Britain's War Effort. Demobilisation Work. LONDON
The Army, Navy and Air Force at the date of the armistice numbered six and a half millions, though Britain's total war effort was over ten millions. Thus…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Rivers · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1919
3,700 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 185
Britain's War Aims. How They Were Fulfilled
Twelve months ago to-morrow, the Prime Minister of Great Britain outlined the British war aims in a remarkable statement on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Pensions. The Annual Liability. MELBOURNE
War pensions numbering 147,146 were granted to December last, the total liability being £4,436,191. The New South Wales share of the pensions is 46,985,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italy's War Losses. Heavy Casualty Lists. LONDON
Admiral Cecille Hesperian states that Italy's war casualties are: Officers, 16,362 killed, 32,347 wounded; men, 436,357 killed, 914,643 wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dominions' Claims. I Colonies and War Indemnities. LONDON
The Australian Press Association learns that it is premature to assume that the Dominions' claims in regard to indemnities and colonies are yet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →United States' War Cost. Credits to the Allies. MONTREAL
The New York "Times'' Washington correspondent states that credits advanced to the Allies and other belligerents by the United States total…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Senator Pearce and Demobilisation. Protest by Returned Soldiers' Association. Objection to Released Internees. SYDNEY
The Executive Committee of the New South Wales branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association, has passed a resolution to the effect that Senator Pearce…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boonah Soldiers Released. SYDNEY
Two hundred and fifty soldiers from the Boonah have been released from quarantine pending arrangements for their transportation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Soldiers' Risks
The actuaries have got the soldiers risks figured out to the decimal point[?] Based on the mortality statistics of the Allied armies, the fighting man's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers Released
PERTH, Friday.—Two hundred and fifty soldiers were released from quarantine at Fremantle from the Boonah to-day. About 400 belong to New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dominions' War Costs. (United Service, Ltd.)
LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Hughes and other Prime Ministers have drawn up lists of the Dominions' war costs. Australia's, list is larger than was generally supposed,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General War Cables. Rodman's Recommendations. (Reuter.)
VANCOUVER, Friday.—Admiral Rodman recommends to Congress the destruction of all German interned capital ships…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Prisoners' Camps. Terrible Conditions in Germany. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Saturday.—Terrible conditions are existing in the British prisoners' camps at Pachin and Mecklenburg. They are thus described by Mr. Sefton Delmer, the "Daily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Beginning of Civil War. Wholesale Looting in Vogue. MONTREAL
The "Daily Chronicle's" Rotterdam correspondent outlines the menace of anarchy hanging over Germany, and opines that the Majority Socialists are acting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Origin of the War. Many Important Documents Discovered Letters in Kaiser's Handwriting. PARIS
Many important documents relating to the origin of the war have been discovered in the little Hohenzollern Museum at Charlottenburg…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lodge and Soldier
In the Small Debts Court at Broken Hill before Mr. W. Le Brown, S.M., Pte. Trezise, a returned soldier, sued the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unemployed in England. Chiefly Demobilised Soldiers. A Holiday at the Government's Expense. LONDON
It is stated that 270,000 are now unemployed, chiefly demobilised soldiers and munition workers, costing the country £365,000 weekly in out-of-work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man with the Red Tie. What Tommy Told Him. Some Soldier Stories
He wore a red tie, and fidgetted with his stick and paper, glancing from one to the other of the occupants in the railway carriage with the air of the irritable man with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australasia. Jeering at Returned Soldiers
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The Minister for Defence, referring to alleged jeering at returned soldiers, said it was the duty of the State Government to maintain civil order…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sick and Wounded
SYDNEY, Monday.—Another batch of sick and wounded soldiers reached Sydney to-day. The men were given a magnificent welcome. Among them was a good…
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