A Soldier Tricked. Stranger Gets Away with £1
Hughie Sharpe, a native of Singleton, who is a member of the A.I.F., encamped at Moore Park reported to the Sydney police that a man whom he met in Pitt-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1918
4,987 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 250
Returned Soldiers' Battalion
It is believed that there are considerable numbers of returned soldiers in Australia who have become fit for service glad of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Low Death Rate at the Front. Four Tons of Projectiles to Kill One Soldier
"There is every reason to believe that the total death rate per annum in this war does not exceed 5 per cent. of the total number of individuals engaged." Dr. Woods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Land Gifts for Soldiers. a Peculiar Position
According to a recent official decision, it appears that a gift of land cannot be made to the Crown by public-spirited men for the benefit of returned soldiers without the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Soldier Songs. "Community" Singing
Along the dusty road lending from the railway station to the camp the recruits who had just detrained tramped with dejected mien and heavy step…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girl Behind the Soldier U.s. Organisation. New York, U.s.a
A few days ago I wrote generally on the work of the National League of Women's Service, one of the many active women's organisations in this country. Now I proposes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Soldiers. Amsterdam
At a meeting of the League of the Fatherland in Berlin, on Monday, a number of disabled soldiers decorated with iron crosses, who had been specially invited, were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier and Confidence Man. a Singleton Victim
Hugbie Sharpe, who enlisted here from Broke, and is encamped at Sydney Show Ground, reported to the police that a man whom he met in Pitt-street, city,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hospital Ship Sunk. All Wounded Saved
The British hospital ship Rewa was [?]roed and sunk in the English Channel on 4th January. She was only going slow at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Notes
Elsewhere in this issue will be round an important statement by Marshal Haig regarding last year's operations. Also, a statement of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rouchel War Chest
The members of the Rouchel Wa-Chest Comforts Fund have forwarded to Miss Sparke, Hon. Superintendent to the Hunter River War…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Very Latest War News
Reuter states that General Hats reports the enemy entered two advanced posts northward of Ypres and Staden railway. Our counter attack…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Trophies. Recruiting Collection
A collection, of war trophies from scenes of conflict "somewhere in France" will be on exhibition at the Patriotic Rooms, High-street, on Monday and Tuesday, and visitors…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Cables in Brief
It has been arranged that 300 British workers, in parties of 25, shall visit the west front cash week. The retail price of whisky will shortly be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Relief Funds. Red Cross
The committee acknowledge with thanks the following:—£5, Bunnan branch Red Cross; books and magazines, Mrs. J. Corbett; same, Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Aims. Declarations Welcomed. Labour Pleased. London
The joint meeting of the representatives of British Labour organisations has Issued a manifesto, which warmly approves of President Wilson's declaration…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Liberty of the Subject. American View in War Time
During the recent campaign, we heard and read much of the restrictions placed on the liberty of the Press and the freedom of speech…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War. Massing to Strike. Germans on West Front. London
Renter's correspondent at Washington States that in his weekly war review Mr. Baker (United States War Secretary) states that advices seemingly confirm the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wounds of War. Marvels of Plastic Surgery. New Noses, Mouths, and Jaws
At Sidcup, in the county of Kent, there is a war hospital which in assured of distinctive fame, even though the war hospital of today is universal and its relief of suffering a very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →America's War Aims. Definitely Stated by President Wilson. Rights of People Great or Small. Vancouver
In Congress to-day President Wilson outlined America's war aims, when he presented a definite programme for world peace. He in…
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