War Expenditure
The report which has been furnished on the business methods of the Defence Department justifies the misgivings which were generally…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1918
2,011 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 14 of 101
The War. London
A flotilla of enemy destroyers made a swift raid at 1 o'clock on Friday morning on British patrol forces in Dover Straits…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News. London,February 17
General Sir William R. Robertson, Secretary for War, has resigned and General Sir Henry Wilson succeeds him…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goulburn and the War. Pte. W. Dicker
Private W. Dicker, who, prior to enlisting, was employed as a cleaner on the railway at Goulburn, returned home on Thursday last after three years' service. Private Dicker…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Western Front. British Airmen Active
London, Feb. 18.—Sir Douglas Haig reporting at midnight on Monday stated: The enemy raided this morning a post westward of La Basses. Three British are missing. We…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Raid by German Destroyers. Dover Bombarded
London, Feb. 16.—The Press Bureau reports: An enemy submarine bombarded Dover at 12.10 on Saturday morning, and discharged thirty rounds in three minutes. One child was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russia and Germany. War to Recommence. (Admiralty—per Wireless Press.)
A Russian official report states:—Trotsky has asked the German Government for information concerning the message from Generals Hoffman and Samoilu, in which they state that war is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russia War Resumed. German's Atttack Bolsheviks. (Reuter's Message). LONDON
Germany is attacking Livonia and Esthonia. Eearller reports indicated a probability of war re-commencing between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. The War. Russian Truce Ends. Germany Attacks Baltic Provinces. LONDON
Germany is attacking Livonia and Esthonia. (Livonia is one of the three Baltic provinces of Russia. It forms the eastern side of the Gulf of Riga, and is separated from Courland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. the War. London and Dover Raid. Few Casualties. Enemy Machine Brought Down. LONDON
An official report states: Six aeroplanes approached the mouth of the Thames at 9.45 last night, and carried out an attack on London. All were turned back except one, which penetrated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disabled Returned Soldiers. (Country Press Telegrams.) SYDNEY
The Military authorities notify that returned soldiers who are permanently unfit will not be eligible for appointment as military staff clerks,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drunken Soldiers
The frequency of drunkenness among returned soldiers is being made the most of by, advocates of prohibition much in the same way as alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Memorial to Australian Soldiers
The memorial erected in Dorrington Cemetery to the non-commissioned officers and men of the First Training Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces, who died on active service at Larkhill,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Africa. The Finances.—Returned Soldiers. LONDON
In the South African Assembly the Finance Minister (Mr. Orr) delivered the Budget speech. He estimated a surplus for 1917-18 at £464,000 instead of a deficit of £203,000 originally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stealing Gifts for Australian Soldiers. (Published in "The Times.")
A Thames stevedore has boon sentenced to three months' imprisonment for stealing from a transport Australian gifts of clothing and tobacoo intended for soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German War Casualties
The Press Bureau states: Hostile aircraft crossed the Essex coast at 9 o'clock on Monday night, and proceeded towards London, but did not penetrate the defences. No damage or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Loan Slogans
Before Sunset Buy a War Loan Bond. Buy War Loan Bonds and Help Win the War. Buy your Share in Victory—War…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Helping the War Loans
Since the floating of the first war loan the employees of the British Tobacco Company and subsidiary companies have put into various loans over £78,000, amounting to £19 per…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goulburn and the War. Returning
Mr. J. A. Nowlan, Cressy-street, Goulburn has been advised that his son, Pte. J. A. Nowlan, who was wounded and has been an invalid for 15 months, is returning to Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia's War. Speech by Mr. James
"Over 90 per cent. of the men who have left New South Wales for the front have at one time or other attended the State Public schools, and this fact speaks for itself." The…
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