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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
2,596 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 58 of 130
The latest Intelligence from the Western front shows that the French are now within three-quarters of a mile from Peronne…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The question of securing land for returned soldiers was discussed at the Farmers and Settlers' Conference to-day. Mr. W. W. Killen urged that they…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir Thomas MacKenzie, the High Commissioner for Now Zealand, visited three hospitals at Salisbury and Southampton, and found the wounded progressing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. Paling and Company, Limited, have written to Mr. A. Timbury, manager of the Newcastle branch of the firm, pointing out that the employees in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The French citizen to-day might be likened to a man sitting on a heap of beautiful, fine, wheat grain, but starving for want of a loaf of bread! For even though…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The final meeting of the Newcastle War Chest and Button Fund Committee was held at the council chambers yesterday afternoon. Mr. W. A. Sparke in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The latest communique states: The day was comparatively calm on the Somme. We again cleared the wood north of La Maisonette, and occupied trenches…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There was a large attendance of residents at the Waratah School of Arts Hall on Tuesday evening, to give a public reception and make presentations to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Private Ht. S. Edgar, son of Mr. E. Edgar, of Islington, writes from France to a Newcastle friend:—"I suppose you have already read the papers that. I have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lieutenant Stanley Wootton, the famous jockey, who is serving with the 17th Royal Fusillers, has been wounded at the front…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Fisher, the High Commissioner for Australia, has issued the first number of the "Anzac Bulletin." It is distributing Australian news, free…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commander on the Western front, reports:— We captured the whole of Mametz Wood, and made progress in Trones…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It was announced recently that the Government had formulated a scheme for providing homes for permanently incapaciated returned soldiers' and soldiers'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following statement was issued from district military headquarters to-day:— "Certain units of the Citizen Forces, i.e., artillery and engineers, attached to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blinded soldiers in training at St. Dunstan's Hostel competed in a regatta at Putney, and won every event for which they entered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The progress of the war is all in the Allies' favour. On the Western front the Allies are gaining ground. From Gommecourt to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →If the Allies are to keep their armies in the field it is necessary that we should keep our trade in the field, for otherwise we cannot get the money to finance our…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →I cannot, and I doubt if anybody in this ball can, exactly anticipate what the conditions that will exist after the war may be. Only one thing is absolutely certain…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →If Germany had not decided to fight with lethal weapons at an enormous sacrifice of life and treasure, she might in a few years have conquered Europe by her…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Senator Pearce, the Minister for Defoce, stated to-day that the Government was not impressed with the proposal that there should be a cessation of work for…
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