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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
860 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 43
With respect to pay. Someone has pointed out the difference in responsibilities. The Defence Department is advised to discri[?]. The rate of pay is good…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The patriotic funds are steadily mounting up Yesterday the aggregate reached £139,764 15s, made up as follows:—Lord Mayor's, £74,288 17s 1d; Chamber of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The German Governor of Brussels is forcing the civil guards, though disarmed, to assist in the defence works. This is a fresh violation of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →I have observed in a varied and cosmopolitan career that the more you do for some people the more you will be expected to do. I have also observed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The agreement which has been come to between the Allied Powers now confronting Germany carries with it a grim hint of the Nemesis which is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—With reference to circulars recently distributed by the Produce and Dairy Sections Chamber of Commerce have Food Fund, the committee request…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The financial system under which the commerce of the world is carried on is notoriously delicate. In Great British it is more stable than in any…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The newspapers consider that when the Lime comes for settlement the Allies' declaration will assure lasting peace. The "Daily Telegraph" says it fully…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Vice-Admiral Sir F. C. Doveton Sturdee, who has been appointed Chief of the War, Staff at the Admiralty in succession to Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Japanese Diet has passed a war vote of fifty-three million yen (about £5,000,000), About 600 Japanese, mostly students,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The German fighting at Creil and Compeigne was soley intended to keep the British busy and hold the front, of the French Allies' on the right while the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Henry Noel Lake, who, it is stated, will be given the command of the Northern Army in India, has had a distinguished military…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. A. Deakin, the chairman of the Federal Food Supply Commission, has had his attention directed to an important matter in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The rejoicing at the success of the Allies in the first engagement on the Maine is natural but the fact should be very clearly borne in mind…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some reference was made in the industrial Court on Monday to the likely effect of the war on industries. Mr. Justice Edmunds appears to have spoken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday was a day of fervent patriotism in Newcastle. It originated in Messrs. Keith H. Wood and Frank R. Hannell undertaking the organisation of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This may seem a singular sort of headline; it is. Most os us find it hard to conceive of any benefits arising out of a war, but Sydney's shopkeepers are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Upper House has unanimously passed the war vote. Advices from Pekin are to the effect that torrential rains and floods destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Berlin newspapers state that Germany is issuing 5 per cent. Treasury bonds for £50,000,000, with a currency of five years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, the Governor-General, has received the following cable message from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated London,…
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