For Soldiers' Children
A nice little act was performed by the infants of the Lidcombe public school promoted by their teacher, Miss Russell. They contributed their small savings…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
21,398 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 250
Off to Soldiers
Ryde soldiers was given a [?] the town hall on Saturday, by presiding. The soldiers [?] were Sergeant H. E. Johnston…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Unruly Soldier
Leonard Hampton, aged 22, a appeared before Messrs. H. E. [?] F. L. Foster, J's.p at the Police Court on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Soldier's Wedding
In St. Joachim's R. C. Church, Thornleigh, on December 21, by Rev. Father Nulty, Private James Goodwin, of C. Company, 20th Battalion, who is about to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldier's Letter to a Penrith Lad
Australian children are, we may say, proverbially patriotic, and it has been one of the most pleasant of their patriotic customs or observances since…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Give Back That £400 a Year. the Increasing Outcry Against the Self-voted Salaries of Members of Parliament. Wanted—a Lead in War Self-denial
Of all the ways open to the Government to give a lead to the Country in the matter of economy, that which involves some personal pecuniary sacrifice is the most obvious. The House of Commons cannot be indifferent to the reputation for selfishness which it has acquired during the war. When the King announced his intention to [?] alcohol from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Eagle of Peace. Our Enthralling New Australian Serial Story Commences To-day. a Tale of Love, Invention, and War. (All Rights Reserved) Pat Angus Grows Up
The tall girl ground the heel of her shot Into the unoffending buffalo grass of the lawn. "Oh, if only I were a man," she said…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Belgium—the Graveyard of Hun Reputations Many German Leaders Have Been Laughed Out of Brussels to Oblivion Ridicule and Burlesque Effective Arms Against Boche Arrogance The Message of the Small Boy to His Comrades : "Go Back and Tell My Mother I am a Prisoner of War"
Belgium, it is now being hinted in Central Europe, is a graveyard for German military reputations. It would be invidious to give names, but many leaders of German troops who started…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our Gallant Dead Anzac, April, 1915
What did the Old Year bring us ? Sorrow and tears—and PRIDE; Tears for the boys who "took the count," And pride in the way they died…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Frozen Meat for Anzac Hospital Harefield Committee Saves £200 a Week Soldiers' New Limbs London, Friday Night
A letter sent to a member of the Common-wealth Ministry regarding the supply contracts for Harefield Hospital shows that for some time frozen meat was supplied at fresh meat…
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"There have been wars in which the moral consciousness of the nation might well shrink from ministers of religion engaging as combatants, but this is not such a war" says…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Shadow of War
"The hands of the social clock are being put back by the irresistible pressure of events," says the Telegraph. "Dickens, Thackeray, Kemble, and Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cabinet and the War
Sir,—Will a brilliant display of elocutionary powers, etc., in the House, together with long and varied intercourse over that "round table" in Downing-street, secure for us our one great…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colonel Foster, Reg on Anzac Withdrawal Wonderful Military Feat Equals Landing in Daring and Execution Reply to Wild Criticisms—war Problems Discussed
The British Government came to an undoubtedly wise conclusion when it was decided to withdraw the troops from the larger front of the peninsula, and to retain possession of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German War Council London
An Amsterdam message says that the Kaiser has summoned to a war council to be held on his birthday (January 27) General von Hindenburg, Field-Marshal von…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last of Anzac Great Night's Work Turks' Late Shellfire Empty Trenches Attacked
Captain Bean, Official Correspondent with the Australian Expeditionary Forces, writing on December 19, graphically describes the withdrawal of the troops from Anzac and Silvia. In the first part…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Buffet Gare of Our Boys in London Heavy Cost and Low Funds
In London the Australian Natives' Association has inaugurated the Anzac Buffet for the benefit of Australian and New Zealand soldiers in London. The rooms are in…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →New Year Gifts Appreciated Supply Required All the Year Round to Relieve War Distress Home Offered to Soldier's Widow
"The season of peace and goodwill" is no mere empty, ornamental, high-sounding phrase, coined only to designate a certain period of the year. In Australia, at any rate, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"O'leary, V.c." Allen Doone's War Play
A plot concerned with the war and a display by returned Australian soldiers arc among the features of "O'Leary, V.C.," the new play by Theo Burt Sayre and Allen Doone, in which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Choice—soldier or Poltiician? :: We Need War Experts e 0 e o Interference of Civilians Must Make Way for the Trained Counsels of Soldier and Sailor November 7, 1915
FOR a whole week I have been standing on the tiptoe of expectation, breathlessly awaiting the Great Speech from Mr. Asquith; instead of which the great speech was made by…
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