Recruits Rush to Enlist 500 To Enter Camp Today
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—From an early hour this morning hundreds of recruits assembled at the depot in Martin Place, and it is believed that…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
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Scheme for Purchase of War Savings Certificates
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A committee of prominent Sydney business men will ask Sydney banks to advance money free of interest to firms…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barrier Miner Thursday, May 23, 1910. War Effort
SPEEDING-UP of the war effort was announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) in the House of Representatives yesterday, when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New War Signs In Italy LONDON, May 21
There are new signs that Italy may soon come into the war against the Allies. Signor Ansaldo, writing in Count Ciano's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Casualties of War 500,000 Nazis; 100,000 Allies (Special to "The Miner.") PARIS, May 22
MILITARY circles in Paris estimate the German casualties so far have been 500,000, the proportion being one killed for every seven…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Speed Of Enemy's Advance Prevents Consolidation (Daily War Commentary issued by the Department of Information). MELBOURNE
THE fighting now taking place round Cambrai and Arras shows the extremely broken nature of the German advance. The advance has been carried far into French territory, within reach of the Channel, but so far the speed at which it has been conducted has made…
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TWO stuffed leopards were used to raise funds for Fighting Forces Comforts Fund, the Red Cross Society, and Y.M.C.A. War Services Fund at the West Darling Ball last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Is Italy Shaking Tree For Speculation on Position War Entry Seems Inevitable (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, May 22
JUDGED from the diplomatic and military signs alone, Italy's entry into the war seems inevitable, and certain naval signs add to this belief, says the "Times" diplomatic correspondent. On the contrary there are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maximum War Effort Wanted
MELBOURNE, Saturday— When he reached here from Canberra the Prime Minister said that Australian industry, public and private, will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest War News Bombs Over England
LONDON— The Air Ministry announced this morning that enemy aircraft had dropped bombs in Yorkshire. There were several casualties,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prophet Predicts Big Rain in War Zone
BRISBANE, Saturday— Mr. Inigo Jones, the widely known amateur weather prophet, predicts very heavy rain in the war zone within the next…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When U.S.A. Enters The War
Seventy-eight days after the U.S. entered World War 1, "Black Jack" Pershing arrived in France with 59 officers, 67 enlisted men, 36 field…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern France Being Enemy Reaches Channel (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Department of Information.) WELBOURNE
THE hope for an improvement in the Allied position in Flanders and Northern France is no t yet fulfilled. What began as a break-through on a narrow front appears to be developing into an occupation of Northern France…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Doctors Ref used Leave To Enlist SYDNEY
The secretary of the B.M.A. (Dr.Hunter) said today that the Minister for Defence "(Brig. Street) and the people of Australia need not fear…
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SYDNEY, Monday—The Postmaster-General (Mr. Thorby) has submitted to the Federal Government a plan to bring British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Win The War Rally"
THE Commonwealth Government initiated the organisation of a monster patriotic public rally to be held in the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War on "Chatterbugs"
MELBOURNE, Tuesday—The Southern. Command of the A.I.F. has declared war on ''chatterbugs" An official description of "chatterbugs"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Increasing Signs Of Italy Getting Ready ToEnter War (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, May 26
EUROPEAN observera find Increasing signs that Italy is preparing for war and state that she may strike westward.This la supported by Turkish information, which interprets the recent tone of the Soviet press to mean that the German-Soviet Pact embraces the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sport During the War
SYDNEY, Wednesday— Sporting officials yesterday almost unanimously opposed suggestions that all forms of organised sport should be abandoned…
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