Commonwealth War Loan
As the date comes nearer on which the subscription list to the Commonwealth War Loan will be closed, the pertinent question which everyone…
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 61 of 99
General War Cables. London
The Agents-Gerneral have decided to await instructions from the coming conferences of Australian Premiers before formulating definite financial proposals to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italy and Turkey. War Declared. Rome
An official communique says; Provoked by the Ottoman Government's evasions, particularly with regard to the free departure of Italians from Asia Minor, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French War Ministry. Rigorous Changes. Paris
Mr. Millerand, the Minister for War, in the Chamber of Deputies, admitted that sine October he had been forced to change two-thirds of the high personnel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German War Loans. No Fresh Taxation. Amsterdam
The debate on the War Loan Bill was continued in the Reichstag. Herr Helfferich, the Secretary to the Treasury, stated that £1,000,000,000 had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Russia's Great Fight. Lines Still Unbroken. Petrograd
The latest Russian communique states: Our troops held up the enemy's offensive on the railway towards Koche[?]ary, in the region of Kovno…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Novocastrian on Tour. War Notes From London. London, 16th July
The signs of war are everywhere. Hour after hour each day I hear military bands playing almost under my window. The front of King's College, in the Strand, is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers Farewelled
The members of the staff of Elliotts, Hunter-street, Newcastle assembled on Saturday to wish God-speed to one of their members, Mr. W. H. Niddrie, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. the Liverpool Camp Report.—swearing-in and Drink.—a Great Fire.—an Appeal for the War Loan.—dealing with the Australia Day Fund.—german-born Managers in Sydney Firms. Sydney
The splendid report of Mr. Justice Rich on the Liverpool Camp is the subject of general discussion. Rarely has any document from a Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Census
Every person in the Commonwealth who is over eighteen years of age is called upon to fill up the wealth income card of the war census. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman's Wear in War Time
London reports an increasing shortage of the materials of which, in normal times, women's wear is fashioned. Because of this, it is anticipated that plain fabrics,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Naval Battle. German Defeat in the Gulf of Riga. London
It is officially announced that in the little in the Gulf of Riga, the German battle cruiser Moltke, of 22,640 tons, three cruisers, and seven torpedoers, were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Letters. Interesting Incidents. Story of the Landing
An interesting synopsis of the landing and subsequent operation of the Australians on the Gallipoli Peninsula is contained in diary notes by Private E. Sparke,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brave Soldier's Appeal London
A letter from the late Lieutenant Hubert Meager, of the 3rd Australian Infantry, reached his mother in the Isle of Wight on the day of his death…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Wounded. Confident of Victory. London
Two trainloads of Australian and New Zealand wounded have arrived in London. Some participated in the battle of August 8th…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russia's New War Minister
Three features of the career of the new War Minister, General Polivanoff, suggest possibilities of a special qualification for his post at the present time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the Fringe of War
The pertinacity with which the French people—and particularly the small French agriculturists—carry on their ordinary life in war-affected areas is one…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →General War Cables. London
Forty South African volunteers for active service have arrived in London. Most of them participated in the fighting in South-west Africa, and are eager for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labour Congress. Supports the War. Johannesburg
There was an uproarious meeting of the Labour Congress, delegates to which cameo from parts of the Union. Mr. Cresswell, the Labour member in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cotton in War Time. Germany Gets Supplies
Cotton means shells, More than half of every propelling explosive, whether for rifle bullet or for gun shell, is just cotton chemically treated. Germany and…
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