The Ugliness of War
Writing in the "Glasgow Evening News" Mr. Neil Munro, the novelist, who has himself lost a son in the war, states that "sensible men, returning from France or Gallipoli,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1916
5,360 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 250
What War Really Means
The following letter from a soldier in the trenches appeared in the "Daily. Express" (London): "One gets mad when one reads the English papers out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nurses of the Anglia. "Men First." Touching Accounts By the Wounded
The order "Women and children first" has for generations bèen an article in the ritual of the British seafaring man, and by it in the hours of agony…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Women's Place in the War
Although the actual lighting is man business, the women are called upon to play a large and important part in war and especially in this war, because of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£10,000,000 Commonwealth War
The State War Councils throughout Australia are making a strong appeal to the citizens of the Commonwealth to support, and support liberally to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Welding Fire of War
While the flower of our manhood were fighting for the preservation of the empire, the elder men and the women could not be better employed than in getting some clear…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →German War Debt. Designs on Australia
The "Nene Zureher Zeitung" states that measures are under consideration for meeting Germany's post war financial liabilities, which include war indemnities in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton Letter. War Service Committee. Singleton
A public meeting was hold in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute on Thursday night to form a war service committee in connection with the recruiting organisation for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Germany's Food Supply. Innumerable Tricks
The "Daily Mail's'' commissioner, who visited Scandinavia, says that many traders in Denmark, including reputable firms, do not consider themselves bound by the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Baghdad War. Points to Be Understood
I find that many people are very puzzled about the campaign in Mesopotamia. They want to know why we British are marching on Baghdad…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →War Cards. "Give a Straight-out Reply."
In connection with the Federal Government's scheme for rinsing 50,000 men for active service, Mr. J. H. Catts. M.P., organising secretary of the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →What Is This War For? An American View
The Hearst group of newspapers in the United States proclaims the war an unchristian thing, in which America should take no part, except as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian War Correspondent. Visits West, Front, London
Captain C. E. W. Boan, the Australian Journalist, has visited the west front and will shortly be returning to Egypt, The trip was designed to afford comparison of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Jew and the War. Deceptive German Surnames
Many of our Australian co-religionists have German surnames, and as a consequence (which is not unnatural) are objects of suspicion to people who are personally…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →After the War. Germany and the World's Trade
With her overseas trade strangled by the British navy, and "breathing," as one writer expresses it, "only through the nose," Germany is, nevertheless,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late War News the Lovchen Attack. Reported Bona Fide
London, Thursday Night.—A prominent American, who has returned from Cettinje, asserts that the attack on Lovchen, leading to the surrender,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →When Will the War End? Opinions of Great Men
"Basing your calculations on the progress of the Allied Armies at the end of the first year of war, and bearing in mind the expenditure and present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War the Balkans. Montenegro. Peace Negotiations Broken Off
London, Thursday.—The Journal des Debats" (Paris) says it is officially stated that the King of Montenegro, his family and diplomats have left San…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Novelist War Crit[?] Views on the Situation. London
Mr. H. G. Wells, writing in the Chronicle," pays a striking tribute to man thoroughness, and adaptability. He states that a Russian named…
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