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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

1,979 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 99

Carnegie and the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1915 · page 6

Mr. Andrew Carnegie holds that the moment to make peace will not come before Germany has been absolutely crushel, and the Allies, after they have chastised…

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The War. Allies Stand Firm Against the Germans. Enemy's Great Losses. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1915 · page 5

The latest communique states:—The [?]ghting north of Ypres continues to be satisfactory to the Allies. The Germans attacked the British at…

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War Publications

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1915 · page 6

Signaller L. C. Reoves, in "Australians in Action," has placed on record come of the history of the Australian expedition that captured Germany's New Guinea…

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War and Trade. Remarkable Changes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1915 · page 6

Ono of the most striking effects of the war is to be found in the many commercial factories all over England. Many of them have stopped manufacturing their…

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Heroes of the War. Fighters and Workers. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1915 · page 5

Mr. A. J. Balfour the ex-Prime Minister, speaking in the Bechstein Hall to-night, said it was clear that the enemy's position was far less strong, morally and…

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The War. Enemy Driven Back with Heavy Losses. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1915 · page 5

The intest communique states:—The Allies have made marked progress north of Ypres on the left fighting front, where they have driven back the enemy,…

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Letters to the Editor. Our Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1915 · page 6

Sir,—Very shortly the Australians who have undergone arduous and yet necessary training in Egypt will have to fight against the Turks in their march to…

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Singing British Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1915 · page 7

An interesting sketch of the British soldier on active service, and a warm tribute to his generous nature and cheerfulness in the most trying circumstances are…

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Australian War Contracts. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1915 · page 5

A searching investigation of Australian war contract was made by Mr. R. M. M'C. Anderson, of Sydney, during the preparation of his special report on the…

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Friendly Societies' War Risks. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1915 · page 5

A deputation representative of the friendly societies waited on Mr. Murray, the State Chief Secretary, to-day, and urged that the Stale Government should…

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Germany Preparing. for a Four Years' War. Copenhagen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1915 · page 5

State Councillor Gottschalk says that the Imperial German Chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, has ordered the various States to buy four years' supply of…

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The War. the Tide Turning in the Allies' Favour. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1915 · page 5

The following is the latest communique:—Our progress north of Ypres continues. The British are also advancing. We have taken numerous prisoners, and…

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A Soldier's Gratitude

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1915 · page 6

One of my patients in hospital at present is (says a writer in the "Nursing (Mirror") a wounded Belgian soldier of the 7th Antwerp Regiment. He has a…

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The Australian Soldier. English Views

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1915 · page 6

Australian soldiers have recently become a familiar sight in the Strand traffic (writes the London correspondent of the "Age" on March 19). They are easily…

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Murderers, Not Soldiers. the Submarine Fighters. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1915 · page 5

Mr. Winston Churchill, the First Lord or the Admiralty, replying to questions in the House of Commons regarding the treatment or German prisoners, said that…

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Cost of the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 5

In the course of his lecture on economics of the war at the Newcastle School of Arts last night, Mr. Meredith Atkinson. M.A., said that total cost of the war was…

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Economics of the War. an Interesting Lecture

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 5

There was a crowded audience in this lecture hall of the Newcastle School, Arts last night, when Mr. Meredith Atkinson, M.A. and director of tutorial…

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The Silver Bullet. War Against German Trade a British Opportunity

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 4

"The Silver Bullet" is the appropriate title the Millions Club has given to a scheme of propaganda, by means of entertainments, to stimulate enthusiasm in…

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The War. Attack on Ypres Definitely Stopped. Allies Pressing Forward. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 5

Sir john French, the British Commander-in-Chief, reports that the German attend on Ypres has definitely stopped. A message from Dunkirk states that…

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War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1915 · page 14

There comes a terrible moment to many souls when the great movements of the world, the larger destinies of mankind, Which have lain aloof in newspapers and…

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