Junker War Policy
Dr. G. B. Grundy, a distinguished Oxford "Don," happened while staying abroad in 1905 to spend a long evening with an Australian count, well acquainted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1916
2,596 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 130
The War Loan
We have been reminded that although very splendid, the second contribution to the Australian War Loan will soon be spent. It will, as a matter of fact, last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War Loan. Melbourne
Complete returns of the war loan show that the applications numbered 28,645, representing £21,581,820…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War the Pestilence. Moratorium for Christianity
Mr. Nell Munro, the novelist, writing in the Glasgow "Evening News," says:— "Sensible men returning from France or Gallipoli will tell you war is the ugliest…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The "Surgical Brain." War Speeds It Up
The surgical lessons of the European conflict was the theme of the presidential address delivered by Colonel Jefferson R. Kean, M.C., U.S.A., at the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Germany's Objective. Differing Views. Enemy's Vain Hope to Deceive the Allies. London
Mr. Ward Price, writing from Salonica on the 19th January, says:—The eyes of the Turks are turning ambitiously towards Egypt…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Soldiers' Club
The honorary treasurers, Mr. F. L. Webb, c/o. " Commercial Banking Co of Sydney, and Mr. H. E. Rowe c/o. Nestles Milk Company, acknowledge the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Meeting of Soldiers
A preliminary meeting of returned solders and men of the Expeditionary Forces, convened by Recruiting Sergeant E. R. Floyd, was held in the Social Hall of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Profits. Melbourne
Senator Pearce the Acting Prime Minister, stated to-day that the Government, has decided to ask the Interstate Commission to inquire into and report on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Merchantmen and War. Successful Privateers
In British wars nowadays shipowners are very apt to suffer heavy losses, despite our overwhelming naval superiority, but last century a war was a veritable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Peace and War. Historic England. December 19
As I write before me stretches, silver and green in the winter frost, a wide prospect of park, grass, and stately trees, delicately etched against the faint blue of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Photography in War. Its Great Utility Paris
Cinematograph films are immensely useful to the French staff. Photographer volunteers must have nerves of stool, and be willing to take great risks, even to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A War Lecture. Views of a Publicist. London
Lord Curzon presided at a gathering of the Royal Colonial Institute, at which Mr. J. L. Garvin gave an address on the subject of the British Empire and the Near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Adriatic Fight. Enemy Seeks Safety. Allies' Great Forces. London
A brisk naval engagement has taken place in the Adriatic. Franco-British warships forced four deabroyers to fly towards Cattaro…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court-martialled. Soldier's Strange Story. Interned As a German. Sydney
A district court-martial was held this morning at Victoria Barracks on Private Norman Stacey-Duke, alias Carl Conrad Maurlee, 22, of the A.I.F., when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miss Lena Ashwell's Concerts for Soldiers
Sir,—May I appeal to music lovers in Australia and New Zealand to help us in sending concert parties to the base camps and hospitals at the front? The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →German Wounded. in the Frise Attack. London
Reliable information has reached diplomatic circles that the number of German wounded transported through Belgium after the recent attack on Frise was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Next War. How Germany Must Prepare
According to the German view—a view which is held not merely by the general public, but has been expressed in the Reichstag by the Imperial Chancellor—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. the West Front. Continuous Fighting. Germans' Heavy Loss. Paris
A communique states:—The Germans exploded two heavily-charged mines to the westward of La Folle and penetrated some sectors of our front trench,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To Aid Disabled Soldiers. Workers' Association Formed. Sydney
The question of forming a Voluntary Workers' Association to organise the voluntary labour of the community with the object of providing cottage homes,…
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