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Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
5,271 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 250
Field-marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports.—"We bombed dugouts in the neighbourhood of Butte de Warloncourt and entered enemy lines eastward of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roumania, in spite of its small size, is one of the richest oil countries in the world. Before the war it produced nearly 2,000,000 tons of crude petroleum yearly,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Four recruits enlisted yesterday, Thomas Brown Scoble having presented himself after our report closed, and he was duly passed. He has one brother at present at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Gra[?]ame) and chairman of the irrigation Commission considers that one of the most important matters dealt with by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At tho inquest hold into the death of Arthur Patrick Murray, 28 years of age, a Soldier, who was fatally injured in a motor car accident in Flinders-Street, Darlinghurst, on January 23,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. J. A. Hannah, formerly manager of the Union Bank at Cessnock,and late treasurer of the Cessnock Patriotic Fund, has enlisted as a private, and he expects…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A letter received by Mrs A. Medhurst, Inverell, from her grandson, private Walter E. Medhurst, now on active service, throws some light on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Defence Department notifies that on letters addressed to members of the A.I.F. the numbers of brigade or divisjon should not be shown, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mayor (Alderman McDougall) [?] at the weekly meeting of Singleton Patrick Plains War Service Committee motion in Mr. H.A Swinney's [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting of the local bran of the War Service League was he in the local Federal Hall on Saturday night last, when there were [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In view of inquiries which have been brought to his notice, the Secretary of the War Office an-nounces that any War Medal which it may be decided to issue in commemoration of the present…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The monthly returns of the Federal fin-ances have been made available by the Trea-surer (Mr. Poynton). They reveal a healthy increase in Customs and postal revenue, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PAYMENTS to the new Commonwealth war loan, now open for subscription, may be made in ten instalments, and on 15th December, 1917, the sum of £3 15s for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Can I do more to holp win the war?" is a question which every man and woman in the community should ask in the morning; and "What have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mrs Alice Whedden and her daughter, a daughter of Mrs Winnifred Mason and the latter's husband, are allgeed to be involved in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The first regular meeting of the above society was held in the School of Arts on Wednesday. After the meeting had been formally opened, the work of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One of the objects which commands the attention of almost all sightseers who take a run out to Burwood, near Melbourne, on the recently-opened electric tram line, is the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →If the Federal political Situation is not becoming clearer it is not the fault of the leaders, Mr. Hughes and Mr Cook, for they were again in conference yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →From "Somewhere in France," Private Fred. Worrad writes to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Worrad, of Dartbrook, unde date 6th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Germans after a violent artillery preparation attacked south of Leteus, but the Anglo-Belgian fire prevented the enemy reaching our…
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