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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
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An official communique states:— "We drove back the Germans at Lebegalen, north of Gumbinnen, in East Prussia…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Acting Premier made available yesterday the following despatch received by the Government from the Secretary of State:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The 18th annual ordinary general meeting of the Sulphide Corporation, Limited, was held on December 23 at Winchester House, the Right Hon. the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The brilliant action in the North Sea has given still further proof, of the wisdom of Lord Fisher's action in introducing the all-big-guns type of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. W. J. Bryan (U.S.A. Secretary of State), replying to a German protest, asserts that seaplanes and aeroplanes are not vessels of war, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Minister of Defence yesterday stated that relatives of the men who have gone with the expeditionary forces can rest assured that news concerning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A book, full of information, which a soldier would find of valuable assistance to him in looking after his physical welfare, and which is entitled "Hints…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The commander of the New Zealand, which took part in the recent naval engagement in the North Sea, has telegraphed to the Hon. T…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An unconfirmed report was received in London last night that, under cover of the darkness, five airships, presumably Germans, had appeared off the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The wife of Mr. T. J. Roach, an Australian engineer, was among the women temporarily carried off during the Nyassaland rising. Mr. Roach…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Asquith, in the House of Commons to-day, said he cordially welcomed the Opposition's criticisms and co-operation, and promised to supply an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher), who returned from New Zealand yesterday, says he is convinced that the war has brought the Dominion and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Sunday the Hygeia, with an Irish pipe band on board, took over 1500 members of the United Irish League on the league's annual Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday the British Government notified the United States Government that all food supplies consigned to Great Britain[?] enemies will in future…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The death is announced of Major-General Sir Luke O'Connor, V.C., at the age of 33 years. Sir Luke enlisted in 1849 as a private, and won his way…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A correspondent of the "Frankfurter Zeitung" gave an account of the British Army at the front and in training, strikingly different from what…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mrs. Drucker, of Sekforde-street, Clerkenwell, London, tells of the success of a daring ruse she adopted in the hope of restoring speech to her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An eyewitness with the army in Western Europe reports:— "Six hundred Germans on January 29 made two attacks between La…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Northland, of the Second Coldstream Guards, has died of wounds received in the fighting at La Bassee. [Lord Northland (Thomas Uchter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The British troops met the Turkish enemy yesterday in the vicinity of Ismailia, on the Suez Canal, about 80 miles from Cairo. The enemy's ardor…
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