Anzac Day in Sydney
There were great crowds in Sydney on Wednesday afternoon —the second anniversary of the famous Anzac landing…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1917
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Anzac Day in Queanbeyan
The arrangements made for the due observance in Queanbeyan of "in memoriam" commemorations marking the second anniversary of the heroic events which…
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A crowded congregation attended the 9 a.m. Mass At St. Gregory's Church on Anzac Day. The Mass was offered for the souls of those…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AnzacDay in Braidwood Slight Recognition
This day was allowed to pass over with but, slight recognition. There was no public civic function of any kind to revive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News
The most interesting feature of Monday's communiques is a line in the German report which says that the British fire on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Potatoes and War
During the war, says the Mark Lane Express, we are getting evidence of the great value of the humble potato as a food crop for man and animals. It is…
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General Haig reports: We captured the hamlet of Bilhem, to the north-eastward of Trescault, during Tuesday night. Fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Interesting War Notes a Battleship's Life
We are continually reading in the newspapers that various battleships have been completed, launched, and for now long they have been commissioned. There are probably few people,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Nationalist Win-the-war Policy
The spuriousness of this policy is perhaps best illustrated by the party's attitude on the tariff question. It proposes to leave the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Chest Fund. Urgent Appeal for Socks
The hon. secretary of the Citizens' War Chest Fund, 115 Pittstreet, Sydney, writes :- On January 18th, 1917, through…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON
A squadron of German destroyers bombarded Dunkirk on the 25th at night, while passing the port. The coast batteries replied and British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Queanbeyan Boy Enlists
Sailed recently for the front another of Queanbeyan's highly respected citizens in the person of Sergeant W. Woodger, brother of Messrs. T. E. Jesse…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News
Correspondents at the front re-port that the village of Gavrelle has been the centre of the fierc-est fighting. It commands the…
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General Haig reported on Sun-day :-There was a strong night counter-attack on our new posi-tions northward of Arleuxen and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. London
Sir Douglas Haig reports: We improved our positions and took prisoners between Monday Le Preu and The Scarpe, and made a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Returned Soldiers' Votes
Every returned member of the forces who is not, enrolled as a Commonwealth elector, but is eli-gible to be so enrolled, is…
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Last week Private Albert Seidel. of Mongarlowe, returned home for a few days. He enlisted early in the war and went…
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Mr. W. R. Sharpe has recei-ved word from the Defence De-partment that his son, Private C. Sharpe has been wounded in…
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Correspondents at British headquarters in France emphasise the terribly desperate nature of the fighting on the Scarpe front, with…
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A meeting of the local committee was held on Thursday last, Mr. Stoyles presiding. A circular was read from the…
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