Land for Soldiers
Sir Joseph Carruthers is one of the latest additions to the list of public men who have expressed opinions on the question of providing land for…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
2,596 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 130
Extraordinary Pleas. Germans Did Not Want War. London
Major Moraht, in an article in the "Berliner Tageblatt," commenting on the Verdun struggle, says: "It is a sad part of this sanguinary war that the two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Need of Funds. Australian War Contingent. London
The Australian War Contingent Association in London has practically suspended, its funds being exhausted. Mr. Fisher, the High Commissioner, will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Verdun Battle. Desperate Fighting. Furious Enemy Attacks. French Troops Unshaken. Magnificent Endurance. Paris
The battle of Verdun was continued on Saturday with undiminished intensity, and the day closed with the situation unchanged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smedmore. Presentations to Soldiers
Sapper J. Harrison, Privates S. Reid, N. Locke. G. Ross, C. Newton, W. Barrett, W. Ross, T. Burns, A. Lane, G. M'Lean. W. Holdway, and W. Norris, another…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Returned Soldiers. Northern Clergyman Gets the D.C.M. SYDNEY
Another transport unexpectedly reached Sydney yesterday afternoon, and berthed at Woolloomooloo Day. She was not ace until this morning, but she was handled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Soldiers' Club
The committee of the Newcastle Soldiers' Club is giving consideration to the question of obtaining promises which will provide much more room than it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Soldier Killed. Adelaide
Charles Herbert Barry, a discharged soldier, was shot dead at Payneham last night. Richard Dodson, a teamster, who is alleged to have fired the fatal shot, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Socialist Complaint. Class War in Germany. Amsterdam
Amid frequent Interruptions and calls to order, Dr. Lieoknecht, the Socialist leader, made a sensational speech in the Prussian Diet, in which he denounced the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Verdun Battle. Germans Held. Sustain Terrible Loss. the French Confident. Paris
A semi-official Communication states: The situation at Verdun is satisfactory. The Germans continue to dispute the possession of the village of Donamount,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Holmesville. Soldiers' Send-off
There was a large gathering in the Holmesville Hall on Saturday night, to do honour to thirty-one local recruits, who were on final leave. Mr. James…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →If There Were No War. International Guarantee
If there were no war, mankind would be spared all the pains and penalties, the horrors and the sacrifices, which have marked the lingering months of this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →India's Part in the War. Many More Men Available
The news that the King had sent the Indian troops from France to "another field of action" came simultaneously with an authoritative expression from Bombay…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The War. Verdun Safe. Germans Held Up. French Line Remains Firm
The latest communique states:— The Germans, using liquid fire, penetrated a small advanced work at the Maisons de Champagne…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. Verdun Battle. Fighting Continues. Germans Change Tactics No Material Advance. Paris
The French retreat west of the Meuse was needful in consequence of their previous withdrawal. It was the only method of avoiding a flank fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah. How the War Is Financed
Mr. Meredith Atkinson, M.A., Director of the Tutorial Classes in the Sydney University, delivered a lecture last evening in the Waratah Picture Theatre at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. Verdun Battle. Its Third Phase. Terrible Artillery Duel Germans Suffer Most. Paris
The latest communique states:—The enemy tried to make fresh progress west of the Mouse under cover of a strong bombardment. A violent attack at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers and Tram Fares
Sir,—I would like to know when the Government or the Railway Commissioners are going to grant the soldiers free rights to ride in the trams. The men…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Modern War
War is not waged in modern times by armies and navies alone, but by skilful commercial and financial influences, which are carefully interwoven to the detriment…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →After the War
It is not conceivable that any nation can send sixty or seventy millions of the people of another nation to Coventry.—The Rev. H. J. Chaytor…
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