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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

1,979 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 74 of 99

Wounded Germans. Removed From the Coast. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 October 1915 · page 5

German wounded at Ostend and Blankenberge have been removed towards Germany. Wounded men from Zeebrugge have arrived at Bruges…

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General War Cables. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 October 1915 · page 5

The casualty lists contain the names of six nurses. Three died in the Mediterranean and three in France. Mr. M'Kenna, the Chancellor of the…

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The War. Allies Progressing on East and West Fronts Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 October 1915 · page 5

[?] is officially stated that our heavy artillery co-operated in the British Fleet's bombardment of the German batteries at Westende…

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New Lambton Soldiers Farewelled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 October 1915 · page 5

New Lambton was livened up on Saturday evening by a procession and concert, the occasion being a send-off to a number of local volunteers. The procession…

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District News. Islington. Presentations to Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 October 1915 · page 6

Fifty-five presentations were made yesterday afternoon to young men of Islington who have enlisted. The presentations were made at a sacred concert and…

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Waratah. Soldiers' Entertainment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 October 1915 · page 6

A social gathering was hold in School of Arts on Friday evening, for the purpose of entertaining and making presentations to Waratah young men who have…

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Returning Soldiers. Arrival in Sydney. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 October 1915 · page 5

A transport, with 105 New South Wales soldiers and 42 Queenslanders on board, arrived in Sydney yesterday, and anchored in Athol Blight. Owing to the races, the…

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Distinguished Soldiers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 October 1915 · page 5

The Agent-General has forwarded to the Premier the names of Australians to whom the King has awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal "for acts of gallantry and…

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Our Wounded Soldiers. London, August 16th

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1915 · page 3

Like so many thousand women in England, I have been visiting hospliais, and it may be interesting to those over seas whose dear ones are here, being nursed…

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General War News London

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

Washington has quashed the idea of de-Washington has quashed the idea of increasing the construction of Dreadnoughts in favour of submarines. The Government…

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The War. on the West Front. Definite Stage of the Great Battle. London

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

Fie[?] marshal Sir John French, in a special Order of the Day, issued on Sunday. [?]ober 3rd, says:—We have now reache[?]; definite stage of the great…

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Soldiers' Christmas Cheer. Newcastle Fund

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

The movement inaugurated at a meeting of ladies convened by Mrs. R. C. Kilgour, Mayoress of Newcastle, last week, to provide Christmas cheer for soldiers…

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Returning Soldiers. Melbourne

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

Another hospital ship arrived in the bay to-day. Eighty-nine returned soldiers were disembarked, and driven motor cars through the city…

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M.p. Wounded

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

Major J. A. Hope, King's Royal Rifle Corps, M.P. for Midlothian, has been wounded in action in France. Major Hope has been the Conservative representative…

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War Finance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 10

The financial aspect of the war receives considerable attention in the August magazines. To the "Fortnightly Review" Mr. H. J. Jennings contrioutes a generally…

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The Kaiser. Changed by the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 11

A striking picture of the Kaiser, as the war has changed him, is contributed to the "Daily Chronicle" by Mr. Percival Gibbon, a well-known English journalist,…

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The Queen Elizabeth. a Mighty War Engine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 8

Which is the most [?] battleship in the world? [?] the "New[?] word"). There are four claimants for the distinction—the Canfor[?] and the…

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The War. Bulgaria Silent. No Reply to Russia. Anglo-french Force to Land in Salonica. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 7

Reuter states that owing to recent developments, the Bulgarian Government must be taken to have rejected the Allies' proposals, to which no answer…

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Brilliant French Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 2

That France regards, the operations at the Dardanelles as of the greatest importance may be gathered from the appointment of General Sarrail to succeed…

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Entertainments for Soldiers. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 7

The Australian War Contingent Association has appointed a sub-committee with Madame Ada Crossley, as president to arrange concerts and other…

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