Content note: Pro-conscription cartoon of a soldier at a trench parapet, plus a report of a speaker attacked and a chairman nearly lynched ('Hang the ----'). This object is shown as it was published. Why
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), page 12, referendum day, 28 October 1916: 'He's sticking to you to-day, will you stick to him?'
A Sydney daily's page on the day of the first conscription referendum, dominated by a cartoon of a soldier at a trench parapet captioned 'He's sticking to you to-day, will you stick to him?'. Tells: the serving soldier's standing is attached to a Yes vote, and 'The Yes-No March' and 'Call to Arms' columns report crowds, cheers and 'a mighty Yes'.
- Date
- October 28, 1916
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- The Daily Telegraph, Sydney
- Region
- Oceania
- Country
- Australia
- Medium
- Newspaper pages
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Hughes Government
- Leader
- William Morris Hughes
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Trove, National Library of Australia (digitised newspaper page), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (published Australia 1916, pre-1931); NLA: Trove newspapers to 1955 freely available
Trove, National Library of Australia; The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, October 28, 1916
Text on the object
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1916. [page] 12 [Cartoon: a soldier in greatcoat at a sandbagged trench parapet with rifle and bayonet; artist signature illegible] HE'S STICKING TO YOU TO-DAY, WILL YOU STICK TO HIM? CALL TO ARMS. MR. KNIBBS' FIGURES. AN UNDER-ESTIMATE. THE "YES-NO" MARCH. "The march of the "Taffies," distinguished by dungarees, and the militia and cadets ... made up a strength of about 5000 ..." [column continues; not transcribed] "... that you vote according to your consciences." (A mighty "Yes.") "We are not," concluded Colonel Owen, smiling, "going to take the vote now. All I will ask you to do is to give three cheers for the King." CONSCRIPTION SPEAKER ATTACKED. CHAIRMAN BRUTALLY ASSAULTED. PORT FAIRY (Vic.), Friday.-As Mr. Rodgers, M.H.R., attempted to address a large number of men at Crossley in favor of the referendum ... PROGRESS OF THE WAR [column; not transcribed] THIS MORNING'S CABLES [column; not transcribed]
Headlines, cartoon caption and the quoted lines are read from the committed image; dense columns are not fully transcribed. Spelling as printed ('favor').
