Australian Wounded. Visit by General Birdwood. London
General Sir William Birdwood and Lieutenant-colonel Sir Newton Moore, Agent-General for West Australia, who has charge of the Australian wounded in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1916
2,596 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 38 of 130
Post-war Emigration. New Zealand View. London
Sir Thomas Mackenzie, High Commissioner for New Zealand, in an article in "Reynolds' Newspaper," urges the consideration of post-war emigration to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. German Repulses Gas Blows Back. Forces Enemy Out. London
General Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commander-in-Chief on the Western front, reports:—Two small German attacks made under cover of gas were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers Farewelled
Members of the Newcastle Surf Club, on Saturday night at Way's Cafe, tendered a complimentary dinner to a number of their club mates, who have enlisted for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Merewether. Anzac Day Service
An Anzac Day service was held in the Star Picture Palace yesterday afternoon, and attracted an overflowing audience. The 36th Battalion Band assembled at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Irish Valour on the British Front. Germans Defeated. London
Mr. Philip Gibbs, the war correspondent, supplies details of the German attack on Hulluch, to the south of La Bassee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Islington. Soldiers Farewelled
There was a pleasant gathering of relatives and friends at the residence of Senator Watson, Islington, on Saturday evening, to farewell Sergeant H. J. Watson and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wounded Queenslanders
Alderman Moroney, the Mayor of Newcastle, wits officially informed that 193 sick and wounded Queenslanders, who would arrive in Sydney on Thursday, will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anzac Day Committee
A meeting of the Anzac Day Committee was held in the Newcastle Council Chambers last night. A preliminary statement of the receipts and expenditure was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Forces. New Anzac Army. London
The Australian and New Zealand staffs strongly favour General Bird good commanding all the Australians and New Zealanders, thus forming an Anzac Army,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Pensions. Melbourne
A Federal Treasury return shows that the war pensions granted number 6013, carrying an annual liability of £199,709. In New Smith Wales 2064 were granted,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heligoland. in Peace and War
As it seems more than likely that before long important events will take place there, it may prove of interest to describe this till lately famous bathing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War. Western Front. German Wastage. All Assaults Repulsed. Paris
The Germans powerfully attacked in close formation the trenches captured by us north of Morthomme on Saturday. Our curtain of machine gun fire broke…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Returning Soldiers. Sydney
Mr. Holman, the State Premier, has received a communication from the Minister of Defence, Intimating that approval has been granted the Australia Day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Enlistment of Minors. Commandant's Warning. Sydney
The State Commandant, General Ramaciott[?], said this morning: "A regrettable practice, which seems to be on the increase, is that of lads under 21 enlisting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Proposed Exchange. of Mesopotamian Wounded. London
Advices from Mesopotamia report that Khali Pasha, the Turkish commander-in-chief, has written agreeing to exchange General Townsheand's sick and wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Army. New Zealanders in Line. London
It has been definitely arranged that New Zealand wounded shall come to England. New Zealand is now in line with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Exchange of Wounded. Britain and Germany. London
It is officially announced that Germany has accepted the British proposal to transfer to Switzerland the British wounded from Germany, and the German…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Britain's Fiat. Compulsory Service. Immediate Enforcement. London
Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, stated in the House of Commons that the Government had decided upon immediate compulsion to meet the military…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. the Constitutional Crisis.—mr. Holman Should Not Resign.—preference to Returned Soldiers.—irishmen Too Sensitive.—business to Be Got in America.—the Cost of Existing. Sydney
The so-called Ministerial crisis is the talk of the town. Not only has Parliament bowed to an outside body who have no official standing in the Constitution, but…
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