Britain's War Finance
In the "Nineteenth Century" Mr. J. Ellis Darker discusses Britain's war finance. The vastness of Great Britain's war expenditure, he says, staggers the imagination, not only of…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
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Latest War News. London
A fight occurred in the North Sea between the British merchantman Alcantra and the German cruiser Grief. Both ships…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tribute to Australasian Troops. "Finest Fighters of War."
A writer in an article on Egypt in "Guy's Hospital Gazelte." London, pays a warm tribute to the Australian and New Zealand soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fairwells to Soldiers
At the residence of Mr. G. A. McInnes, "Amungula," Sutton Road, on Saturday evening a large gathering assembled to bid farewell to…
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Count Zeppelin, in the course of a speech in the Diet, announced that he was constructing airships that would reach a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Service Committee
A meeting of the above, presided over by the Mayor, was held last night. It was stated that a returned soldier had been offered the position…
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The steamer Salybia, of 3322 tons, has been sunk. The crew were saved. The survivors of the Dominion…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. To-day's Cables. London
It is believed that 100 lives have been lost in the steamer Sussex, which was torpedoed by a German submarine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Off to the Front. Farewell to Local Soldiers
Previously we have reported fare well functions to our local lads in khaki, who have enlisted and gone to the front, but never before have…
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The Germans made furious counter attacks north-west of Potasvy, but the Russians rushed the trenches, killed…
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There has been a violent bom. A French communique states: bardment between the village and wood of Malancourt and of our…
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General Sir Douglas Haig states that a successful assault was made on a German salient at St. Eloi, second line trenches, being…
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After a furious struggle, extending over 40 hours, north-east of Gorzour, the efforts of the Italians were crowned with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Superstition and the War
The hold that superstition has on all nations is remarkably illustrated in the present European war. Scarcely a soldier who leaves for the front is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. To-day's Cables. London
A correspondent says that the extension of the British front at Ypres was carried out with great skill and secrecy. The alteration was possible…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Soldier Prisoner in Germany
Mrs. E. J Carver, of Mosman, has received from her son, who is a soldier invalided to England, the story of an Australian taken prisoner on…
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Zeppelin L 15 which took part in the raid on Friday last came down off the Thames and was captured by a British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome Home
On Thursday evening last Privates M. Kain and P. E. Torpy were accorded a welcome home social at the Literary Institute…
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The French have assumed the offensive in the vicinity of Verdun. They vigorously attacked Avocourt Wood and captured the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Inventions Fortunes
Some of the fortunes made by inventors of armament devices were indicated by Messrs. Young and Hughes, patent agents, of…
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