War Precautions Act. Far-reaching Regulations. Melbourne
Regulations were gazetted to-day, giving power to the Commonwealth Government to fix freight on all goods carried between Australian ports…
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 50 of 130
Mr. Lloyd-george. May Be Secretary for War. London
As expected, Mr. Lloyd George has been offered the post of Secretary of State for War, rendered vacant by the death of Earl Kitchener…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Advancing Russians. Magnificent Achievements. Austrian Army's Dire Straits. Petrograd
It is estimated that the Austro-German losses during the week were, killed and wounded, 23,000; prisoners, 121,000; out of a total of 670,000 Austro-Germans…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Life in Egypt. Newcastle Soldier's Impressions
Writing to a Newcastle friend from No. 3 A.G. Hospital, Egypt, Private W. D. Bartley, under date April 14 says:— "No doubt you have been wondering in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →English Village Scene. Funeral of an Anzac
Two long lines of blue figures moved with slow tread behind the hoarse, showing that free swinging movement peculiar to the Australian troops. But some were…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Strikes in War Time
No doubt my views have separated me from many of old old colleagues, but rather than that division of opinion would make me an agent to bring men out on…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Germans in War and Commerce
The Germans have proved themselves to be utterly relentless on the battlefield, and after the war they will be utterly relenthless in commercial competitions…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Holland in War Time. Social Pests
Spring has come to Holland glowing with colour like an Eastern bride (writes James Dunn, the "Daily Mail" special correspondent in Holland). In splendid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Balkan War. with the Greek Army
While nursing in India in the year 1912 I read the daily accounts in the papers of the condition of things in Greece and Turkey. Being wrongly informed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. the Russians. Austrians in Retreat. German Reproaches. Petrograd
The Russians continue close on the track of the retreating Austrians. They are developing successful tactics, and piercing and outflanking considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Technical Colleges. Helping Returned Soldiers. Sydney
In pursuance of the settled policy of the Government to do everything possible for returned soldiers, authority has been given by the Education…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier and Trader Too
I want to see a nation in arms to the end of the war; but that does not necessarily imply withdrawing all the men from there, occupations and trades…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Dismay in Vienna. Soldiers Called Up Rome
The Russia advance is dismaying both Vienna and Budapest. The public are withdrawing their deposits, and the civilians have abandoned Lemberg…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Victorious Russians Still Advancing. Enemy in Retreat. Petrograd
The enemy northward of Lemberg is falling back on a strongly defended line, including Vladmir Volynsk, Sokal, and Stoyanoff, to which the Germans are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Second Edition. the War. Fight for Czernowitz. Graphic Description. Petrograd
The "Berliner Tageblatt" publishes a graphic descripition of the situation on the 14th inst. It says that after four days hot battle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cottage for Returned Soldier. Sydney
A neat weatherboard cottage, erected by the Voluntary Workers' Association at Kogarah, was yesterday handed over to a returned soldier, Corporal H. Turbett, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Returned Soldiers. Sydney
A batch of 173 wounded and sick soldiers, including 40 for Queensland, arrived in Sydney this morning by a hospital ship. There were several cot cases. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Among the Wounded
Captain Ralph Pollock, of the Indian Army, who has been wounded, is the elder son of the late Mr. H. F. Pollock, who represented the Spalding Division of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Chest Fund
A meeting of the committee of the War Chest Fund Button Day will be held in the Council Chambers, Watt-street, this afternoon, at 4 o'clock, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. the Russians. Capture of Czernowitz. Cossacks' Fine Work. Petrograd
Czernowitz is in the hands of the Russians. A communique issued in Petrograd this evening states:—…
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