Cost of the War. Britain Spends £1,950,000,000. Munitions Increase Continues. (Reuter's Message.) London
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 1
In the House of Commons to-day the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. A. Bonar Law), in introducing the credit vote of £550,000,000 to cover the war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Asia Minor. Turks Reported to Be Building New Railway. Employing War Prisoners. (Reuter's Message.) London
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 1
Reuter's Cairo correspondent reports:— "It has been reported here that the Turks have pulled up two railways in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →3rd Edition. Miner Office, 7 p.m. the War. the Latest. The Sunken Transport. Admiralty Announcement. (Reuter's Message.) London
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 4
The Admiralty announces that the White Star liner Afric has been torpedoed and sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →2nd Edition. Miner Office, 4.30 p.m. the War. The Sunken Transport. the Steamer Afric. on the Voyage Outwards. Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 4
The Australian transport sunk in the English Channel was the White Star liner Afric. In connection with the sinking the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition the War. On the Western Front. British Advance Continues. More Enemy Trenches Occupied. Ammunition Dump Blown Up. (Reuter's Message.) London
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 1
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:— "We made further progress last night in the neighborhood of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Supplies for War Prisoners. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 4
Australia's Red Cross Society Commissioners propose to double the war prisoners' tobacco supply and also increase their food supply…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Germany and United States. Von Bernstorff Sails. (Reuter's Message.) Washington
Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 4
Count von Bernstorff, United States Ambassador, sailed from the United States late this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trade After the War. a Preferential Policy Recommended. ("The Times" Message.) London
Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 4
"The Times" political correspondent writes. "The after-the-war trade committee is unanimous in adopting a preferential policy as a foundation for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industrial Matters. War Work in Britain. Application Forms Now Available. One Thousand Men Wanted. Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 2
The Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) stated yesterday that forms of application for the enrolment of volunteers for work as navvies or laborers in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Australia. Boy Fined for Enlisting. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 4
A few days ago a boy named Thomas Baden Powell stevenson was fined 50/ at the Paddington police court for enlisting under the pretext that he was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Federal Parliament. the Senate and the Soldiers' Vote. Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 2
The Senate yesterday passed a month's Supply Bill. Senator Pearce promised an early expression concerning the tariff policy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Civic Reception to Colonel Price Weir, Corporal Spry, and Mr. Shoebridge. Memories of Gallipoli. Broken Hill Soldiers Praised
Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 4
In the Town Hall this morning Colonel Price Weir, Corporal Gordon Spry, and Mr. W. H. Shoebridge were accorded a civic reception. There was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returned Soldiers for the Senate. Brisbane
Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 2
Two returned soldiers have been nominated for the Senate by the Returned Soldiers' Political League in Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inciting Soldiers to Vice. ("The Times" Message.) London
Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 4
In the House of Commons yesterday Sir H. Craik asked if the Government was aware that soldiers were being offered increasing incentives to vice,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →3rd Edition. Miner Office, 7 p.m. the War. the Latest. On the Western Front. THE 1917 Campaign, Reported Interview with General Haig. (United Service Message.) London
Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 4
The United Service Agency has issued the following:— The "Daily Sketch" correspondent in France has interviewed Field…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Items
Barrier Miner · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 4
The following items of news are from a source other than "The Miner's" special service:— UNITED STATES AND GERMANY…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Canadian War Loan. (Reuter's Message.) Ottawa
Barrier Miner · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 2
A Canadian war loan will probably be floated in March. The Finance Minister (Mr. W. T. White) has conferred with leading bankers, who have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Australia. War Savings Certificates. Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 2
A system of war savings certificates redeemable in three years, with 5 per cent. compound interest added, which has been adapted from the British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aliens After the War. (Reuter's Message.) London
Barrier Miner · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 2
In the House of Commons to-day Sir George Cave (Home Secretary) stated that a committee was sitting to consider whether interned foreigners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Case of War. (Reuter's Message.) Washington
Barrier Miner · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 4
The Government has called upon the leading railway men to prepare plans for military transportation purposes in case of war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →