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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

2,596 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 130

March of Soldiers. Through Sydney Streets. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 5

As a contrast to the display of a section of the soldiery on Monday last in Sydney, a batch of over one thousand returned soldiers paraded the streets of…

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The Soldiers' Riot. Mr. Ashmead Bartlett's Opinion. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 5

Mr. Ashmead Bartlett, the famous English war correspondent, in acknowledging the toast of his health at the reception tendered him by the New South Wales…

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Peer's Brother Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 13

Another name in the list of wounded is that of Captain the Hon. Oscar Montague Guest, of the Lothians and Border Horse and Royal Flying Corps. Captain Guest…

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Sportsman in War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 16

The sportsmen of this country of every kind have nothing to be ashamed of in the part they have played and are playing in this war. And when the history…

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War Time Economy Hints

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 13

In "The Sunday at Home" Harry Cooper discusses "Bread and Meat and Coal," in view of the need for war-time economy. In the course of the article…

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The War Profits. What Is Britain Doing?

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 9

And what about the war profits? Only three weeks ago, Mr. Gardiner, editor of the "Daily News" and "Leader,' a loyal supporter of the Government, was…

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Lesson of the War. the Super-dreadnoughts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 13

The lessons of the European war, so far as sea supremacy is concerned, have been read by the United States Naval Department, with the result that Mr. Daniels,…

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The War. Capture of Erzerum. Siberian Bravery. Splendid Fighting. Petrograd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 5

The advance on Erzerum was by three routes. Its downfall was due to a frontal attack. The first fort was taken on Monday. The…

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Presentation to Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 5

The members of the Newcastle East Fourth Grade Football Club and some of their friends made presentations to Privates T. Towler and C. Dalton, who are…

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Soldiers Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 6

The West Maitland School of Arts Town Club for soldiers, in the man hall of the institution, was officially opened on Thursday, evening by…

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Soldiers and Their Pay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 12

Almost on a par with this agitation is yet another agitation, centring in Auckland, about the treatment of returned soldiers. Some 3000 men have…

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Soldier's Life in Egypt. the Barber and the Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 9

The lighter side of a soldier's life in Egypt has been obscured of late by events at the front. But to thousands of people in Australia there come by every mail…

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After the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1916 · page 4

While the views of the pacificists who are talking about the necessity for a serious limitation of armaments after the war as the only means of…

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Riots in Turkey. Anti-war Demonstrations. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1916 · page 5

Constantinople advices state that serious troubles broke out on Thursday. Crowds demonstrated in the streets and squares, denouncing the war and the…

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The War. Russia's Aim. Caucasian Attack Leads to Constantinople. Petrograd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1916 · page 5

The latest official communique says: We captured north-west of Erzerum the remains of the Thirty-fourth Turkish Division, with thirteen guns, also the…

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Soldiers' Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1916 · page 5

The second of the series of ocean moonlight excursions, which are being held in aid of the Newcastle Soldiers' Club, was held on Saturday night, and…

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A Soldier's Death. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1916 · page 5

Private Thomas Francis M'Grath, aged 19, of B Company, Fourth Battalion, encamped at Liverpool, met with fatal injuries near Gosford this morning…

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Soldiers on Trains

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1916 · page 4

A conference between the State authorities and the military has brought about an agreement on the subject of the payment of fares by…

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Returned Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1916 · page 5

It is the intention of the members of the Newcastle branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association to commemorate Anzac Day by holding a sports Gathering on…

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Boolaroo. Soldier Welcomed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1916 · page 7

A social, arranged by the Boolaroo Soldiers' Farewell and Reception Committee, was held in the school of arts on Thursday evening, to welcome Private H…

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