Religious Topics. War of Ethical Codes
The Rev. Dr. Fitchett, speaking at Wesley Church, Melbourne, recently, on "The Christian Attitude on the War," said it was literally true that they were actors,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
2,596 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 59 of 130
Our New Zealand Letter Wellington, July 8. the War Taxes
The big taxing bill is down at last, and it has set at rest a great deal of uneasiness which was felt by many business people and farmers, who feared that the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Second Edition. the War. British Success. Second Line Broken. London
Sir Douglas Haig reports that at dawn the British troops attacked the second system of defence and broke into two miles of front, capturing several strongly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. Stern Battle. Proceeding on the Somme Allies' Material Gains. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Though the British and French communiques studiously retrain from giving details, it is unofficially known that a stern battle is proceeding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Picnic to Departing Soldiers
On Sunday week a picnic to Fern Bay was tendered to Privates W. Ross, O. Brown, and T. King who are going to the front. Arriving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Toronto War Chest Day
The honorary secretary writes:—The report of the final meeting of the Newcastle committee is certainly a humorous episode in these drab times and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War Committee. Melbourne
Senator Pearce, Minister for Defence states that at a meeting of the Federal Parliamentary War Committee on Thursday, at which he presided, resolutions in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commonwealth War Loan. Official Information
So that there may be no misapprehension the Commonwealth Treasure desires is to be known that any person may apply on the extended instlament,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. British Success. Advance Maintained. Great German Losses. British Cavalry at Work. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
General Sir Douglas Haig, in his latest report, states:—There has been heavy fighting all day long on the Pozieres-Ciallemont sector of the second line of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed in Action. London
Captain Cairns Murray, of the Warwickshire shire Regiment, a Melbournian, has been killed in action…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fruits of the War
One of the results which is now certain to spring from the war is the drawing together of the Allied nations in the future. This is not only caused…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Loan. Melbourne
Mr. Higgs, the Federal Treasurer, speaking at a meeting to advocate the claims of the war loan to public support, said more money was needed for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Allies' Successes. the Cavalry Charges Terrify the Enemy. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Fifteen hundred German dead bore witnees to the heroic struggle at Bazentin 10 Petit. The English were irresistible. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trains of German Wounded Rotterdam
Trains of German wounded are constantly traversing Aix la Chappelle. Eleven thousand severely wounded men passed from the Pozieres-Bazentin front…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Russian War Expenditure
The enormous military efforts of Russia have demanded from the commencement of the war till January 1, 1916, the expenditure on military needs, of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →After the War
Mr. Edward Rye writes, deprecating the suggestion that we should not trade with the enemy after the war, and points out that it is known that, before the war,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British War Expenditure. London
Mr. M'Kenna, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced in the House of Commons that the expenditure on war services now amounted to over £6,000,000 daily…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Time Luxury in London
While acknowledging England's resolve to light this war to the bitter end, a Russian correspondent writes with candour about the restaurant and hotel life of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Savings Week. Melbourne
Senator Pearce, the Acting Prime Minister, to-day expressed approval of the suggestion that there should, be a war sayings week in Australia on similar lines to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. Further Successes on the British Front. Enemy's Heavy Casualties. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commander-in-Chief, reports:—Incessant rain and heavy mist again interfered, with operations. There is nothing of importance…
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