Vote for Your Country by Enlisting. Porfessor Macintyre Calls for a Unit
In his address, Professor MacIntyre said be wanted to impress on all that men are needed. If they would not take bis word for it, then be asked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Riverina · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1917
3,883 stories in Riverina's papers · page 36 of 195
Soldier Settlement Wagga District Estates Toole's Creek and Greagadoo Resumed
Recognising the national duty to make adequate provision for returning Australian soldiers the National Government is proceeding on a definite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The State Election. Labor Opposes Another Soldier. Selection Difficulties Adjusted
With one exception the whole of the difficulties which had arisen in connection with the selection of Nationalist candidates where a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arrests of Soldiers Melbourne
A military order was issued to-day with instructions framed to prevent the wrongful arrest of soldiers of the Australian Imperial Forces being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Final Step Short of War
Tremendous interest is manifested here and in New York in President Wilson's address. It is interpreted to mean that the President has served…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga War Service Committee. Weekly Meeting
The weekly meeting of the Wagga War Service Committee was held last night, Major Heath presiding. A letter was received from Mr. K. E…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War on the Sea. Cunard Liner Sunk. Americans Aboard. No Warning Given. London
The Cunard liner Laconia (18,099 tons) was sunk without warning in the Atlantic. Six Americans were aboard. Two hundred and seventy passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters from Soldiers
Mr. M. Butler, farmer, Lockhart, has received a letter from his nephew, Trooper Mulcahy. He says:— "Dear Uncle,—I received a letter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Situation. Armed Neutrality. Address by the President. More Frightfulness. Bombardment of English Coast. Cunard Liner Sunk. Further Gains on Western Front. Turks Evacuate Kut. America & Germany. Statement by President. Desire to Avoid War. Ahmed Neutrality. Washington
Addressing Congress, President Wilson recited the circumstances relating to the sinking of the Housatonic and the Lyman Law as evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Service Committee
The usual weekly meeting was held on Tuesday night at the town hall, when there was a good average attendance, Major Heath presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War. German Retreat Sydney
A headquarters' correspond-ent, describing the German retreat, states that the enemy are firing supplies, blocking trenchrs,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Horses in War. Russia's Huge Supply
The wastage of horses in war is enormous, and the problem of renewing that wastage is not easy to solve. The Russians prior to the war owned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Nothing Short of War." Washington
Tension is increased by Germany's procrastination in releasing the Yarrowdale prisoners, which is making the controversy one of extreme gravity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English War Loan Exceeds £1,000,000,000
Mr. Bonar Law stated in the House of Commons that the final result of the great War Loan exceeds one thousand million pounds sterling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Interesting War Notes Warship Ventilation. An important Point
One of the most difficult problems in building a modern battleship is to secure satisfactory ventilation. A ship is such a complicated thing, made up…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Belgian Deportations. Greatest Horror of the War, New York
The "New Times" correspondent at Bordeaux interviewed the American Consul, who returned with Mr. Gerard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War on the Sea. Sinking of Laconia. Later Details. Interesting Narratives. London
The Cunard Company announced that three passenger of the Laconia are dead and three missing. Six of the crew are missing and six are in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Ranks. a Soldier's Letter Readies on the Doctors. "The Hurdle Was Last." "Stick It!" and They Stuck It." the Mayor of Tumblong."
Private "Dick" Wluticker, a Tumblong boy, writes as follows to Mr. W. H. Sibthorpe, from Wareham Comp, England, 5th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers' Slang
The British soldier, in his fondness for slang, calls all shells "souvenirs." But these "souvenirs" are divided into "will-o'-the-wisps," "humming birds,"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What Soldiers' Badges Mean
People are asking the meaning of the different badges, patches, and stripes that decorate, the soldier's khaki…
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