District News. Killingworth. Soldiers Farewelled
An enjoyable evening was spent at the Killingworth Hotel on Saturday, when the mechanics and staff of the Killingworth Colliery entertained four of their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1916
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Help for Soldiers' Widows. Free Government Homes. Sydney
The Government has decided to extend to soldiers' widows some of the privileges which will be enjoyed by certain of the returned soldiers. In an address…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returned Soldiers
It is notified that the office of the Newcastle branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association has been removed from Newcomen-street to the Soldiers' Club,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wounded Maoris Return. London, Monday Evening
A contingent of wounded Maoris has left Plymouth on the way home to New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Jutland Fight. King Visits Wounded. London
The King, accompanied by Admiral Sir David Beatty, visited the wounded from the Jutland naval fight, at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Chest Day
A largely attended meeting of the executive of the War Chest Day (June 30th) was held at the Newcastle Council Chambers yesterday afternoon. Mr. F. G…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War Position
The advance of the Russian army in the southern portion of the eastern theatre of the war continues to be the outstanding feature of the situation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Private Enterprise. Disastrous Thing on War
In my youth I sat at the feet of a very clever Ran who used to tell his pupils to beware how we said that anything was obvious (writes Chiozza Money, M.P., in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mexico Makes War. America Defied. Fighting Commences. Washington
The Mexican Government in Yucatan has declared war on the United States, and has ordered all Americans to leave Mexico…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Second Edition. the War. the Russian Advance. Defeat Two Divisions. Paris
The Russians advanced considerably after defeating two divisions of General von Linsinger's command westward of Kolki. The Germans have brought up…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War. Russia's Advance. Gen. Brussiloff Speaks. Use of New Gas. Petrograd
General Brussiloff's push opened with a gas attack over a thirty miles' section. A new Russian gas was projected, and followed sip by a hurricane of artillery…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Help to Soldiers. Sydney
The Premier made some supplementary remarks to-day to Mr. Ashford's statement of yesterday concerning the co-operation of the Voluntary Workers'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. the Russians. Enemy Falling Back. Petrograd
A communique says:— On the extreme left the enemy are falling back in disorder, closely pushed. We occupied villages on the Sereth River…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers and Unemployment
Sir,—Recent statements in the press about 500 returned soldiers being unemployed give us an indication of what is coming. What will it be when the main…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War Loan
Mr. Higgs, the Federal Treasurer, has made an appeal to the people of the Commonwealth to subscribe to the war loan. The Government is asking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Railways and War
Railways are an essential factor in national defence; and the masterly manner in which the French railway administrations performed their task in the early days of the war, deserves…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Inevitable. Washington, Wednesday Evening
Believing that Germany is fomenting the Mexican war with the United States, Great Britain and France are actively bestirring themselves…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Precautions Regulations. Melbourne
To-day amendments were issued in the War Regulations Act Regulations, providing that alleged enemy subjects shall not, without permission of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Armoured War Unit. Petrograd
Commander Oliver Locker-Lampson commands an armoured car unit, comprising hundreds of officers and men. Many fought in Belgium, France,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mexico Makes War. American Troops Attack. New York
A message from El Paso, on the Mexican border, states that the Mexicans, with machine guns, scar Carrizal, a town in Mexico, about 100 miles from the border,…
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