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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

2,596 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 130

Returned Soldiers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 5

Another batch of invalided soldiers for New South Wales and Queensland arrived in Sydney to-day. They were welcomed by a big crowd. There were a number…

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Letters to Soldiers. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 5

Letters for soldiers on active service are not in future to be addressed to Egypt or France, as the case many be, but simply "Australian Imperial Forces, on active…

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The Anzac Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 5

The Anzac Band, which has been organised in connection with the Returned Soldiers' Association, yesterday played at several points in the city streets, and the…

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Germany and the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 4

There was a time, not so many months ago, when the German Finance Minister, in his speeches in the Reichstag, telling how money was raised for carrying on the…

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The War. Russia's Advance. Furious Battles. Turks Falling Back. Bagdad Now Menaced. Petrograd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 5

The latest communique states: Very large Turkish forces at Erzingan, a hundred miles south of Trobizond, after a furious battle, drove back our advanced…

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Phophecy and the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 6

The Reverend L. Sale-Harrison, B.D., delivered a lecture in the Newcastle Baptist Tabernacle, last evening, upon "The War and the Approaching Confederation of…

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Trade After the War. German Preparations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 8

The whole organisation of the German State, and of German industrial science is being put into operation in order to try to defeat the. Allies' plans against…

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The War. Russia Advancing Towards the Tigris. Alarm of the Turks. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 7

The "Morning Post's" correspondent in Petrograd says that Russia is making a strategic instead of a tactical attack on Bagdad…

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Returning Soldiers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 7

Another batch of sick and wounded soldiers will arrive to-morrow. After being entertained at lunch at Rose Hall, the Queenslanders will be despatched for…

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Letters to Soldiers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 7

It is notified officially that the address for Australian troops has not been altered. The envelope or parcel must have on it the addressee's rank or number, his…

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Protection of Soldiers' Dependents. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 7

Senator Pearce, the Minister for Defence desires it to be widely known that under the War Precautions Act, no person shall by reason of a bill of sale, writ…

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Employment for Soldiers. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 7

The Commonwealth Public Service regulations provide that preference for temporary employment shall be given to sailors and soldiers who have served…

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General Marchand. Killed in Action. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 5

General Marchand, who came into prominence in connection with the Fashoda incident of several years ago, and who bad distinguished himself by his…

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Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 5

A meeting of the Anzac Day Committee was hold at the Newcastle Council Chambers last evening, Alderman M. Moroney, the Mayor of Newcastle, in the chair…

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War Correspondent Enlists. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 5

Mr. Harry Gullett, who was official war correspondent for Australia with the British Army in Flanders, has submitted himself for examination at Victoria Bar-…

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Australian Wounded. Arrival in London. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 5

Mr. Fisher, the High Commissioner for Australia, and Mrs. Fisher, accompanied by Senator Macdougall, visited Wandsworth yesterday, and chatted…

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Prophecy and the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 4

"Germany's Bible, the Forerunner of Germany's Defeat," was the title of the final of a series of lectures on "Prophecy and the War," given by the Reverend L…

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House of Representatives. War Profits Taxation. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 4

Mr. M'DONALD, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, took the chair at three o'clock this afternoon. Mr. WEST (N.S.W.) presented a…

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The War. Russia Advancing Towards Bagdad. Turkish Communications Seriously Imperilled. Petrograd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 5

It is officially announced that the Russian advance in the direction of Mosul, on the road to Bagdad, continues. The Russians have occupied…

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The Soldiers' Future

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 4

It is not to be supposed that every man who returns from the war will want assistance to enable him to resume civil employment. As a matter…

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