War Widows. Will They Remarry?
A contributor to the "Scotsman" has been spreading himself on the question of whether war-widows will re-marry. He has been asking of many…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1917
3,607 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 181
Germany Preparing. Motor Trade After the War
"Germany is already making extensive preparations for peace," says the "Motor Ago" (Chicago). "This holds good for every department of national…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vain Imaginings Huns Want to Gain by War Alsace Concentration Pre-German Pole's Illusion Huns to Profit by War
AMSTERDAM, Sunday.—Writing in "Die Zuku[?]" Maximil[?] Harden expresses the opinion that President Wilson's address to the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miscellaneous. Win the War Policy. All Available Man Power
LONDON, Sunday.—The Government Schemes for overcoming the crucial difficulty of [?]ding enough labour for [?]building, army…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Empire War Council. Mankind in Gravest Crisis. Proportion of Representation
JOHANNESBURG, Sunday.—General Smuts, speaking here, said he felt that mankind is in the gravest crisis, and that with it the Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Loan. Great Success Expected. Will Stagger Germany. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Mr. W. Brace, M.P. (Labour), has held enthusiastic war loan meetings in Neath. He said if they desired a short war they must have a large loan. Men, munitions,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. on the West Front. Continuous Attacks Damaging German Positions. (Australian Cable Association). LONDON
Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the west front, reports:—A successful operation was carried out yesterday morning in the neighbourhood of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. (Continued from Page 1.) This Afternoon's Cables Western Front. Verdun Area. French Coup de Main
PARIS, Sunday.—An official communique states: "We have been completely successful in carrying out a coup de main between Les…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Roadway Fracas. Indian' and Returned Soldier
The hearing of a charge of unlawfully assaulting Goolan Mahomed, an Indian, on the road between Maitland and Largs on January 22, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Bogus Soldier. Six Months' Imprisonment
Al the Newcastle Police Court to-day, before Mr. Adrian, S.M., Thomas Frederick Moult, 36, hairdresser, appeared to answer a charge that he did…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Messages from the Sea. Soldiers' Christmas Greetings
Mrs. J. Barlow, of Havclock Street, Mayfield, has received from Mr. Herbert A. Stewart, of "Bleakfield." Bendalshom, South Australia, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers in Prison. a Politician's Circular. Sydney
Captain Coates, organising secretary of the State Recruiting Committee, stated yesterday that his attention had been drawn to a circular letter addressed to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maimed Soldiers. Scheme for Training. London
The pressing question of training for useful citizenship those Australians who have been blinded or maimed by the war, and who are temporarily detained in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Soldier's Memorial
There was a good attendance at the Methodist Cemetery, Rutherford, on Saturday afternoon, when a handsome marble obelisk dedicated to the memory of the late…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Enlistments
For the week ending Saturday, thirty-three recruits were controlled in Newcastle; but it is understood that several men from this district have enlisted in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Sydney Letter. Economy and the War Loan.—some Facts for Rapid Digestion.—watching the Balance at Credit.—one of the Objects in View.—wait Till the Moratorium Is Raised.—a Get-rich-quick Outlook. Sydney
The people are being urged to exercise more economy to invest in the War Loan exercise less? It may be contended that we made too much of what has either no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Werris Creek Honour Roll
Mr. Milne, Deputy Chief Railway Commissioner, is at present visiting the north-western district. On Sunday be unveiled an honour roll at Werris Creek containing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Women and the War. London
The decision of Sir Neville Chamberlain, the Director-General of National Service, not to make a simultaneous appeal to men and women, had chagrined…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Printing Industry Union. Investment in War Loan
The half-yearly meeting of the Newcastle brunch of the New South Wales division of the Printing industry Employees' Union of Australia, held in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Under-sea Warfare. Britain and Germany in Deadly Contest. Intense British Activity. (Australian Cable Association.) New York
A well-informed correspondent in London of the "New York Times" states that the intense if unadvertised activity of the Admiralty supports the belief that a trial…
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