"Win the War" League. Sydney
The State Recruiting Committee has approved of the proposal to form a "Win the War" League. Each member of the league will be provided with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1917
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New British War Loan. ("The Times" Message.) London
The forthcoming war loan has buoyantly affected all war stocks and shares. Stockbrokers forecast a new issue at 5¼ per cent, subject to income…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commonwealth War Loan. Employees and Employers Appealed To. Melbourne
Circulars in connection with the fourth issue of the Commonwealth war loan are being forwarded by the Federal Treasurer (Mr. A. Poynton,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner. Thursday January 4, 1916. the Imperial War Conference
THE Imperial War Conference summoned to meet next month will be the most important that representatives of the everseas Dominions nave ever taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Socialists to Soldiers. Aeroplane Distributes Pamphlets
In a letter to friends in England a British officer serving in France says:— "Last Friday pamphlets were dropped from a German aeroplane. Some…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Entertaining Soldiers. London
Mr. Seymour Hicks is arranging for a free vaudeville entertainment in a West End theatre every Sunday for the oversea troops. Civilians will not be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enlistments in Canada. (Reuter's Message.) Ottawa
Ii is announced that 180,000 men enlisted in Canada last year. The enlistments in December were only 20 per cent, of those of last January…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Australia. the Returned Soldier Problem. Under Consideration Prime Minister. Melbourne
The Prime Minister (Mr. W. M. Hughes) says he is considering the problem of devising some means for improving the conditions of returned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. the War. Germany's Peace Offer Party Differences in Germany. Opposing Claims. ("The Times" Message.) Amsterdam
"The Times" correspondent writes:— "The peace proposals have intensified the split between the Pan-German's and the Moderates, and the bitterest feeling…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →2nd Edition. Miner Office, 4.30 p.m. the War. The Third Australian Division. Commanding Officer's Message. Prior to Leaving for the Trenches. Copy Received in Broken Hill
Mr. C. Rawling has received the following pamphlet, issued to the Third Australian Division in England prior to their departure for France, from his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A German War Article a Historian's Admissions. Collapse of the Aggression. French Successes on the Marne and at Veroun. a Warning to Neutrals. ("The Times" Message.) Amsterdam
Professor Meinecks, a foremost historian, writing in the "Frankfurter Zeitung," admits that Germany intended a war of military aggression, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →3rd Edition. Miner Office, 7 p.m. the War. the Latest. The Third Australian Division. Successful in a Raid. on the Western Front. Two Military Crosses Won. (United Service Message.) London
The newest division (Australian Third) on the Western front has been engaged on a most successful raid. Two of its members have already won…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Items
The following war items are from sources other than "The Miner's" special service:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Shipping After the War. (Reuter's Message.) Amsterdam
In a long article on after-war shipping in the "Koelnische Volks Zei-tung" it is stated:—"Our oversea shipping does not rust, it only rests…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Influence in the Army. the Case of Lieutenant Barrett. Mrs. Cornwallis West and the War Office. (Reuter's Message.) London
The Special Court of Inquiry, which recently dealt with the charge against high personages in the War Office, of granting commissions to young soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →National Unity. Land Ownership for Soldiers Advocated. ("The Times" Message.) London
Mr. Bourchier, "The Times" correspondent at Jassy, which is now the seat of the Roumanian Government, reports:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Care for Returned Soldiers. Melbourne
The Prime Minister (Mr. W. M. Hughes), referring to the matter of caring for returned soldiers yesterday, said he recognised that the question…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' Children's Fete. Result of Letter Competition
In connection with the soldiers' dependents' f[?]e, which was given by the ladies' committee of the B.R.S.A. at Pictureland on the Wednesday before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →2nd Edition. Miner Office, 4.30 [?] the War. Peace Proposals. Austrian Emperor and Empress. Ask the Pope to Intervene. (United Service Message.) Rome
The Emperor and Empress of Austria have requested the Pope to intervene to secure peace…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →3rd Edition. Miner Office, 7 p.m. the War. the Latest. The Peace Proposals. the Austrian Proposals. Conveyed by Special Messenger to the Pope. (Reuter's Message.) Rome
A special courier brought the Emperor and Empress of Austria's letters urgently asking the Pope's intervention to secure peace…
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