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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 45 of 99

Letters to the Editor. Australian Wounded Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 July 1915 · page 6

Sir,—Re above, I have to thank Mr. G. P. Way, of Sawyer's Gully, for his reply to my Inquiry as to how the funds collected by the Orange Lodge were to be…

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To Assist the War Loan. London

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

Mr. M'Kenna, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated in the House of Commons this afternoon that the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company had, free of cost,…

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Second Edition. the War. the Russians. Enemy Repulged. Petrograd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 July 1915 · page 6

The enemy's offensive between Wierprz and the Bug, on the Zamos-Sokal front, continues to be successfully repulsed. Several attacks were made west of the…

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The War. the Dardanelles. Important Operations. Allies' Marked Advance. London

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

The Press Bureau issues the following notification:— General Sir Ian Hamilton reports Important operations on Juno 28, of which…

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Canadian Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1915 · page 7

Any Londoner who wished to be moved and touched and inspired at the present time should pay a visit to the Duchess of Connaught's Canadian Red Cross Hospital…

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War Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1915 · page 6

The great war picture, "With the Fighting Forces of Europe" will be shown twice at the King's Hall to-day, at the matinee in the afternoon, and in the evening…

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London News. London and the Turmoil.—our War Experience.—canadian Wounded.—the Budget Speech—prisoners of War. London, May 14th. London and the Turmoil

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1915 · page 7

In May the London season is supposed to be in full swing. May is, in ordinary years, the month of the picture exhibitions, of unending social engagements,…

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Our War Experience

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1915 · page 7

The tenth month of the war has begun; and the first thing to he said is that there is not a man in this kingdom, or throughout the Empire, who regrets the…

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Prisoners of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1915 · page 7

"I Hope we shall pay no attention whatever to any convention which interferes with bringing this war to a rapid conclusion." This was the firm declaration of…

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What War Reveals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1915 · page 15

When it appeared that man had become soft and decadent the war revealed the spirituality and virility of man. The decadence has proved to be veneer,…

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The War Brought Home

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1915 · page 9

The Minister for Defence has had the war brought home to him cruelly. Last week he received news that his son, Lieutenant J. H. Allen, of the Worcester…

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Members and the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1915 · page 11

Mr. Chapman, the one-time athletic member for Eden-Monaro, and still, as the Irish folk would say, "a good cut of a man," was decidedly rough on his…

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A Novocastrian on Tour. War Notes From America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1915 · page 13

The following letter, from Mr. Walter K. Harris, F.R.G.S., of Mayfield, should be of interest at the present time. Lieut Harris, who left for England early in…

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Bombs and Grenades. a New War Game. London

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

Reuter's correspondent at the Dardanelles reports:— Hand grenades and machine guns play in increasingly important part in trench…

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The War. the Dardanelles. Australasians' Fine Fight. Sir Ian Hamilton's Report. London

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

Another section of General Sir Jan Hamilton's report on the Battle of Saghir Pore has been made available. It reads as follows:—…

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The Army Post-office. How Soldiers Get Their Letters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1915 · page 14

The Army Post-office, which deals with the vast amount of correspondence, both private and official, to and from our large army in the theatre of warlike operations,…

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Every Man a Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1915 · page 15

The way to win the war is for the Government to mobilise every man needed for the work of keeping the Navy and Army adequately supplied. Let him eat…

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War Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 July 1915 · page 6

The great war picture "With the Fighting Forces of Europe," attracted large audiences at the King's Hall, Newcastle, on Saturday. The pictures will again be…

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The War Loan. London

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

The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank has subscribed £2,000,000 towards the war loan…

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The War. the Western Front. Heavy Fighting. Paris

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

The latest official communique reports artillery duels at most points. The day was quieter in the Argonne. The enemy, after the defeat of his latest efforts,…

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