Letters to Soldiers. Directions As to Address
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Defence Department notifies that on letters addressed to members of A.I.F., the numbers of the brigade or division…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1917
3,607 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 181
Cessnock Soldiers
Mr. Jos. Hetherington, of Cessnock yesterday received a cablegram from his son. Private W. V. Hetherington which stated that he had arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Soldiers. Prime Minister's Declaration. Melbourne
Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, to-day delivered an address at the opening of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Institute in Ballarat. He paid a high…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers' Letters. Two Years of It
Private D. W. Humphreys and Driver G. W. Stone, writing from "Somewhere in England" to Mr. J. Sperring, of Belmont, say:—"You will see by the above address…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Letters. Many Undelivered. Carelessness of Neglect
To the soldier away on his country's service there is nothing more comforting than the letter from home, and when week after week passes by and no…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grass Bank. the Life Work of Hammerhead. How Tim of Booligal Came Into It. (Australian War Correspondent, C. E. W. Bean.) (Copyright Reserved by the Crown.) British Headquarters, France, Dec. 10
The connection of Tam the Hammerhead, who cut the grass bank out of the forest, with Timothy Gibbs, of Booligal, in New South Wales, may not be clear at first…
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GUNNER CONLEY.—Mr. and Mrs. W. Conley, of Robert-street, Merewether, has been informed that Gunner J. J. K. Conley has been admitted to the War…
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A meeting of the citizens was held at the town hall on Tuesday evening for the purpose of establishing a branch of the Win-the-war League, but the wet…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Women's War Work. London
The National Union of Women's Societies entertained Mr. Massey, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, and Sir Joseph Ward, the Minister for Finance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Loan. Shorter Term Suggested
At the meeting of the Merewether Recruiting Committee last night the secretary. Mr. Adams, said that when asking citizens to contribute to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Loan. Let Your Money Volunteer
Fight or pay. By paying you will help to provide the rifle which you would use yourself If you were eligible for active service…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Second Edition. the War. the New Minefield. German Wrath. a Blockade of Neutrals. (Australian Cable Association.) AMSTERDAM
The "Cologne Gazette" furiously denounces the new British minefield in the North Sea. It says it is virtually a blockade of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. on the West Front. Enemy Kept Busy. German Attacks Fail. the Bivouacs Bombarded. (Australian Cable Association.) PARIS
The latest French communique states:—Between Soissons and Rheims our fire stopped dead two attempted coups de main. There has been rather lively artillery fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oyster Shop Disturbance. Returned Soldier Fined
Cornelius Quin. a returned soldier was at the Maitland police Court this morning fined by Mr. C.H.Gale, P.M., 20s, with 6s costs on a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter River Electorate. Railway Men Enlist
Railway men employed at the stations in the Hunter River electorate have responded well to the call for the railway unit. Up to the present…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Soldiers
Mrs. G. Lewis, of Pearson Street, Lambton, received a cablegram on Tuesday, stating that her husband, private G. Lewis and his brother…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hamilton Red Cross. Making Jam for Soldiers
At a meeting of the Hamilton Red Cross Society held this week, the members agreed to make jam for the soldiers in response to a request…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farms for Soldiers. Terms of Settlement. Sydney
Mr. Grahame, the Minister for Agriculture, and chairman of the Irrigation Commission, considers that one of the most important matters dealt with by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brave Indian Soldiers. Delhi
Lord Chelmsford, at a special parade of troops at the Vice-regal Lodge to-day, presented the medals and orders won in the war to 200 Indian officers and men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers and the Chancellor. London
Sir Robert Finlay, the Lord Chancellor seeing Australian soldiers gazing at the Parliament buildings recently, asked them inside, and found someone to conduct them…
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