War Office Contracts. New South Wales Benefits
The War Office in London has placed contract valued at £15,000,000. A sum of £250,000 will be spent on the season's jams, including melon mixtures…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
21,398 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250
The Past Year. The Drought and War
In the history of Australia there has not been more troublous year than that of 1915. The war was bad, but the drought was far more serious to Australians generally. It was not,…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Commonwealth War Loan. Second issue of £10,000,000
The prospectus of the second issue of the Commonwealth war loan was made available on the 1st Instant. The amount nominally asked for on this occasion is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"A War We Must Win." Comforts and ReInforcements Wanted
In a letter to Mr. [?]. W. Pitt secretary of the South Melbourne branch of the Australian Natives' Association, Lieut, colonel Spring[?] writing from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prisoners of War. Scenes in Siberia. Russia's Humanity to Teutons
An interesting description of the manner in which prisoners of war are treated in Russia is supplied in a letter to Captain Spain, Chief Enrolling Officer at Sydney, from Mr. E. T…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Late War News. the Persia. Stories of Survivors. Alexandria, Jan. 4
The survivors of the P. and O. Company's steamer Persia are mostly suffering from shock and hardships. Many are bruised and bandaged. One woman was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Foreign Cables Echoes of the War the Kaiser Suffering with Carbuncles
A message to Amsterdam from Berlin [?] that the Kaiser, when he was recently visiting the Russian front, contracted a number of virulent carbuncles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trading Notes the War Value of Old Iron on the Farm
The amount of wealth lying idle and rusting away in the heaps of "old iron" that are dotted all over the country, would feed thousands of hungry people;…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. Army Bands Fund. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—On behalf of the Army Bands Fund, I beg to appeal for contributions to that fund, which has been initiated with the object of presenting sets of band instruments to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War on Submarines Mediterranean Bases High Insurance Rates London, Tuesday Night
The Times correspondent in Paris indicates that the Allies are preparing to occupy the islands in the Mediterranean, and root out the submarine bases…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vict'rian Eleven Succeeds in War Match—ryder Bats Grandly at Pinch
On the concluding day of the first Patriotic game in Melbourne play was interested in the early stages, when Armstrong had what appeared to be a premeditated hit when opposed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →German War Trophies on Exhibition in London. Guns From the Western Front
Great interest has been created in London by the display on the Horse Guards' Parade of a number of guns and other trophies captured from the Germans. A GERMAN TORPEDO. This also is one of the war trophies on exhibition in London. It was secured quite recently. A GUN THAT SHOULD BE IN SYDNEY…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →After the War Trade with Dominions Important Meetings Called London, Tuesday Night
The various Chambers of Commerce throughout Britain are considering the future character of trade relations with the Dominions and elsewhere after the war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian "Old Boys" in War What Some Leading Sydney Schools Have Done
Last week particulars of The King's School, Newington College, and The Armidale School rolls of honor were given. To-day those of the remainder of the schools appear, together…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Unique War Pictures: on Mountain and Plain. in the Snow-capped Tyrolean Alps
This remarkable photograph was taken on the summit of one of the highest peaks in the Austro-Italian fighting zone. An Italian soldier will be noticed on look-out duty. He has erected a pile of stones to break the clear sweep of the cold wind. A BRITISH CAMP BOMBED FROM THE CLOUDS. Another remarkable war photograph. It was taken from a German aeroplane, and shows bembs exploding after being dropped from a Hun machine on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Depends on Munitions War's End This Year Lloyd George's Warning London, Tuesday Night
In the House of Commons to-day when the House was in committee on the Munitions Bill, a violent Labor attack was made on Mr. Lloyd George…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A War Budget From Various Quarters. Commander of British Forces in the Eastern Mediterranean
THERE has, on account of the similarity of names, been some confusion as to the officer appointed to succeed General Munro in command of the British Mediterranean Expedition. It was not, as has been stated, General Sir James Wolfe Murray (who soon after the beginning of the war was appointed chief of the Imperial General Staff, a position now held by General Sir W. R. Robertson,) but General…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The Balkans. Roumania's Attitude. "Russia Satisfied." Albania Declares War on Austria. London, Jan. 4
The "Daily Chronicle's" Petrograd correspondent says that Russia accepts the view that Roumania is not in a position to undertake a long war. Russia is satisfied…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cricket : J. S. Ryder Reproduces Last Season's Brilliant Batting Cricketers Doings in War :: Players Gone, Players Going, Players Who Are to Go Current Topics of Cricket Readers Express Opinions on the Game and War
On the subject of the difference in the attitude of the New South Wales and Victorian Cricket Associations towards playing representative cricket this season. "Veteran" writes…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Under Fire" at at Melbourne Theatre Royal Realistic War Drama—Private Performance for the Minister for Defence
The first public performance of "Under Fire," a drama based on the current war, was given at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, on Saturday evening before a packed house. The first scene…
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