Macquarie Shire War Service Committee
The confidential committee of the Macquarie Shire War Service Committee held its first meeting in the Macquarie Shire Council-chambers, those…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1916
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War Wires the Latest News
The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" at Salonika says that a Zeppelin flow over the town at a height of 1000ft. in an effort to bombard the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War-time Strikes. Victorian Minister Outspoken
Responding to the toast of the State Government at the A.N.A. luncheon at Melbourne on Monday, Mr. F. Hagelthorne, State Minister for Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War. News Day by Day
There has been almost continuous terrible hand to hand fighting in Artois for 72 hours. The Germans made ten attacks in the week with only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Marriages. the Best Age for Them
Early marriages have been recently advocated by certain not particularly well-informed persons as one means of making up for the terrible wastage of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In the Shoemaker's Shop War in the Abstract
"I was talking to a bloke the other day," remarked the Youthful Australian, "who'd been having a go with the Turks. He looked a big of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters for Soldiers
Steamers leaving Sydney for London, via the Suez Canal, carry letters for soldiers in Egypt and the Dardanelles. Letters should be posted at Wellington…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Enlistment. Through the Mill
Enlistment, to some, has great and hidden terrors. The word conveys one meaning to them, to go and get shot—to those who place their love of country and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Books for Soldiers
Another case of books was despatched to-day containing 240 books and magazines. This makes the number now sent from this district over 1200…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Loan
Additional subscriptions to the war loan bring the total to well over 21 millions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Irish Soldiers in the War. Heroic Incidents
The "New Statesman" has a long article in the current issue on the Irish soldier, recalling the Wild Geese, Cremona, Fontenoy, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Off to the War. Shire Councillor Enlists
At the conclusion of the Cobbora Shire Council meeting at Geurie on the 2nd inst. Councill[?]r William Smith. representing [?] [?]iding, intimated that he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Census Cards
The confidential sub-committee of the Dubbo War Service Committee are still receiving the replies to the war census questions. Up to the present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Second War Loan
Subscriptions to the second Commonwealth War Loan, which closed on Tuesday, already exceed £21,000,000, and it is anticipated that at least…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italy's War Leader
Just as General Joffre was practically unknown outside of France before the beginning of the war, so Italy's leader comes upon the European battlefield unhe[?]ded and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Loan
The War Loan of £10,000,000 has been over-subscribed. There are three tenders for £1,000,000 each. With the closing of subscriptions a steady stream…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A War Secret
In connection with the action of the King of Bulgaria precipitating his country into the war on the side of Germany, against the wishes of the great majority of the bulk of the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The War. Yesterday's News
Six or seven Zeppelins took part in the raid over the rural districts of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and Staffordshire on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.z. War Census
In the preliminary statement just issued it is stated that as a result of the national register 8300 single men and widowers without dependents…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Vast Arsenal." Britain's War Work
"A Neutral," whose contributions to the London press are attracting attention, declares that England's share is not understood on the Continent even by her Allies…
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