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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1915

1,979 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 99

Our Sydney Letter. the Daily Minimum.—"the Camp." Still, Our Daily Meat.—bad Fruit.—the War Funds.—decidedly Non-contentious.—a Page of "Vital Statistics."—a Church Club at Liverpool. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 June 1915 · page 4

We shall have to amend our estimate of 80 a day, average minimum, to reinforce the New South Welshmen already at the front, and amend it considerably as our…

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To Pay for the War. German Treasurer's Views

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1915 · page 5

The new Secretary of State for the Imperial Treasury, Dr. Helfferich, made a remarkable speech in the Reichstag last month in introducing what he described…

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American Trade. Effect of the War. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1915 · page 5

Statistics for the year ending April substantiate Great Britain's contention that American exports to neutral countries' have not suffered by the blockade…

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The War. in Poland. the Great Struggle. Enemy Offensive Fails. Petrograd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1915 · page 5

A communique states:— The enemy brought a great force into The lighting line on the Zawishost front but the offensive failed…

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Enlistment in France. Great Response. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1915 · page 5

A decree permits enlistment before July 16 of the 1917 class for the duration of the war The responses has been so great that many artillery and cavalry…

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War and Emigration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1915 · page 6

The increased employment of women in Great Britain, ineviatble as it may be, raises questions of great national importance and although it is the duty of every…

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Who Forced the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1915 · page 11

Even Herr Dernberg, Germany special envoy in the United States, finds it impossible to keep consistently to the prestnece that the war was forced on his…

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War Pictures Natural Colours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1915 · page 6

This evening the war pictures in kinemacolour, "With the Fighting Forces of Europe, will be shown for the first time in Newcastle at the King's Hall. No…

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The War. "The Hell of Death" War's Charnel House. Fiercest Struggle of the War. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1915 · page 5

Herr Von Viezand, in a message to the "New York Times," from the headquarters of the Crown Prince's army, near. Souchez, says:—…

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The War and Its Cost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1915 · page 3

One of the most valuable articles yet written about the war is that by Mr. Herbert W. Horwill, M.A. (formerly of Adelaide), on "The Cost to Humanity," in the…

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War and Food Prices. Far-reaching Effects

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1915 · page 14

Within the past few days (writes a correspondent in the London "Daily Chronicle" of April 14, some London retail provision dealers have had to pay 11d a pound…

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Canada and the War. Production of Shells

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1915 · page 14

Among the numerous orders placed with the Dominon of Canada for war material by Great Britian and her Allies since the outbreak of war, was one for 25,0000…

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Funds for Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1915 · page 3

Sir.—In your issue of the 28th instant noticed a letter under the above heading, and signed by "Inquirer," stating that there are two bodies engaged in collecting…

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Prisoners of War. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1915 · page 6

A large crowd welcomed a party of war prisoners from Germany…

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For the War Loan. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1915 · page 5

It is annunced, that the directors of the Prudential Assurance Company, Limited, have applied to the Treasury for £[?],000,000 worth of the new loan…

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Contraband of War. Seizure of Cotton. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1915 · page 5

The £20,000 worth of cotton consigned to the Swiss agent of a German firm, which was seized at Marseilles was intended for the manufacture of guncotton…

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Second Edition. the War a Vigorous Protest London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1915 · page 6

A White Paper shows that Mr. Gerard, the American Ambassador at Berlin, vigorously protested to the German authorities with regard to the violation of…

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The War. to Meet the Cost. Mr. Asquith's Appeal. Extravagance Condemned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1915 · page 5

Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, addressed a crowded meeting of city me in the Guildhall this evening, and met with on enthusiastic reception…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Butter Famine.—the Casualty Lists and Recruiting.—why Charge Fares to Soldiers?—victor Trumper, Aged 38.—Let Australia Day Be a Bumper.—nagging Norton-griffiths. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1915 · page 4

The butter famine is a famine, indeed. Drop a piece of bread so provided, and it is bound to fall on that side. Thus, start a conversation with a lady, and she is…

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Wounded Soldiers' Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 July 1915 · page 5

At the fat stock sales at Waratah yards, yesterday, a knitted scarf, made and forwarded by Mrs. J. H. Brunker, Mary-street, Waratah, to be sold for the…

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