The War Loan
The, first instalment of the war loan to which the Federal Government is now inviting subscriptions is, comparatively speaking, such a small one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1915
1,979 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 53 of 99
Workers and the War
Sir—The present bitter struggle between the Allies and our enemies, Germany with its great military machine, fighting to crush weaker nations with a view to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Sydney Letter. Australia Day.—those Enlistment Percentages.—mr. Holman and Mr. Wade at the Stadium.—the Pay to Soldiers' Wives.—our Metals.—a Financial Item. Sydney
Interest in Australia Day is now instence. What is it likely to be to-morrow; then on the day of days? The one and only object is to raise money. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Federal Parliament. the Senate. the War Loan Bill. Melbourne
Senator GIVENS, the President of the Senate, took the chair at three o'clock this afternoon. Senator READY (Tas.) said many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Intense Fighting on the Polish Front. Enemy Held Back. Petrograd
The latest communique states:—The position on the Dvina and the Niemen is unchanged. The enemy south-west of Kovno was repulsed on Monday beyong…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Married Soldiers. Payment to Dependents. London
Speaking in the House of Lords, Lord Newton said that the payments to dependents of married soldiers amounted to £750,000 a week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Care of the Wounded. Report From Egypt. London
Mr. Tennant, the Parliamentary Undersecretary to the War Office, in the House of Commons yesterday read a letter which had been sent by the General…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Review of the War. Speech by Mr. Asquith. Tribute to the Allies. Question of Munitions. London
The House of Commons was crowded this afternoon in anticipation of an historic resume of the war by Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Chamber of Commerce. the Cost of the War. Sydney
The annual meeting of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce was held to-day. In moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet, Mr. F. E. Winchcombe,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Firing on Wounded Rome
It is semi-officially stated that while a column of wounded was leaving the battlefield on the Isonzo to reach the motor ambulances, an Austrian aeroplane…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After the War
It need not take a scientific nation long to recover its power of production, oven after a disastrous war…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →War and Insanity
It is a remarkable fact that insanity has decreased since the war began…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Churches and the War
Never were the churches so constrained by deep conviction and in the teeth of all their cherished and proclaimed ideals to support a war as at the present time…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Some War Stories. Irish
During a camp parade of the buglers recently an Irish corporal was in charge. He was asked by the C.O. if all the buglers were present, when he replied…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Prize War Alphabet
A, the Allies. standing shoulder to shoulder, B, the brute Bosche, shocking every beholder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Asquith on the War
Whether it was desirable or not that the Imperial Parliament should go into recess for a period of six weeks is a matter which can only be decided…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Gossip. Melbourne, July 29. the War Loan
As one listened last week in the House of Representatives to Mr. Fisher introducing bill after bill for borrowing money, chiefly for war purposes. It was enough to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Letters to the Editor. the War and Migration to Australia
Sir,—Many of the inhabitants of Australia, will have to mourn the deaths of their relatives in the war, but their tears will be sweetened with pride and with…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The War. Russian Withdrawal. Enemy Superior in Guns and Munitions. Petrograd
The latest communique states: The enemy at Roxhany unsuccessfully tried to advance between the Narew and the Ozh…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wounded Convalescent London
Many wounded from the Dardan[?]ies have arrived at Plymouth. There is only one bad case. The men are restfully convale[?]cent, owing to the voyage…
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