War Taxation
Lord Inchcape, in the House of Lords recently, pointed out that judges drawing £5000 a year get only £3212 after income tax and estate duty had…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1919
2,213 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 111
War Monument Wrecked
A cable from Dublin states that Sinn Feiners at Cork on Monday blew up a war monument there with a dynamite charge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Transport Ashore. Off American Coast. 1700 Wounded in Peril. (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver
The transport Northern Pacific is ashore off the New York coast. A storm is rising. This afternoon rescue vessels were unable to approach the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Items. the Printers of "Libre Belgique."
The London' "Daily Express" states "The secret journal, "Libre Belgique," which was published in Brussels throughout the war, was the work of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wireless Communication with Shipping. Pre-war Conditions Restored. Melbourne
Pre-war conditions in regard to wireless communication with vessels of the mercantile marine at sea have been restored…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The A.I.F. Christimas. Condition of Prisoners of War
The official correspondent with the A.I.F., reporting from London on December 26, states:— "All the troops will be pleased at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Release of Interned Germans. Move by Returned Soldiers' Association. Sydney
A meeting of the committee of the Returned Soldiers and Sailers' Imperial League of Australia will be held to-night to consider a motion calling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Australia. Returning Soldiers. Adelaide
Returning soldiers, according to list "B," arrived in Adelaide this (Thursday) morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Repatriation of Transport. Canadian Soldiers Allege Rotten Food. (Reuter's Message.) Montreal
The Canadian Government has opened an inquiry into the recent complaints that returning soldiers have been given rotten food aboard the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Manchester Unity Picnic Eighteenth Annual Outing to Silverton. the Order and the Soldiers
The l8th annual picnic of the Barrier District of the Manchester, Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows was held at Silverton yesterday (New Year's…
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Among those who attended the Highland and Irish Pipers' picnic at Stephens Creek yesterday was Mr. R. J. Gamble, who was born at Paisley,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Soldiers Return. Adelaide
A large number of soldiers returned to-day and received enthusiastic greetings. About 300 returned soldiers were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →End of the War. The Peace Conference. Conversations with President Wilson. Reported Good Understanding. Fate of the German Colonies. (Reuter's Message.) London
The "Morning Post" reports that the conversations [?] President Wilson and the representatives of Britain and the Dominions have been most [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →End of the War. The Stranded American Transport. on New York Coast. Expected to Haul Off at High Tide. (Reuter's Message.) New York
The hospital transport Northern Pacific, from Brest, inbound with 2500 wounded soldiers aboard, became, during a fog, stranded on Fire Island, 48…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Items. Opposition to League of Nations
Mr. J. H. Thomas (general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen), in a letter to Lord Robert Cecil (states a London cable message) says that a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The A.I.F. Christmas. Condition of Prisoners of War
The official correspondent with the A.I.F., reporting from London on December 26, s[?]:— "All the [?]roops will be pbased at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prisoners of War. 100,000 Italians Die. (Reuter's Message.) Rome
Official: "Approximately 100,000 Italian prisoners of war ded in Ausria and Germany from starvation, cold, and iltreatment. A mill on gift…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →End of the War. Peace Conference. Some Labor Wants. (Reuter's Message.) London
Mr. George N. Barnes, M.P., has told a Amer can newspaper correspondent hat Labor wants an international mni[?] wage, the regulation of child…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →End of the War. The Armistice. Use of Dutch Railways and Waterways. Holland Refuses Allies' Request. (Renter's Message.) London
Holland has refused the request of the Allies to permit the use of the Dutch railways and waterways for the transport of troops and materials…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Soldiers Return. Adelaide
A large number of soldiers returned to-day and received enthusiastic greetings. About 500 returned soldiers were…
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