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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
2,596 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 130
A communique states: A vigorous attack on the positions southward of Donsmont on Saturday night enabled us to occupy some elements of the enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Kitchener Hall on Friday night, a send-off was tendered to fifty recruits, who are shortly leaving for the front. The building was crowded, and a good…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—I wish to draw the attention of the general public to the inconsistency of the railway authorities re soldiers' fares. Any soldier living in Sydney, and camped at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the occasion of the visit of the King and Queen Victoria to the Overseas Club, the Queen asked Private G. E. Killingbeck if he intended to have an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To bring home to his countrymen what war against the Germans is like. Colonel Harvey, the influential American Journalist, tells in the "North American…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Hamilton citizens' send-off to volunteers, who are leaving for the front, and the reception to the soldiers who have returned from the firing line, held…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fifteen years ago General Smuts, like General Botha, was one of our enemies, and one of the most brilliant, though one of the youngest of the Boer…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thirty more members or the Cessnock Miners' Lodge were entertained at a farewell social in Attwater's hall, on Friday night, and each man was presented with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A meeting of the Newcastle Anzac Day Committee was held at the council chambers last evening. Alderman Moroney, the Mayor in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trebizond has been captured. The latest communique states:—The efforts of the Caucasian Army and the Black Sea fleet have been crowned by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The official programme for Anzac Day could hardly be bettered. The returned troops will assemble at 10 a.m., and march an effective route, returning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Of all the "back to the land" schemes of which in recent years we have heard so much the most interesting is that of the Verney Committee for the settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting of citizens, presided over by Alderman Moroney, the Mayor, was held at the Newcastle Council Chambers yesterday afternoon, to consider what steps…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →King George received Mr. Moore Jones, the New Zealand artist, and was interested in his pictures of the Australian and New Zealand positions in Gallipoli…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It was not long after the outbreak of war that the employees of the B.S.A. Company organised the B.S.A. Employees' War Fund, with the object of showing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, stated in the House of Commons, with regret, that there were material points of disagreement in the Cabinet on the subect…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The full programme of next Tuesday's parade is published to-day. The troops will fall in at Porcher-street at 9.35 am., and after attending the various church…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—The first anniversary of the landing of the Australians at Gallipoli is drawing near, and, as on many occasions, the people of Australia will not be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It is now known with some certainty that the National Register taken some months ago is not a complete record of the men of military age in the Dominion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Addressing a meeting of the Red Cross Society in Sydney, Mr. Langer Owen gave a most interesting account of the work which is being done by…
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