War Correspondents
The nation has been left for two and a half years almost in the dark, so far as its navy is concerned. This silence has had a most mischievous effect. It has led…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1917
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The Game of War
One wishes that war like whist, were a game which good manners decreed to be played in silence…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Industry After the War
I believe that just as we have astonished the world during the course of the war by the extent of our financial resources, and, above all, by the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Labour and the War
NEW YORK, Friday.—A delegation of British Labour leaders has arrived here to confer with Mr. Gompers (U.S. Labour leader) and the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Dog with Wooden Leg
Within recent weeks a crippled survivor or the battle of the Alsne has reached America. He is a war dog and wears an artificial limb. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Spirit in National Life
On Sunday week, in the Congregational Church, Brown-street, the Rev. H. G Grimmett said the present war was not only the unveiling of the soul of Germany, but…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →China to Declare War. Tientsin
The Chinese Cabinet has formally communicated to the President its decision in favour of war. The President intimated his willingness…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War's Greatest Result. Anglo American Sea League
Will the greatest result of the war be a sea league between Great Britain and the United States? Mr. J. L. Garvin thinks it will, and, writing in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prospects of the War. Imperial Conferences. to Be Annual. London
Lord Curzon, the President of the Council, speaking at a meeting of the Primrose League, said:—Three years ago I was of opinion that the war would last one or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →America's War Loan. Money Pouring In. Speeding Preparations. (Australian Cable Association.) WASHINGTON
Mr. A. J. Balfour will visit the House of Representatives to-morrow. The administration may apopint a committee to handle, headed by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Party Politics During the War. Speech by Mr. Asquith. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Mr. H. H. Asquith, the late Prime Minister, addressing the members of the Eighty Club, said he had always preached that while the war lasts party cries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our London Letter. London, February 26th. Our Food Supply.—the Submarine Campaign. — War Correspondents.—the German Banks. Our Food Supply
Germany threatens to starve us out. Her-rulers believe that we have very short supplies of foodstuffs available, and that, if all shipping coming to our shores can…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →America. United States. 45,000 Enlistments
WASHINGTON. Friday—There have been 45,000 enlistments in the U.S. Army since April 1…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tighe's Hill Soldiers' Committee. Presentation Ok Certificates
A meeting of the Tighe's Hill Soldiers' Welcome Home Committee was held in the School of Arts on Thursday night, Mr. R. Little presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District Soldiers. Teralba Man Returning
Mrs. W. A. Harragon, of Cumberland Street, Teralba, has been notified that her son, Private F. E. Harragon, 30th Battallon, is returning to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers' Votes. London
The voting has been going on for ten days on the west front satisfactorily. Owing to active military operations, the voting will not be so heavy as on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Letters. the Life in France
Private Walter Bartley, writing to a friend in Newcastle, says:—When I last wrote you I promised to tell you a little about France and its people,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Soldier in France
Corporal S. Staton, of the Army Service Corps, writing from France on February 20th, to Mr. I. Lasker, of Laskers, Ltd., Sydney, says: "The coal strike was a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tighe's Hill Public School. Honour Roll Bazaar
For the purpose of erecting an honour roll at Tighe's Hill Public School, a very successful bazaar was held in the school grounds on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Welcomed Home, Returned Wounded Soldier
At the Newcastle Railway Station, on Saturday evening, there was a gathering of the staff of Messrs. Winn and Company, Limited, Hunter Street,…
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