The War Loan
At a meeting of the employees of Messrs Earp Brothers and Company, Limited of Newcastle, Mr. Charles A. Earp stated that the company was prepared to finance…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
2,596 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 61 of 130
Britain's War Credit. London
The London "Daily Telegraph" states that Mr. Asquith will ask for a war credit of £450,000,000. The Radicals intend to move with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Post-war Conference. London
Mr. D. Macmaster, Unionist member for Chertsey, and an ex-jurist and M.P. of Canada, questioning Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister as to why the Dominions…
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The "New York Times," discussing the decline in war orders in the United States, points out that one company alone is dismantling on enormous plant and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Outbreak. Scene at the Admiralty. London
Colonel Churchill, in the "Weekly Despatch," describes the scene at the Admiralty on the outbreak of war. It was eleven o'clock at night, twelve…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Germans Held Great Attack Preparing. (Australian Cable Association.) PARIS
The latest French communique states:— We progressed in the Fleury region. It transpires that all our Metz raiders have returned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anti-conscription. Sydney Domain Meeting. Broken Up by Soldiers. Sydney
Another attempt was made this afternoon to hold an anti-conscription meeting in Sydney Domain. Again it failed, owing to the disorderly conduct of a crowd…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Sydney Letter. the Certificate.—our Wine Industry.—less Work and Worse.—the Meeting To-morrow.—how Is the Loan Going?—no Water for Sydney—if!—changing Names.—our War Funds. Sydney
The Chief Electoral Officer returned the Referendum Writ either on Wednesday or Thursday. He certified that 6 o'clock had won. Strange, but in not one report was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Second War Anniversary. Public Meeting in Sydney. Sydney
In connection with the second anniversary of the commencement of hostilities between Great Britain and Germany, Mr. Meagher, the Lord Mayor, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Allies' Successes. Capture of Posieres (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Despatches received from the war correspondents at headquarters on Sunday afternoon give fuller details of the Anzacs' advance on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Second Edition. the War. the Posieres Fight. the Gallant Australians. a Bitter Struggle. (Australian Cable Association.) New York
Frederick Palmer who is at the west front writes:—"To the Australians is due the glory of to-day's action. The officers realised that Posieres was a hard nut to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boolaroo. Soldiers Farewelled
A social organised by the Boolaroo Soldiers' Farewell Committee for the purpose of farewelling and making a presentation to the 17 Boolaroo district…
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Mr. Ashford, the Minister for Lands, stated to-day that the work of providing farms for returned soldiers under the Returned Soldiers' Settlement Act is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Major Stanley Wounded. London
Major C. H. Stanley, an artilleryman, the brother of the Governor of Victoria, has been wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Post War Economics
Publicists in Britain and Australia are now busying themselves in discussing the great economic questions which are already arising in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Post-war Problems. London
In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, replied to a question as to whether the committee appointed to consider the post-war…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Control of War Charities London
Mr. Samuel, the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, announced that a bill to central war charities would be introduced…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Britain's War Vote. Victory Now Assured. London
In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, moved a credit vote of £450,000,000. He stated that the expenditure from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. Desperate Fighting Around Pozieres. British Stand Firm. (Australian Cable Association.) Official Despatches. London
General Sir Douglas Haig reports:—Fighting at Pozieres continues. The Australians have taken prisoners six German officers and 145 men…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Men As Soldiers
A very large proportion of British railway employees have enlisted, and many others have attested under the "Derby" scheme. Including both these classes the…
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