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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

2,596 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 130

Anzac Day Celebration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1916 · page 7

Alderman Moroney, the Mayor of Newcastle, who is president of the Anzac Day Celebration Committee, yesterday received a telegram from…

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Anzac Day. Commemoration in Britain. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1916 · page 7

Australian and New Zealand soldiers will attend the memorial service to be held at Westminster Abbey in commemoration of the landing at Gallipoli…

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The War. Meuse Battles. Germans Impotent. Suffer Heavy Losses. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1916 · page 7

The latest communique states:—There is a growingly intense bombardment westward of the Mouse. The Germans at noon launched an…

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German Soldiers. Frightened of the Firing Line. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1916 · page 7

A message received by the Central News Agency from its Amsterdam correspondent reports that the remnant of a German battalion, recently at Donaumont, was…

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Soldiers' Railway Fares. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1916 · page 7

Mr. Gardiner, in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, asked the Premier if he was aware that despite his assurance to the House last week, that soldiers in the…

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A Generous Gift. Land for Returned Soldiers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1916 · page 7

Mr. Holman, the State Premier, announces that he has decided to remit stamp duty, totalling £978 14s in respect of a deed of settlement in favour of…

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Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1916 · page 5

A public meeting convened by the Mayor will be held at the Newcastle Council Chambers to-morrow night to deal with matters in connection with…

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Anzac Day Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1916 · page 4

The preliminary steps have been taken for the celebration of Anzac Day in the Newcastle district. The first anniversary of that ever memorable…

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Anzac Day. Memorial Service. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1916 · page 5

The Anzac Day memorial service will be held at eleven o'clock on Easter Tuesday, morning. Two thousand Australian and New Zealand soldiers will march through…

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The War. at Verdun. German Attacks. Driven Off with Losses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1916 · page 5

The latest communique states:—North of the Aisne our artillery caught a strong German column marching to the Chemin des Dames, inflicting serious losses…

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After the War. Trade with Germany. the Paris Conference. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1916 · page 5

In the House of Lords to-day, Lord Courtney asked what instructions had been given to the British representatives at the Paris Conference…

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Toronto's Tribute. Returned Soldiers Honoured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1916 · page 6

A public welcome was tendered by the citizens of Toronto to the returned soldiers of the town and its environs in the Toronto School of Arts last evening. The…

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Returned Soldiers. Branch Association Formed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1916 · page 4

A meeting of returned soldiers was held at the Soldiers' Club, Newcastle, last evening, for the purpose of forming a branch of the Returned Soldiers'…

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Anzac Day. To-night's Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 5

A public meeting convened by Alderman M. J. Moroney, the Mayor, will be held in the Newcastle Council Chambers this evening to take into consideration certain…

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The War. at Verdun. German Attacks. Again Repulsed. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 5

The latest communique states:—Our artillery wrecked trenches west of Parvillers, between the Somme and the Olse. We exploded four mines at La Fille…

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Second Edition. the War. Bombs in Ships. Arrests in America. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 6

Charles Vonkleist, Ernest Becker, Captain Otta Wolpert, and Captain Ennobode, superintendent of the Hamburg-American Shipping Company's piers at…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, April 13. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Soldiers' Tram Fares

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 7

Ernest Taylor (40), James Gray (26), John Harold Williams (21), and Thomas Winterbine (26), soldiers were charged with wilfully impeding David Griffiths, an…

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Anzac Day. Newcastle Arrangements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 5

A public meeting was held in the Newcastle Council Chambers last evening, for the purpose of making arrangements to celebrate Anzac Day. Alderman M. J…

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War Bonuses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 7

One of the most important Judgments ever given by the Arbitration Court was that in making the award in the Auckland Builders' Labourers' dispute. The…

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The War Problem

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 2

The developments of the war during the past week or two have been of considerable moment. Perhaps the most important step of all has been the issuing of…

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