War Funds. to the Editor
Sir,--Your efforts, together with those of Mr. Cook and a few (very few) other public men, to Increase our quota to tho firing line. deserve tho commendation of every true patriot. In…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1915
21,684 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250
War Problems. Exchange with Samoa
The Sydney Chamber of Commerce has received from the Department of External Afairs of the Commonwealth the following communication in reply to the chamber's…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The War from the German Side
A heap of baskets with metal lids, in which the projectiles of the 42 c.m. guns were transported. The empty baskets show how many projectiles were used by one big gun at Antwerp. (Copyright photo. by Haagsch Bureau, Amsterdam.) German engineers reconstructing a railway bridge near La Fere, which was blown up by the French. Copyright photo. by Central News, "London…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Incidents of the War A Christmas Truce
Letters which have been received from soldiers at the front state that at several Points along the lines the English and Germans fraternised on Christmas Eve…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The War Spirit Wanted. to the Editor
Sir,--A prominent New Zealand citizen, at present in Sydney, expresses himself as surprised at the comparative absence amongst us of what he terms "the war spirit." As…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Japan Still at War. Tokyo, Nov. 16
In a recent interview the Premier, Count Okuma, declared that Japan was still at war. The fall of Tsing-tao did not mean that Japan could now sheath the sword, for Germany was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The War. Violent Struggle. Fighting in Alsace
The outstanding feature of the fighting on the western front, as disclosed in this morning?s cables, appears to have been the violence of the struggle in the vicinity, bach, in Upper Alsace…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Incidents of the War on Land and Sea
A railway bridge in the eastern theatre of war destroyed by Germans to cover their retirement. (Copyright photo. by the L.N. A., London.) How the Allied Fleets are protecting sea-borne commerce. The first picture shows a naval officer saluting the captain of a merchantman after examining the latter's papers. The second picture depicts the boarding party returning to the warship…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Turkey and the War—Ottoman Cavalry at Constantinople
Formerly Turkey possessed a highly efficient and formidable army, but wars during recent years and internal upheavals have apparently reduced the fighting powers of the Sn,tan's army. The Turkish Government was cajoled into the present war by the Germans, butt the former as already beginning to see the errors of its ways. (Copyright photo. by the L.N. A., London.)…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Women Workers and the War. London, Nov. 12
It was when the dockers' strike spread over the district of Poplar, London, two years ago, that a woman fell in the street and died half an hour later of privation. Those women who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To Avert War. Efforts of Allies. London, Tuesday. Night
An Orange Book issued by the Russian Government affords most striking testimony as to the unprecedented lengths to which Russia, in conjunction with England and France,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor Car in War—A French Armored Vehicle
The motor is playing an important part, in the present war, and the above picture shows a French armored car, manned by French marines…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Poland. Devastated by Germans. Early Days of the War
Mr. L. de Noskowski, of Warsaw, Polnnd. now in Sydney, has received a letter from his father, written in the beginning of November, when the Germans were near Warsaw. For…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →War and Insurance What the Australian Offices Are Doing
Australia is already pledged to send some 40,000 troops to Europe or elsewhere as directed by the War Office, to help the Empire and its Allies defeat the combined forces…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →America and the War. Mr. Roosevelt's Indictment. Washington, Jan. 4
Mr. Roosevelt, in an article appearing in the "Independent" entitled "Utopia or Hell," says that, while the breach of an international agreement, such as the in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Kitchener to Speak. Position of the War. London, Tuesday Night
When the House of Lords meets to-morrow Lord Kitchener will make a short statement regarding the war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia Applauded. Cardinal Bourne and the War. London, Tuesday Evening
Cardinal Bourne, Archbishop [?] Westminster, gave an audience to Colonel A[?], of Townsville, Queensland. The Cardinal expressed himself an keenly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Awful Cost. Devastation of War. in Alsace and Lorraine
Whatever the final, outcome of the war in regard to Alsace and Lorraine, there is a good chance that the destined lot of these two unfortunate provinces will have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Y.m.c.a. in War. Work on Salisbury Plain
In view of the appeal on behalf of the Y.M.C.A. work in connection with our own forces, it is interesting to read of what the "war department" of the Y.M.C.A. is doing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Record Building Year. Over Six Millions' Worth. Falling-off Since War
According to a return furnished to the Water Board to-day by Mr. Thomas Roseby, the board's assessor and receiver, the number of new buildings brought to completion…
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