is asking for will be largely exceeded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Precautions Act. Protest Against Fine. Perth
A meeting of the Australian Labor Federation at Perth protested against the fine of £25 imposed on Mr. Collier, leader of the Labor Parliamentary party, for a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand War Loan. Compulsion May Be Resorted To. Auckland
The prospectus of the New Zealand nine and a half million war loan, states that any deficiency may be made up by a compulsory levy under the Act, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Incapacitated Soldiers. Increased Pensions Proposed. Sydney
Correspondence is passing between the State and Federal Governments on the question of an increased pension to incapacitated soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Win-the-war Measures. Vancouver
A further message from Ottawa says the Throne Speech also announced that bills would be brought forward to place additional taxes on munition…
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