The Forbes Advocate Tuesday, February 2,9 1916 Current Topics. Soldiers Leaving
A batch of 25 soldiers will be leaving Forbes to-morrow. The men will fall in at the monument at 4 o'clock, and, with the town band in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1916
2,776 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 22 of 139
Fruit and Vegetables for Returned Wounded Soldiers
Batches of our brave soldiers are returning almost daily, and the majority for a long time, will not be able Ho do anything to earn a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The War
Sixty four of the Maloja's passengers have reported themselves saved, Fifty-live are missing. The total of the ship's company was 429, of whom 250 were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Re-action After War
"It is not likely under existing circumstances that private firms, in face of the absolutely abnormal conditions prevailing, would be inclined to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War News. Wednesday, March 1st
Salonica reports That anti-war meetings are being held in the streets in Bulgarian Towns. The police are powerless to interfere and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Thank God for the War."
Following is a farther extract from the article referred to in our last issue:— "We wore pioneers; we found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sayings of the War. Certain
"Nothing is more certain than that the Government need the help of a reconstructed Military Council, acting as a General Staff, with as able and eminent a soldier as we can…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Influence of War on Industrial Transportation
Much has appeared in the current issues of the journals devoted to motoring of the work the various forms of trucks are performing in the Avar zone, but little has been said about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Captain. Fought in War of '70
Captain Arhur Constant Aucher is a Frenchman. He has been an Australian resident since 1880. Ten years prior to that date he was a young lieutenant of the 84th infantry…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →WAR. The Verdun Battle Saturday, 10 a.m
The Verdun battle is being watched with the keenest interest but with no anxiety. The French rarely ever hold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Day by Day Thursday, February 24
The London Press, approves of the appointment of Lord Robert Cecil as Minister for Blockade. It is expected that he and Lord Derby will be held…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Day by Day Monday, February 28, 1916
General Kuropatkin has been appointed chief of the Northern Russian front. The Premier of Portugal in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Census. Cards Must Be Filled in Heavy Fines for Neglect
It is notified by proclamation in the Commonwealth Gazette that the personal appeal cards issued in connection with the recruiting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters for Soldiers
Steamers leaving Sydney for London, via Suez Canal, carry letters for soldiers in Egypt and the Dardanelles. Letters should be posted at Cowra on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Review. After the War—what? Dr. Fitchett's View
There seems to be a general impression that after the war the world will suffer a period of great depression, if not of positive privation, during which…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →The War French Cruiser Sunk. Sydney, Wednesday 9.15
The French cruiser Province sank in the Mediterranean. 596 survivors have landed at Malta and Melos. 1100 are missing. No sign of a periscope…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The War Liner Maloja Sunk. Passengers Being Picked Up. Sydney, Monday 7.46 a.m
Lloyds report that news has been received that the P. and O. liner Maloja was mined and sunk at Dover, on route to Bombay. The people are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Soldier's Memorial
Corporal N. E. Harris, son of Mr. Geo. Copley Harris, now of Wilandra, near Parkes, and once of Molong for about eight years, was killed in action…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Soldiers' Relife Association
A meeting of the Soldiers' Relief Association was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening, at which there was a fair attendance of…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Soldiers' Relief Association
A meeting was held at Goonumbla school on Thursday last for the purpose of forming a branch of the Parkes Soldiers' Relief Association. The…
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