China's Note. The Effect of the War. LONDON
With a view to cheering up Berlin, at the adhesion of another neutral to Wilson's Note, Bernstorff has wirelessed to Germany the full text of China's reply…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1917
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Botha to Be Relieved. To Attend War Conference. LONDON
An official message states that as urgent affairs are preventing General Botha leaving South Africa, the Imperial Government has acceded to the Union…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General War News with the Italians. Artillery Activity. LONDON
An Italian official report states that there has been increased enemy artillerying on the Carso, eastward of Gorizia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Battleplanes. (Editor, "Star.") War Office Despatches Respecting Presented Battleplanes
Sir, -- The following War Office despatches have been received for transmission to donors : -- War Office, Despatch 87Aeros 788. Sir, -- I am commanded by the Army Council…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War Loan 200 Millions Already Subscribed The Campaign in Egypt
Cables appearing in this paper are, unless otherwise marked, received through a Australian Cable Association's new and improved service. Supplementary messages through the Independent service, or other sources, are in all cases so marked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Richmond-tweed Soldiers' Aid Fund. Meeting of the Committee
A meeting of the administrative committee of the Richmond and Tweed Returned Soldiers' Aid Fund was held in the Council Chambers on Monday night. Those present…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Feather-bed Soldiers."
Quirindi "Gazette" hits the feature-bed soldier in this way : -- There is, unfortunately, at the present time much ground for suspecting that there are too many what may be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Enlistment Figures
SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- The number of enlistments in the A.I.F. in N.S.W. last year was 41,912. The first return for the whole of Australia for the week ended 6th…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Loan
MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- The Commonwealth Treasurer states that the fourth way loan will be free from wealth levy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Office Call
LONDON, Tuesday. -- The War Office is calling up half the unexempted agriculturists…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Loan Explained
In order that the conditions of the local Commonwealth loan may be easily understood, it is explained that subscribers may take bonds which are issued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. the Balkans. Bulgarian Bombardment
LONDON, Tuesday. -- The Bulgarians claim to have bombarded the railway establishments round Galatz…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commonwealth War Loan. Free of Wealth Levy. Melbourne
Mr. Poynton, Federal Treasurer, stated to-day that the fourth War Loan would be free of tile wealth levy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nivelle and Haig. Conferring with British War Council. LONDON
The Press Bureau says that Mr. Lloyd- George and his colleagues of the War Cabinet held a series of Imperial conferences with General Nivelle and Field…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General War News the Polish Kingdom. America Refuses Recognition. LONDON
Amsterdam advises that the United States consul at Warsaw, acting under instructions, has notified the neutral consuls that he cannot recognise the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Pensions. Claims to be Decided Within a Week. MELBOURNE
The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Poynton) said yesterday that lie was endeavouring to arrange that in future claims for war pensions by widows and widowed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Patriotic. Belgian Fund. McAulay and Son, Myocum 18 3 War Chest
The members of the War Chest are reminded that the Sewing Bee meets as usual this afternoon, at the Depot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldiers and Pensions
Mr. Poynton (Federal Treasurer) said in Melbourne on Monday that he could not understand the repeated complaints of returned soldiers starving, or being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia's Industrial Troubles. "Kicking a Man "When he's Down." A Soldier's Opinion
Sergeant-major Harry Bruce, in a letter received by his mother, Mrs. E. H. Bruce, Wollumbin street, makes pertinent reference, to the industrial strife so…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Discharged Soldiers
MELBOURNE, Wednesday: -- The Minister for Defence has promised Federal action to deal with three classes of persons discharged from the A.I.F., namely, mental cases,…
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