War on Mosquitoes
The Panam'a Canal could not be built until the area was freed from the vicious mosquito—the proved carrier of disease. Enough mosquitoes to infest a whole…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1927
657 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 33
The Great War Striking Disclosures Sir H. Wilson's Diary (Australian Press Association.) LONDON
Two volumes of trenchant notes made in the war-time diary of the late Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson have been published by Cassell and Company…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chinese War Attack on Pekin Shansi Army Driven Back Shanghai
The first clash of the Fengtien and Shansi armies, virtually for the possession of Peking, favoured the defenders. The Fengtienese battle for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Still Increasing War Expenditure Dearer Loans Melbourne
Reasons against a reduction of taxation were given by the Federal Afterney-General (Mr. Latham) at a luncheon given by the Lord Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Chinese War
A general attack, with the object of subjugating the Shansi rebels, was launched on three fronts of the Kinhan-Lunghai railway this morning, and is reported to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pre-war Fashions
The Goodwood (Eng.) races this year produced a most amusing dressing-up party, inspired by photographs of prewar fashions. The 17-year-old daughter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Appeal for Limbless Soldiers
The Limbless Soldiers' Aquatic Club and Provident Fund appeal is moving along satisfactorily, and entertainments of all descriptions are in progress. The people…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Chinese War. Shanghai
The remnants of the Shensi Army are desperately resisting further Fengtien advances. A fierce battle is in progress on the Pekin-Suiyuan front…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War's Echoes Old Shells Explode LONDON
Additional shall tragedies are reported from the French battlefields. A workman salving war material near Rhelms was fatally injured by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →China's Misery Famine Follows War Black Outlook Shanghai
Alarm is already being felt of the prospects of a terrible famine during the coming winter in the war stricken districts of China…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Freight War South African Trade CAPETOWN
The freight war between the conference shipping lines, with the Union Castle Company at the head, and the British and Continental South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Women and War Amazons of Russia LONDON
The Riga correspondent says that the Soviet calling attention to women's war training, reveals that there are already 72 women officers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fleet of 3000 Planes Soviet Air War Plot Big Production of Poison Gas
After acquiring the basis of an air technique from Germany, Russia it now advancing along an air path of her own. Recently the British War Office obtained information that in Russia more active preparations are in progress for all kinds of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the Theatres Story of Heroism "Ypres" at Victoria Theatre Great War Picture
"Ypres," the great war picture, shown at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday, is a pageant of heroism, showing how the immortal salient was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Chinese War. Shanghai
Thousands of Nanking Nationalist troops are rushing north daily for the purpose of giving assistance to the Feng "Yu Hsiang and Shansi forces, which are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War on Pests Merewether Sets Example Guarding Health
The town clerk, Merewether. (Mr. Kerr). stated this morning that his council was fully alive to the necessity of attending to the public health…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Outwitted Enemy Nurse Cavill's War Work Secret Signals London
Madame Ada Bodart, a friend of Nurse Cavil), who is to appear in the war picture, "Dawn," in the "Weekly Despatch," reveals that she saw the blind cord looped aside, and if German spies were active the blind cord was hung down. Tbey sent news to agents in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Not Understood" Australian War Loan Position Dr. Page's Speech Melbourne
Addressing members of Melbourne Stock Exchange yesterday, the Federal Treasurer (Dr. Page) said that he believed the people of Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Chinese War Shanghai
Manchurian forces commanded by Marshal Chang Too Lin's son, Changh Sue Hliang, are continuing to press back the Shansiites. A prize of a million dollars is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stars Changed British War Picture LONDON, Tuesday Night
Miss Sybil Thorndike, the English actress. is replacing Miss Pauline Frederick in the part of Nurse Cavil, In the war picture, "Dawn."…
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