The War. Bucharest Civilians Arrested. Jassy
The Germans have arrested a [?]r of prominent Bucharest [?]ians as hostages as a reprisal [?] Roumanian resistance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1917
5,271 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 250
The War Loan. Appeal by the Treasurer
Many Australians do not seem to realise, the Commonwealth authorities point out that the recruiting appeal now being made throughout the Commonwealth is two-sided…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Loan. Compulsion If Necessary. Glasgow
At a war loan meeting, Mr. Bonar [?]ferring to his Guild Hall statement [?] there were other ways of obtaining [?] said a State which had asked its citizen…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Ceaseless Tide of Traffic. Within the War Zone
Staff Sergeant Frank Mattocks, of West Maitland, who is with the Australian Transport Corps in France, writing under date September last, says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Carrier's Tale. the War in the Cameroons
The afternoon sun blazed down on the corrugated from roof of my office in the heart of West Africa. I stepped outside to get a breath of air, and started across to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Among Prominent People, Papers and Politicians the War Loan
"It is clear that if the fourth Commonwealth war loan is to be as great a success as the earlier ones then a special effort will have to be made. There…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labour Congress. Clyde Deportations. After War Problems. London, Thursday Night
The Manchester Labour Congress has passed a resolution setting out that the deportations from the Clyde savored of Prussianism, and requesting the Parliamentary party…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War West Front Sharp Fighting. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.)
London, Thursday.—Field-marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the west front, reports:—The enemy attacked south-west of Loos, but was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coming Campaign. a Colossal Task. Shorten the War. London, Sunday night
Colonel Sir Noville Chamberlain (Director General of National Service), addressing an alliance of employers and employed at Birmingham, said that it would depend on our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Army at 81. Twice Called by War From Retired List
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward J. Dolton, who has retired from active service at the age of eighty-one, in settling down to a peaceful old age at his home in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Latest War News German Attack Fails Heavy Losses in Vain. Aviator's 27th VICTIM. (Australian Cable Assn. Message) London, Thursday Night
A French communique .reports :- A German coup-de-main, after a heavy bombardment along three. kilometres south-east of Berry-au-bac, failed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Federal Soldier Member
Mr. W. M. Fleming, M. H. R., who our readers are aware enlisted some time ago, and has since been in training, on his visit to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier's Letter
A local resident has received an interesting letter from a former resident of Muswellbrook, now serving at the front, dated France…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hilldale Soldiers Letter. Farley, N.s.w., to Salisbury, England
Under date November 24, 1916, from Salisbury Plains, England, Corporal Herb, Manuall, of Hilldale, wrote to Mr. and Mrs. P. G. English, of Hilldale, a most interesting…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Liverpool Camp. Sale of Liquor to Soldiers
A protest was raised recently by the New South Wales Allience against the proposal of the Minister for Defence to raise the embargo on the sale of bottle liquor at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local Enlistments
The number of recruits volunteering this week was slightly in excess of the figures for the previous period, but the percentage of fits was somewhat lower. Some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Helping Returned Soldiers
The New South Wales Amelioration Committee during last week dealt with 802 invalided or wounded soldiers, granting £1500 for their assistance. Sixty of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier's Motherless Children
With regard to the case of the three motherless children of Private Murray, referred to during the week, Mr. R. G. Kilgour, secretary of the Amelioration Committee,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Soldier's Appreciation
The following letter has been written by Pte. Frank V. Flannery, of West Maitland, who was wounded some time ago, from No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford,…
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