Among Prominent People, Papers and Politicians Retain War Taxes
"It Great Britain is wise she will retain her war taxes, burdensome though they be. She will establish a high sinking fund on her debt, and she will invest…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
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War Notes. From the Front. Private W. H. Pinkerton's Heroism
Major Don Cameron, of Davis Creek, writes from Anzac, Gallipoli, 15th November, 1915:— Dear Mr. Smith,—From a reliable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. the Dardanelles. Honours for Australasians, London, Jan. 13
The following have been made Companions of the Bath:—Australians: Colonel Chauvel and Frederick Hughes. Companions of St. Michael and St…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. the Montenegrins. Fall of Lovchen. Brave Mountaineers Doomed. London. Wednesday Evening
An Austrian communique states that I 20 guns were captured from the Montenegrins when Lovchen was taken. A Rome message says that the fall of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Soldiers' Club. School of Arts Proposal
At last night's meeting of the School of Arts committee, Mr. L. Cavalier drew attention to the camp shortly to be established in our midst on the Albion Ground,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Muswellbrook Soldiers in Egypt
Mr. Thos. Border, the genial town clerk, is in receipt of letters and photographs from his son, Richard, who joined the expeditionary forces some months ago and is now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Country Enlistments
At the country depots yesterday 97 recruits were enrolled, as compared with 123 on Tuesday, and 138 on Monday. The total for the three days or the week is 358, made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Refusals to Enlist in Victoria
In some way, which is not easy to define, there is something lacking in the enlistment card system in Melbourne. Its effectiveness may well be called into question…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Land for Returned Soldiers. Opportunities in Manning District
Alderman Parker, of Taree is visiting Sydney to bring under the notice of the Government the opportunities that exist in the Manning district for placing returned soldiers on the land…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fiendish Sniper. German Murders Our Wounded
A British soldier, recently returned home wounded, tells, an interesting story of the ingenuity of the German snipers. This particular sniper, whom…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War
Severe fighting continues in the Champagne district. The Germans captured some of the French trenches but before they could make good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Service Committee
A meeting of residents of East Maitland was held in the council chamber last evening for the purpose of forming a war service committee and a sub-committee to deal…
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The Shire clerk, Mr. A., L. Skelton, has received a circular signed by Mr. J. H. Catts, organising, secretary of the New South Wales Recruiting. Campaign…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After the War. Settlement of Soldiers. Sir Rider [?] Mission. London
Australians will be deeply interested in Sir Rider Haggard's visit to Australia in the interest of the movement to settle ex soldiers and sailors on the land after the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lighter Side of War
A Singleton soldier, wounded at Gallipoli, and now in Egypt, writes as follows—"At Helouan the Red Cross Society arranges trips every Friday week to the tombs of Sakkara…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nurses of the Anglia. "Men First." Touching Accounts by the Wounded
The order "Women, and children first" has for generations been an article in the ritual of the British seafaring man, and by it in the hours of agony and sudden death…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →War Funds. Delhi, Jan. 8
The Punjab Aeroplane Fund now exceeds £35,000, and includes £5000 each from the Nawab of Bahawulpur and the Nawab Malik Ata Mahamed Khan of Ala…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War Census Cards. Their Return Obligatory
Reterring to the issue of the recruiting cards. Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister States that there appeared to be—in spite of the very clear statements already made by…
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