The War. Western Front
London, Feb, 9.—The British on Thursday attacked important positions on the higher point of Sailly-Saillisel Hill, and gained their objectives…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1917
2,323 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 16 of 117
Citizens' War Chest Fund
The amounts received up to to-day by the secretary of the Citizens' War Chest Fund make a total of £7831, leaving £22,000 still to be obtained to provide comforts for the next six…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Review of the War. British Minister's Statement
London, Feb. 7.—Speaking in Parliament to-day, Mr. Bonar Law (Chancellor of the Ex-chequer) said:—Submarines were one of the greatest dangers we were fighting. Although…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Win the War League Meeting. To the Editor
Sir,—At the meeting on Tuesday night I said, "Why not tell the people of the nation's peril—tell the young men who are fit for the fight that they are now wanted for a summer campaign."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Railways War Fund. Goulburn Loco. Staff's Contribution
The Railway War Fund continues to; receive strong support from the employees in the Goulburn Locomotive Department, there being at the present time 177 members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. The War. America and Germany. Situation Unchanged. American Rights Technically Violated. Washington
Preliminary reports before the State: Department on submarining without warning contained evidence of technical violation of American rights, yet the Government is holding its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. the War. America and Germany. Sinking of the California. 41 Missing. Not an "Overt Act." London
When the Anchor liner California was. torpedoed one was killed and thirty injured. VANCOUVER, Thursday. The California's survivors are 162, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bulgaria. Tiring of the War. Scenes in the Sobranje. (British Admiralty Intercepts. Collected by the Wireless Press.) LONDON
An Italian semi-official message states.—Increasingly active opposition is being, shown in. the Bulgarian Sobranje with a view to reducing Bulgarian activities in the war. Troops…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What a Soldier Says About the Song of the Barn
"Last night, strolling outside my own billet and wandering down the lane a way, I Heard the sound of singing coming from a big brick barn on the roadside. I stood close under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yass Soldier Killed
Private Allan Leslie Buckmaster, of Yass, has been killed in action in France. He was 44 years of age. A number of Pastures Protection Boards are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Current News. Anzac Entertainers
The Anzac Entertainers gave a high class concer[?] in the Town Hall last evening to a £22 house. The performance was quite up to the reputation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Prophecies
Some time ago I ventured out into the dangerous path of "war prophecy." When Roumania came in I thought the end of the war was in sight. The very contrary has proved to be the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Western Front
London, Feb. 11.—Feild-Marshall Haig reports that the enemy attacked the new British positions east of Sailly-Saillisel, but was unsuccessful. ''We entered the German lines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. America and Germany. Another Diplomatic Error
London, Feb. 11.—A Zurich message discloses the fact that Germany did not expect America would break off relations, and made another diplomatic mistake similar to believing that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Chest Meeting. Special Subscriptions to Be Inaugurated
A meeting of the committee of the War Chest Fund was held at the Town Hall on Monday night. The Mayor Ald, W. Wood, was unavoidably absent, and Ald. Betts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Money. 1950 Millions for the Year. London
In the House of Commons Mr. Bonar Law, in introducing credit votes for 550 millions sterling to cover the war expenditure to 31st May, said that the total votes credit for the current…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. the War. America and Germany. Greece's Attitude. London
Reuter's Athens correspondent states that the Greek reply to President Wilson affirms that Greece itself drew the attention of Germany to the grave consequences of submarinism, but in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goulburn and the War. Presentation to Staff-sergt.-major A. BECKHOUSE
At the military camp on the Sydney showground, on Monday, February 5, a number of Masonic brethren attached to the railway unit presented Staff-Sgt-Major Backhouse, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. The War. America and Germany. America's Firm Stand. Ruthless Submarining Must Be Abandoned. Vancouver
Replying to Germany's request through the Swiss that America further negotiate as to the safety of shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Best Joint on the Raft." Soldiers Appreciate Y.m.c.a
The appreciation at Australian soldiers at sea for the services rendered by the representative of the Young Men's Christian Association on board…
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