Returning Sick and Wounded Soldiers
A cablegram has been received at Squth Australian Headquarters, Keswick, announcing the departure from Suez of another hospital steamer with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1916
2,865 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 144
Wounded Soldiers and Friendly Societies' Sick Pay
The question of the legality of allowing sick pay to wounded soldiers has been investigated by the committee of management of the Grand United…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War. General Items
The London "Times" states the Government has decided to compel the enlistment of single men. Minor resignations from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wars. Story of the Evacuation of Anzac. Albania Declares War on Austria and Bulgaria. French Submarine Reported Sunk. British Cruiser Sunk While in Harbor. (Reuter's Messages.) Evacuation of Anzac. Story of Eyewitnesses. How the Operations Were Carried Out. London
Eye-witnesses, telling the story of the evacuation of Anzac, state that the calmness of the weather counted for an immense part of the success of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. the War. the Latest. (Reuter's Messages.) Evacuation of Anzac. German Correspondent's Story. Unburied Bodies Left. Depots Up to the Ceilings with Stores. London
A German Wireleas Press Agency message states that a correspondent of the "Lokalanzeiger" writes that he saw the abandoned camps and depots…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Albania Declares War. Against Austria and Bulgaria. Rome
It is reported at Valona that Essad Pasha, who has 20,000 men at his disposal, has declared war on behalf of Albania against Austria and Bulgaria…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Soldier's Death. Sydney
The body of the man found dead at Granville on Wednesday and brought to the Liverpool morgue on Thursday has been identified as that of Private…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germany's Future. War's Ravages on the Population. Proposal to Introduce Polygamy
Reports from Germany show that active steps are being taken in the "hunt fot babies" to repair war's ravages. Proposals include the abolition…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Items. Germany Near Defeat. Opinion in America. "Financially and Commercially Tottering."
The following items of news have been transmitted through the Independent Cable Service:- Sydney, Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Special Sunday Issue. Latest War News. Another Naval Engagement Austrian Vessels and seaplane Sunk. Success in the Adriatic. Sir lan Hamilton's Address to Soldiers. P. and O. Liner Torpedoed Nearly all Passengers and Crew Lost. The Kaiser's New Year Message. British Army Casualties. Labor and Compulsory Service. Naval Engagement. Two More Austrian Vessels Sunk. in the Adriatic. Attack on Durazzo Frustrated. Rome
An Austrian cruiser and five destroyers attempted to repeat the recent expleded bombarding Durazzo. They were allowed to approach and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Kaiser's Birthday. Great War Council Summoned. Princes and Generals to Attend. Berlin
The Kaiser has summoned a great war council to be held on his birthday, January 27. The Crown Prince. Generals Von…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eugen Sandow and the War. Reported to Have Been Shot. His Contradiction of Rumors
Mr. Engen Sandow, the world ifamous exponent of physical culture, is the latest of a long line of victins— including Prince Louis of Battenburg…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill Soldiers Letters From the Front
The following extracts are from letters sent by members of the Australian Expeditionary Forces to their friends in Broken Hill:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sportsmen Enlist
The well-known Victorian cross-country jockey, who has enlisted, and is in camp. M'Gregor was born at Monteith-road, Glasgow, Scotland. M'Gregor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Australia. Six O'clock Closing of Hotels. Petition Signed by 4000 SOLDIERS. Sydney
A petition asking that the hotels should be closed at 6 p.m. has been Signed by over 4000 members of the A.I.P. forces now encamped at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Wounded Soldier's Good Fortune. Lives Through Lonesome Pine Charge. Then Draws £1000 in Sweep
Private L. Barrington, who was one of 28 men left alive in his battelion after Lonesome Pine charge at Gallipoli, and was invalided home, thought…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. (Reuter's Messages.) Evacuation of Anzac. German Correspondent's Story. Unburied Bodies Left. Depots Up to the Ceilings with Stores. London
A German Wireless Press Agency message states that a correspondent of the "Lokalanzeiger" writes that he saw the abandoned camps and depots…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Pictures in Natural Colors
On Wednesday at the Theatre Royal, Mr. William J. Shephard will introduce for the first time to the public of Broken Hill a series of war pictures entitled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Compulsory Service. SIR J. A. Simon's Resignation. New Bill Probably Only for the War. London
The resignation of Sir J. A. Si[?]on (Home Department) has not yet b[?] accepted. but it is gansrally be[?]ved that, his decision is final…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Field Glasses for Soldiers
Between two of the races at South Broken Hill on Saturday afternoon Mr. W. Hogg, on behalf of the Barrier Empire League and other patriotic…
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