War Chest Club, London
In August last the Citizens' War Chest Fund, Sydney, decided, to divert a great deal, of its energy, and money towards establishing as a sound basis a hostel or club for Australian…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1917
17,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250
War News in Brief
The Red Cross and the Order of St. John have arranged a joint scheme by which skilled treatment will be administered near the homes of patients in numerous cases of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italy's War Bill. Making of War Material. Rome. Tuesday Evening
A report which was made available [?] gives particulars of the industrial [?] for war purposed. There are 2178 establishments, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Women's War Work "To an Unknown Soldier" Happy Surprise for Mother and Son
Much of the loving patriotic work done nowadays by our woman brings her no thanks and no very definite assurance of practical result. She may knit many…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Summer Hill Sensation. Young Woman and Chauffeur Wounded. Seven Shots Fired
A [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railways and Tramways War Fund
The subscriptions to the New South Wales Railways and Tramways War Fund from November 24 to December 21 amounted to £588 14s 1d, with £61 19s 7d carried…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Bread. Further Restrictions Likely
LONDON, Tuesday.--War broad has been formally inaugurated. The public is accepting it without the slightest complaint. Further drastic reforms are expected shortly. Possibly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Sidelights at Home and Abroad
IN the course of a letter to friends in Australia a young French Engineer. Pierre Tinte[?] writes:—"What moral and scientific wealth has been mown down in this pitiless war! But the sacrifices have not been useless. Chastisement is near, coming slowly and inexorably. I had the privilege lately of coining into contact…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →New War Loan Bonds From £10
Circulars in connection with the fourth issue of the Commonwealth War Loan are being forwarded by the Treasurer to employers, employees, and any other persons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British War Pictures. Tokio, Jan. 1
Cinematograph films of the war, showing the extent of the British effort in army, navy, and munition-making organisation, are being exhibited in Japan. They are making…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Federal Politics and the War Cabinet
Mr. Hughes's denial of any connection with the attempt, to organise a new "National" party in opposition to the liberals, on whom the Government is now…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Casualties. Killed. Wheeler-sergeant Reid
Wheeler-sergeant Norman F. Reid, 21, killed in action in France on November 19, 1916, was the third son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Reid Crow's Nest, North Sidney. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War Notes. Entente's Note to Greece
The situation in the Near East, according to the cables published this morning, is notable for the political developments in Greece and the military operations in Roumania. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Football Rugby Men Distinguished in the War \
In the last issue The Arrow appeared a cartoon that must [?] made old Rugby men of the nineties smi[?] It depicts Tom Malone, the big New South Vales forward, who…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Boating Motor Boats in War Time
The following article, by Mr. Bradford Burnham, appeared in an American contemporary, and is of interest in many ways :— England has shown us the great value of a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →How Women Are Helping in the War
Melbourne Patriotic Workers as Waitresses. THEY are carrying in dinner to Red Cross patients. In Melbourne, as in Sydney and every other large centre in the [?]wealth, many well-known women give up practically the whole of their time to patriotic work…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Progress of The War. The Peace Proposals
GERMAN commanders on the Eastern front informed their troops of the Central Empires' offer of peace. Great jubilation followed, Austrian and German…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Federal National Party. a War time Platform
A new organisation, to be known as the "Commonwealth National Party," is being formed Melbourne. At a conference of delegates last week a platform…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Progress of the War Against the Trotus
Although the progress of the enemy's Roumanian Offensive has slowed down so much the present fighting is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →After-the-war Problems. What of Our Daughters?
One of the greatest problems mothers are faced with to-day is what to do in order to ensure their daughters' subsequent happiness. All cannot be wives and mothers, and the…
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