Bloody anarchy in Russia
London: An almost impenetrable veil hides the chaos in Russia from the rest of Europe.
Opinion
Palestinian spell broken
Palestinian spell broken
If the campaign in Palestine has seemed to move slowly, it has, nevertheless, had its highly dramatic moments.
Turks routed in Palestine
Turks routed in Palestine
Cadets receive instruction in cleaning rifles at their Tahuna Park camp.
General Monash upbeat
General Monash upbeat
Mess parade at the Otago Boys’ High School cadets’ camp at Tahuna Park.
Troopship epidemic
Troopship epidemic
The Minister of Defence has received further advice concerning the epidemic which caused the death of many men of the 40th Reinforcements on the voyage to England.
Land tenure and rabbits
Land tenure and rabbits
The Minister of Agriculture is credited with having said, within the past few days, that it is the intention of his department to enforce strictly the law relating to the rabbit nuisance and the...
Influenza hits troopship
Influenza hits troopship
It is a melancholy announcement that the Minister of Defence has had to make concerning the effects of an outbreak of influenza, accompanied by pneumonia and acute bronchitis, in the troop-ship...
Austrian peace overtures
Austrian peace overtures
A selection of basketware made by wounded soldiers and sold at the Montecillo Red Cross stall at the old Post Office on September 7.
Railway gauge conundrum
Railway gauge conundrum
The Rt Hon William Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand, arriving in France on his way to visit the Western Front.
Horrors in Russia
Horrors in Russia
The state of affairs in Russia is being revealed to the world only by intermittent flashes of illumination. Reports from various sources, pieced together, admit, however, of the reconstruction of a...
Neighbours pitch in
Neighbours pitch in
A small, fast Whippet tank of the type that has proved a terror to the Germans during the present offensive.
Distinguished soldier
Distinguished soldier
Twenty men, 45 years of age or older, wash 4000 pairs of socks daily for the troops at the front.
Bitter rearguard actions
Bitter rearguard actions
Women munitions workers were among the 1000 women who marched in London to mark the silver wedding of the King and Queen.
Volunteer mail-sorters
Volunteer mail-sorters
The arrival of an overseas mail is hailed with pleasant expectation by the average public, who would be rather impatient of a few days' delay in receiving their letters or parcels after their...
Exhilarating news
Exhilarating news
The news from the western front is exhilarating. The Germans have had another bad day, one of the worst in their experience, along the line of the British advance, of which a stirring record is...
Patriotic appeals policy
Patriotic appeals policy
At the last meeting of the Clutha County Council several communications were received soliciting donations to such patriotic funds as the Red Cross appeal, the British and Foreign Sailors' Fund,...
Dressing sheds for the Oval
Dressing sheds for the Oval
A New Zealand field ambulance established in a wood on the Western Front.
New McGlashan dormitory
New McGlashan dormitory
New Zealanders bivouacked in a wood on the Western Front; the scene being somewhat like an old-time mining camp in their own country.
Allied advance
Allied advance
The outstanding feature of the latest reports concerning the Allies' advance, the pace of which seems on the whole to have been accelerated, consists in the revelation that it has carried them at...
Maori Hill school
Maori Hill school
Another milestone in the history of the Maori Hill School was marked yesterday afternoon, when the new infant department was officially opened by the Minister of Education (the Hon. J. A. Hana).