The War After the War. Things to Be Feared and Faced
I know my Germany and don't love her. Three years I lived there, I worked there. Providence made an engineer of me, but the Germans called me their Chief-…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
5,360 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 250
The Western Front. Captain Bean's Visit. Compared with Anzac. London, Jan. 22
By the kindness of the British War Office I have been permitted to pay a short visit to the British front in France and Flanders, which I was particularly desirous of making,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Spy Shot. War Office, Dec. 2
A prisoner, who was charged with expionage recently and tried by court-martial at the Westminster Guildhall, was found guilty and sentenced to death…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scarcity of Blankets. Commandeered for the War
At the last meeting of the Melbourne Hospital committee attention was called by the Rev. Canon Hughes to a famine in blankets. The hospitals, he said, wanted 500 pairs,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Budget. War Expenses Not Included. Copenhagen, Jan. 23
The German Imperial Budget for 1916, to be delivered next March, will not contain military or naval expenditure. This is paid by war loans. The expenses appearing in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Criminals As Soldiers Judge Docker's Views
"You ask me," said Judge Docker at the Darlinghurst Sessions, to Raymund Dunleavy. "to [?] leniently with you in order to allow you to enlist."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Accident. Returned Soldier Injured
As the Sydney mail train was about to leave the Ju[?] station a returned soldier, wounded at Gallipoli, named James McDonald, was saying good-bye to some friends…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Enlistments in the Country
The country enlistments up to Thursday were 377, and when those for Friday and Saturday are to hand, the aggregate for the State will be close on two thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Notes
UNDER the heading, " Returned to Duty," in the last official casually list published, the names of Private Edward (Ted) Aurisch. Scone, and Henry George,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commonwealth War Loan
The response of the country to the Government's call for men has been magnifcent, and the conduct of these Australians under fire the admiration of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cessnock Shire. War Service Committee
A public meeting was held in the council chambers last evening for the purpose of forming a war service committee. Councillor T. L. Johns presided. Considering…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General War News Foodless Army
Salonicn, Sunday.—The German . Emperor's visit Nish has not inspired the Bulgarian troops' equanimity or energy. They prefer less rejoicing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Mesopotamia. London
Pouring rain is reported to make the movement of troops extremely difficult in Mesopotamia. Fighting continues all day long, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Very Latest War News Sydney
The Montenegrian Premier explains that negotiations for the suspension of hostilities had their sole objects in giving of time to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ructions at Auburn. More War Service Squabbling
Sydnej, Monday.—A stormy meeting of the Auburn War Council was held on Saturday night. The secretary resigned, and the chairman threatened to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enlistments in Sydney
In Sydney yesterday 271 men offered and 213 were accepted. At Victoria Barracks 78 were accepted and 18 rejected, while at the Town Hall 77 passed the tests and 14…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Very Latest. Australian Soldiers. a Helpful Organisation. London
Mr. A. Fisher, the new High Commissioner for Australia, succeeds Sir George Reid in the presidency of the War Contingent Association…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Welcome and Farewell. Returned Soldier—recruits
The welcome home to Private Harry Dunbar and the farewell to Some 25 recruits (mostly Upper Hunter men) at the Olympia Rink…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Back From Gallipoli a Wounded Soldier. the Work of the Red Cross
Private R. W. Debiluso[?] a Victorian, who before the war was in the Baptist ministry, and hearkened to his country a call in the hour of heed, returned to Sydney invalided…
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