The War Cabinet. a Constitutional Departure. (Reuter's Message.) London
The appointment of Sir Maurice Hankey, Sir Mark Sykes, M.P., and Captain L. S. Amery, M.P., as minute secretaries in the Cabinet is…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1917
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2nd Edition. Miner Office, 4.30 a.m. the War. Allies War Conference. Lloyd George Returns to London. ("The Times" Message.) London
Mr. Lloyd George has returned to London, from the Allies' War Conference in Rome…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Pensions. £50,000,000 Per Annum. (Reuter's Message.) London
It is estimated that Mr. G. Barnes's (Minister of Pensions) new pension scheme, which he will shortly unfold, will cost £50,000,000 yearly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Allies' War Conference M. Briand's Views. ("The Times" Message.) Paris
M. Briand (the french Premier) says that the Rome war conference is of the greatest utility, and came at the right moment. It is, he says, arranging…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spirits in War Time. Prohibition Recommended. (United Service Message.) London
The Scottish Town Councils' Conference, including representatives of the Edinburgh and Glasgow city councils, has recommended national prohibition…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British War Loan. Arouses Interest in London. ("The Times" Message.) London
Great interest, particularly in city circles, is being evinced in Thursday's mammoth war loan issue. Measures are being taken to enlist the support of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The British War Loan. Appeal to Women. (United Service Message.) London
A special appeal is being made to women to subscribe to the new war loan, the insue of which has been postponed till Jauuary 12 in order to give…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Food Prices. Fixed by Food Controller. ("The Times" Message.) London
The Food Controller (Lord Devonport) has fixed the following prices for the 1917 crops:— Wheat, per 5051b.[?] £3…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →After the War Problems. Rate of Army Demobilisation. (United Service Message.) London
The British Reconstructing Committes has reported that the army can be demobilised at the rate of 5000 men daily, and the munitions workers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Federal Politics. National Organisation Formed. an Australian Win the War League. Melbourne
When the Melbourne Conference had formed a national organisation yesterday the Prime Minister (Mr. W. M. Hughes) said that no one would lose his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Australia. Norwegian's Offence Under War Precautions Act. "Kaiser Will Ride Over You Yet."
Oscar Neilson, 43, a native of Norway, was charged at the Redfern Police Court (says the "Evening News") with having made statements likely to cause…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Germany's New Army. Promised a Spring Offensive. War Works in Full Blast. (United Service Message.) London
The London "Daily Mail's correspondent at The Hague (Holland) reports that Germany has sent to the Western firing line a new class of conscripts aged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A War Conference Note. Greece on a Time Limit. Prompt Compliance Demanded ("The Times" Message.) London
The London "Times" understands that the Allies' Ministers now attending the War Conference in Rome drew up and dispatched the new Note to Athens…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Holland Obtaining War Material. Taking Over Interned Submarines. and a German Minelayer. (Reuter's Message.) The Hague
The Dutch Naval Minister has announced that in view of the delays in obtaining war material, negotiations have been concluded whereby the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Employing Discharged Soldiers. Sydney
Appealing yesterday that work be found for returned soldiers the Attorney-General (Mr. D. R. Hall) said that 5184 New South Wales discharged men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Australia. Soldier's Sudden Death at Keswick. Adelaide
Private Garnet Perry died suddenly at the Keswick military barracks on Tuesday afternoon as the result, it is believed, of taking poison…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →3rd Edition. Miner Office, 7 p.m. the War. the Latest. The Peace Proposals. German Newspaper Comments. (Reuter's Message.) Amsterdam
The Westphalian "Zeitung," in a hitter article, states:—"The Americans have every reason to entertain the friendliest feelings for us, since they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. the War President Wilson's Peace Note. Leakage of Information. Into Wall-street. Senate Committee's Inquiry. Noisy Witness Who Profited. (Reuter's Message.) Washington
The Senate Special Committee which is investigating the alleged leak of official information regarding the peace note, by means of which greal profits…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Broken Hill. Corporal H. Williams Killed in Action
Mrs. H. Williams, of Cobalt-street, Mount Zion, has received word that her husband, Corporal Harold Williams (whose name appears in the casualty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Australia. Gold Stripe for Wounded
Some little time ago an army order was issued in England authorising wounded soldiers to wear a perpendicular gold stripe on the arm tor each…
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