North Waratah Soldiers. Social and Presentations
At the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. T. Hardes, of North Waratah, there was a large gathering of relatives and friends of the family, in the Masonic…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1917
3,607 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 50 of 181
Soldier's Farewell
At the Newcastle Surf Club's room yesterday morning, Corporal W. Harris, who is about to leave for the front, was presented with a handsome gold medal,…
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A brilliant soldier and an able statesman, Lieutenant-General J. C. Smuts will be in his right place at the Empire War Conference as the representative of the…
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Mr. Fred, Fitzsimmons, the Newcastle boxer, has received notification that his brother, Pte. B.M. Fitzsimmons, of Kurri Kurri has been wounded in…
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LONDON, Monday.—The "Pall Mall Gazette" states that it was an Australian soldier who took Prince Karl Friedrick prisoner. The prince…
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PRIVATE BLAKEMORE.—Mr. T. H. Blakemore, of James-street, Hamilton, has received information that his son, Private James Blakemore, has been wounded in…
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LONDON, Monday.—The executives of the trade unions concerned in the Barrow-in-Furness strike have appealed to the strikers, in the interests of…
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WASHINGTON, Monday.—President Wilson asked Congress to accept the states of a belligerent, which Germany had thrust upon America. He…
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The Indian War Loan in the first fort-night reached the sum of £5,000,000. Bombay subscribed 297 lakhs, Bengal 246, and the Panjab 54. Meetings are being…
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PETROGRAD, Monday. — Prince Lvoff (Premier) in a conversation with journalists, repeated that the Provisional Government are…
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A now department of the War Office has boon created to take over the functions of the various departments relating to the commercial side of its business and…
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Colonel George Harvey, editor of the " North American Review," is convinced that Great Britain will emerge from the war fitter than ever for holding her own…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Second Edition. the War. St. Quentin Evacuated. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Paris reports state that St. Quentin has been evacuated. The Germans, before retiring, pillaged the town…
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A motor-car driver, John Vincent Owen, 22 years of age, was before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court, to-day, charged with…
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—Senator Hitchcock presented the war resolution ("It is resolved that a state of belligerency, which has been thrust…
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The "Daily Chronicle" states that King George is instituting an order similar to the French Legion of Honour, called the Order of the British Empire, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Second Edition. the War. America's Decision. Widespread Enthusiasm. New York
"America has virtually entered the war." This is the interpretation of the President's address, which has been greeted with a tremendous nation-wide wave…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Reuter's correspondent at Headquarters states that the fighting on the Croisilles Ecoust-Doignies line was most intense…
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Private Claude Yeo, of Maitland, was killed in action on July 20 last. He was previously reported missing. He had served both in Egypt and in…
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There was a large attendance at the Mechanics' Institute Hall on Monday evening, the occasion being the welcome home tendered by the Girls' Patriotic…
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