Slaves in Germany. Treatment of Prisoners. Who Refuse War Work
When we hear of prisoners of war refusing to work in the mines and munition works in Germany, it is difficult always to realise what that refusal…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1917
3,620 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 12 of 181
The National Party. to Win the War. Mr. Hughes's, Invitation to Australians
The Prime Minister at a meeting at the Town Hall, Melbourne (reports the Melbourne correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph") launched his new national…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Retrenchment. Minister of Public Work's Explanation. Due to the War. Sydney
The railway and Tramway Department, it is estimated will spend this year about £1,000,000 less than in 1915-16. This year's expenditure may amount…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Australia. Charge Under the War Precautions Act. an Alien's Changed Name. Sydney
At the Newcastle Police Court Edward William Potz, a laborer, aged 28 years, was charged under the War Precautions Act that, whilst being a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Political Situation. Waiting for Mr. Tudor's Party to Meet. Rumored Opposition to War Cabinet. Melbourne
Comparative calm is said to now prevail in Federal political circled following upon the decision of the Ministerial and Liberal parties to invite the. Official…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Letters. From the Front and Abroad. Corporal J. H. Hunter
Mr. Albert Curyer of Beryl-lane of Phillip-street, North Broken Hill, has received the following letter, dated France, November 11, from [?]erporal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Roumanian Soldier. As a Worker and a Fighter
As a marching man (writes a "Daily Chronicle' correspondent) I do not suppose there is any soldier of any other land to whom the Roumanian cannot,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Special Sunday Issue. Latest War News. Desperate Fighting in Roumania. Germans Report Capture of Manceti. Positions Shelled on La Bassee Canal. Artillery Work on French Front. Preparing for the Great Offensive. Explosion in British Munitions Factory. Considerable Loss of Life and Damage Feared. Transport Sunk by Mine in English Channel. The Troops Safe. New Style of German Defensive Works. German Socialist Leader Speaks of German Aggression. Cargoes Taken by the Raider. Wheat, Flour, and Horses. Now Said to be Three Vessels. Brazilian Navy Guarding the Coast. Poblem of Ocean Transportation Acute. Deutschland Expected to Arrive in United States. Three Hundred Norwegian Vessels Sunk during the War. On the Western Front. Enemy Positions Shelled. (Reuter's Message.) London
Field-marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:— "We dispersed the enemy's working parties in the Ancre area. We shelled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lance-corporal Donnellan Killed in Action
The military authorities in Melbourne have sent a telegram to Mrs. W. Donnellan, of Blende-street North, Broken Hill, informing her that Lance-corporal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Items. Harcourt Beatty Wounded
Mr. Harcourt Beatty, the actor, so well-known to Australians, has had his arm badly shattered in the "Big Push." He went into battle on July 1, 1916…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Loan. Sydney
Arrangements are being made at many of the business institutions in Sydney to hold meetings of the employees in connection with the war loan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Office and a Newspaper. Raid on "The Field" Denied. (Reuter's Message.) London
The War Office announces that the offices of "The Field" newspaper were not raided and not searched. Mr. Cook, the editor, it says, was visited…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Following Appeared in Saturday's Third Edition the War. Internal Germany. Stories of Internal Suffering (United Service Message.) London
What is said to be one of the most reliable accounts of the domestic steerings in Germany remains a feature of the news in "The Times," sent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldiers in New South Wales. Work Found for 5184 MEN. Sydney
The New South Wales War Council's returns show that 6,849 soldiers have returned to the State, of whom 5184 have been placed in employment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Amusements for the Soldiers
Donations of books, magazines, etc.— and if possible the side drum—for the amusement of the soldiers of the A.I.F. who will be leaving Adelaide shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Returned Soldiers' Association. Election of Secretary
The weekly general meeting of the Barrier Returned Soldiers' Association was held at the association rooms yesterday. Mr. L. H. M. Avery presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Boy Soldiers. All to Be Trained
The following item is from a source other than "The Miner's" special service:— Amsterdam, Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand and Returned Soldiers
A Wellington (N.Z.) telegram states: "The Government has decided to take over the Otaki Sanatorium and to make immediate additional provision for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →3rd Edition. Miner Office, 7 p.m. the War. the Latest. On the Western Front. German Attack Repulsed. (Reuter's Message.) Paris
A French communique says:— "A German attack in the direction of Canny-sur-Metz and Lassigny was easily repulsed. We took some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →2nd Edition. Miner Office, 4.30 p.m. the War. The Austrian Railway Smash. Most Terrible in History. [?]74 KILLED; 758 INJURED. (Reuter's Message.) Copenhagen
The railway accident in Austria is described as the most terrible in railway history. A total of 374 passengers were killed…
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