Kindness to Wounded Men. Geneva
Upon the Pope's initiative the Federal Council of Switzerland is arranging for a scheme of internment of 20,000 wounded prisoners in Swiss health resorts,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1915
1,979 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 39 of 99
The War. Furious Attack. South of Ypres. Paris
The latest communique states: We progressed beyond the northern island of Neuville St. Vaast, also in the south-eastern part of the labyrinth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Second Edition, the War. Splendid French Success. Germans Mesmerised Paris
Official details of the capture of the strongly fortified German, salient at Quieneviere, between the Olse and the Alsne, state that a heavy bombardment…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brave Newcastle Soldiers
Private S. Le Serve, a well-known Rugby League footballer and swimmer, who was wounded in the Dardanelles, but is now recovering, in a letter to his mother,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For the Wounded Soldiers
An instrumental and elocutionary entertainment, promoted by Miss Beatrice Weish, is to be given in the Lyeeum Hall, on Saturday evening, July 3. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Help for the Wounded
Sir,—There are hundreds of willing, intelligent young men and women in the community who cannot satisfy their longing to be helping at the front at their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Queen's Love for the Wounded
Ex-Queen Elizabeth of Roumania won the admiration of the world and the love of her late husband's subjects by her devotion to the wounded and dying whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →War Forbidden
I believe that the world is going so to organise itself that no nation, out of ambition or fear, or because of any other influence or motive, will be permitted to go…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →British War Loan
Final instalments of the British war loan of £330,000,000 fell due for payment in London on 26th April. The issue was floated at 95, so that the net amount…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War on German Trade
The way to secure British trade for the future is to defect the enemy's navies and armies. The visitors will have opportunities enough for developing their trade…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Man of War
The main of war reveals himself mere in war than in studies, and the quickest intelligence and the most complete knowledge are of little avail if they are…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →War and the Arts
I think that the war is causing a great spiritual awakening, which will have a powerful and beneficial effect on all forms of creative art. I do not believe…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The War. German Attacks. Again Repulsed. Paris
A communique issued yesterday states Last night the Germans re-attacked the refinery at Souchez, and were speedily repulsed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Comforts for Our Wounded
The Newcastle fund has been closed, and the total amount sent to the "Newcastle Herald" Office, £63 18s, remitted to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Public Eye. Brigadier-general Wounded
Brigadier-General Frederick Stanley Maude, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., who has been wounded in action, is the only surviving son of the late General Sir Frederick…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. the Ammunition Supply. Speech by Lloyd-george. "We Are Short of Shell." London
Mr. Lloyd George, the Minister for Munitions, addressing a conference at Cardiff, urged the recruiting of every lathe in every workshop for the manufacture of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clyde Engineers. Enlistment Stopped. London
All skilled men on the Clyde have been stopped from enlisting. It is estimated that 16,000 Scottish engineers have already enlisted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shooting Accidents. Surveyor Fatally Wounded. Perth
Mr. Harry Johnston, Surveyor-General of West Australia, died at an early hoar this morning from a pistol—shot wound in the groin…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Matters in Sydney. Home for Wounded Soldiers. Mr. T. A. Dibbs' Magnificent Offer. Sydney
Mr. T. A. Dibbs, general manager of the Conunersial Banking Company of Sydney, has offered[?] a free gift to the Government, his magnificent residence in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Contraband of War. Bucharest
The authorities found that eighteon now transport waggons from Germany for the Turkish railways were double-bottomed, and loaded with shells, which…
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