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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

1,979 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 99

Club for Soldiers. Opened in Sydney. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 5

The solders' Club in George-street—originally the Royal Hotel—was officially opened this afternoon by Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson who was accompanied by Lady…

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War and Biology

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 15

Socially regarded, going to war may be (in our present state of civilisation) the only course open to a nation that would stand for honour, justice, and liberty;…

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Prisoners of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 2

Lord Robert Cecil, speaking on Tuesday night at the annual meeting of the London branch of the British Red Cross Society, held at the Polytechnic. Regent-st.,…

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Effect of the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 15

We all were too luxurious. You in Chicago and New York were too luxurious. We in London were too luxurious. Berlin was too luxurious. In Paris also…

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The War and Sport

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 11

Much sound sense mixed with a great deal of nonsense has been said and written about the continuance of sport during the war. The sport usually singled out for…

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War and the Workers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 15

Great efforts are demanded of the workers, and it is not unnatural that men called upon to make sacrifices of time and strength and hard-won regulations…

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Sidelights on the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 13

The Bishop of Oxford has been addressing the Christian Union in that university, and betrayed the fact that during his holiday early in this year he service…

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Ireland and the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 15

Taking the Irish race as a whole, Ireland has a quarter of a million sons to-day with the colours vindicating the principles of right, justice, and…

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Cost of the War. Another French Credit. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 5

M.Rlbot, the Prime Minister, is asking Parliament for a credit of £24,000,000. Since the beginning of the war sum of £260,000,000 has been voted…

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War Munitions. Appeal to the Makers. Compulsion, Not Conscription. London, Thursday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 5

Mr. Lloyd-George, Minister for Munitions, accompanied, by Colonel Sir Percy Edouard Girouard and Lord Derby, at Manchester to-day addressed a private…

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The Most Noticeable Features in the Old Country Consequent Upon the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 3

1—The predominence of khaki uniforms in the streets. 2—The sent-darkness of cities at night. 3—The absence of political controversy…

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The War. Heavy Fighting Along the Vser. Allies' Line Impregnable. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 5

Heavy fighting continues along the Year. The Germans strenuously attempted to advance near Ypres, and Dixmude, but…

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London News. London, April 16th. the American Note.—neuve Chapelle.—prisoners of War.—a Secret Trial. the American Note

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 2

The American people are naturally reasonable and just, and the distinguishing feature of the American Note is its friendliness and general fairness. The United…

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Letters to the Editor. a Permanent Home and Institute for the Australian Crippled Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 2

Sir—You have been very kind in giving publicity in your esteemed paper to my appeal on behalf of the brave Belgians last August. I trust you will treat the…

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Comforts for Our Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 June 1915 · page 5

The committee of the War Chest Fund is appealing for funds to enable them to promptly send further sums of money to Egypt in reply to Colonel Ryrie's cable…

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Maitland District. a War Nurse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 June 1915 · page 6

Sister, Minnie Mears, head sister at the Maitland Hospital, who is leavi[?] for Red Cross service at the war, was farewelled at the West Maitland Railway…

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Etonians at the War. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 June 1915 · page 5

So far 2210 Old Etonians have enlisted in the army and navy. The killed number 341, and the wounded 463, while 261 have been mentioned in…

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The War. Germans Held. Allies the Masters. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 June 1915 · page 5

The latest official communique states:—We now hold two-thirds of Neuville St. V[?]st. We gained another 450 yards north of…

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German Estimate. War Will Last a Year. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 June 1915 · page 5

The German military authorities estimate that the war will last another year…

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Second Edition. the War. More Trawlers Sunk. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 June 1915 · page 4

Three more Aberdeen trawlers have been submarined off the Orkney's. The crews were landed…

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