Soldiers' Memorial. Meeting at Wickham
A meeting, convened by Alderman S. Brown, the Mayor, was held in the Wickham Council Chambers last evening, to devise means to erect a memorial to the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1915
1,979 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 47 of 99
Soldiers' Letters
Oversea mails delivered in Newcastle during the last few days brought many letters, from troops at the front. As the men have gone through the one series of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Criticism
The attacks which have been made upon Lord Kitchener by a section of the British press have doubtless excited as much indignation in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Treatment of Wounded. Arrangements Adequate. London
Mr. H. J. Tennant, Under-Secretary for War, stated in the House of Commons that Adequate arrangements had been made at Alexandria for the treatment of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Loan. London
Among the applications for the war loan are the Australasian Mutual Provident Society for 150,000, and the National Mutual Life of Australasia for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. German Attacks Prove Unsuccessful. Paris
The latest communique states:—After a fight with grenades we recovered 200 metres of trenches at the Bois le Pretre. A previous communique stated:—There…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Soldier's Letter
Mr. C. D. Baxter, who acted as wharfinger for the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company, Limited, at Booral, Port Stephens, until recently,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First Wounded. Arrive in Australia. Perth
The Kyarra, with 500 wounded and medically unfit Australians, arrived to-day. The men were only too glad to talk of their experiences. "It was hell," said one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War the Lesser Evil
Had Great Britain stood idly by it would have meant that the militarism of Prussia would be enthroned in Europe, and would dominate the world. I cannot…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Women and the War
Now that we have got over the first excitement due to the war, and have, as it were, settled in no more or less of a routine with regard to it, subjects which we…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The War Loan. London
The National Union of Railwaymen has applied for £106,000 of the war loan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sublime Courage. Seen in War
Stories of deeds of bravery by the British and French soldiers are contained in the latest despatch of Mr. Will Irwin, the well-known American war…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Merewether. Methodist Church and the War
At the quarterly meeting of the Merewether circuit of the Methodist Church, held on Wednesday, the following resolutions were passed:—…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Spring Time and War. London, May 28
Back again in England, which tor all one's happy memories of it is lovelier than ever in the gold and ivory, rose and blue, of its spring beauty. This year—is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. Germans Violent. Their Attacks Stopped. Paris
The latest communique states:—A German attack against the trenches, which the British captured on July 6th, south-west of Pllken, was broken up, with very…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Religious Topics. Litany for Our Soldiers
God of our fathers, at whose call We now before Thy footstool fall; Whose grace can make our Empire strong, Through love of right and hate of wrong;…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Invincible Soldiers
The moral force of a soldier fighting for his home and country makes him invincible over a soldier whose only force is that Inspired by military discipline and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Matters in Sydney. Wounded Soldiers in Malta. Sydney
Mr. Holman, the State Premier, at the request of the Citizens' War Chest Fund, sent, through official channels, a message to the Governor of India inquiring…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Munitions of War
The Newcastle branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers will hold an aggregate meeting in the Trades Hall, Newcastle, to-morrow evening…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Loan. Millions Offered London
The London City and Midland Bank and Lloyd's a Bank have each applied for £21,000,000 of the war loan. The London County and Westminster…
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