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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1917

3,607 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 181

New Honour Roll. Second Board at Wickham

Northern Times · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 3

At a meeting of the Wickham Patriotic League, held in the Council Chambers last night, the Mayor (Ald. G.W. Jenner) stated that…

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Wounded

Northern Times · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 1

Advices have been received that Private J. J. Johnson, of Merewether, was admitted to the County of Middlesex War Hospital on January 5…

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District Casualties. Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 5

PRIVATE M'QUEEN.—Mr. and Mrs. R. M'Queen, of Gipp-street, Carrington, received word yesterday that their son, Private R. P. M'Queen, was suffering from…

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Helping an Anzac. Working Bee at Sawyer's Gully

Northern Times · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 3

To-morrow (Saturday) afternoon the working bee, organized by the Kurri Kurri Girls' Patriotic League to [?] Mr. Harty, a discharged Anzac…

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Sixth German War Loan

Northern Times · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.—The "Frankfurter Zeitung" foreshadows a sixth German war loan at an early date, and that British methods will be copied in…

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Need for the War Loan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 4

Two of the most popular exhibits at the Australian Natives' Association's Foundation Day exhibition of Australian products and manufactures in Melbourne were…

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War Loan Campaign. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 5

Mr. Balfour, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs speaking in Sheffield, said posterity would be grateful for Britain's gigantic war effort…

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Germany's Future War. Zurich

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 5

Herr Westarp, leader of the Conservatives in the Reichstag, speaking at Dresden, said that it was absolutely essential to annex Belgium in order to be prepared…

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The War. Germany's Reply. to British Blockade. Unrestricted Sea Warfare (Australian Cable Association.) New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 5

A Note has been received from Germany, replying to the speech delivered by President Wilson in the Senate referring to peace terms…

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Playing the Game. Australian Soldiers Abroad. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 5

Detective M'lvor, of Brisbane, has just returned to Australia after having spent nearly twelve months amongst the Australian soldiers in Egypt and Great…

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Farms for Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 4

Mr. Ashford, the State Minister for Lands, was able to announce the other day that good progress was being made in the scheme for the settlement…

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Soldiers' Graves. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 5

A meeting of overseas authorities has appointed a sub-committee under the Prince of Wales' Committee which is caring for the graves of soldiers…

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Queensland. Killed in Action

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 6

Bombardier K. R. Taylor, Gunners E. S. Connors, M. J. Dalton, Privates J. F. Glasgow, J. E. Turner, C. Martin, Lance corporal S. Gorring, Private A. G. Owen,…

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The War After the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 13

We shall have to face the intense hatred and fierce competition of one of the ablest peoples in the world for the next generation. That can only be done…

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The War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 13

On Sunday evening, in the Brown-street Congregational Church, the Rev. H. Watt-Grimmett preached from Malachi III., 3: "He shall sit as a refiner and purifer of…

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Boer War Comrades

Northern Times · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 6

This morning at the drill ball, while Sergeant-Major Desmond wan attending to the papers of some recruits a soldierly-looking middle-aged man…

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Women War Workers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 11

Much patriotic work is being done by the girls and women of Australia, and tons of socks and other articles of wearing apparel, manufactured in the home and in…

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Canadian War Finance

Northern Times · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 5

OTTAWA, Friday.—The now War Appropriation Bill for £100,000,000 has been read a first time in Parliament…

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War Council at Petrograd

Northern Times · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 1

PETROGRAD, Friday.—At the Allied Conference, which will assemble on Friday, military and financial questions will be discussed first. Lord…

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The War Loan. Seize the Opportunity

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 6

A few days still remain in which to strike, a blow for freedom by investing in the Commonwealth War Loan, the subscription lists for which will be closed…

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