An Impostor Punished. Bogus Returned Soldier
A story of impudent imposition was unfolded before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, when John Vincent Owen (22), motor…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1917
3,607 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 181
Newcastle Enlistments
Six volunteers presented themselves at the Newcastle recruiting depot, and all were accepted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District Casualties. Killed in Action
PRIVATE HAWCROFT.—Mr. and Mrs. Hawcroft, of Frederick-street, Merewether, have received word that their son, Private W. C. Hawcroft, previously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Civilian War Prisoners. London
The Press Bureau announces that arrangements have been made to license on parcle selected civilian prisoners of war for employment in essential industries on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Toll of the War. 285th Casualty List
War casualty list No. 285 was issued Ibis morning, and contains the names of 43 officers and 854 men; total 897. Of these nine officers and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Battles Won by Inventors. Devilish Devices of War
War has always been, and is now more than ever, a matter of skill and science, of ingenuity and invention, as well as brawn, muscle, and brute force. In every…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Second Edition. the War. American Resolution. Passage Assured. Vancouver
Reports from Washington state that despite the closure, the Senate fillbuster may delay the resolution a day or two, but the passage is assured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Soldiers
Mr. Harry W. Harris, Newcastle, has received the following cable, from his son (Sergeant Jack C. Harris), of the 36th Battalion, who was wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Soldier Scholar
The Barker Graduate Scholarship, tenable for two years at £200 per annum, reserved for the candidate showing the greatest promise of success in future…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Votes of Soldiers. London
Polling for the Commonwealth elections will begin in the middle of April, and be finished by the 5th May. Colonel Knox will be assistant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Casualties. Wounded
PRIVATE LAVERICK.—Mrs. J. Lavetick, of Regan-street, Adamstown, has been informed that her husband, Private J. Laverick, bad been wounded, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →King George's Thanks. to the War Conference. London
The Press Bureau states:—The King has sent a message to the Imperial War Conference thanking it for its assurance of the devoted loyalty of all parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Allies Progress Driving Back the Enemy. Brilliant French Attack. Germans Vacate Their Trenches. Abandoning Wounded and Materials. (Australian Cable Association.)
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the west front, reports: The enemy made a determined attempt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →America's Senate Declares for War. Overwhelming Majority. (Australian Cable Association.) WASHINGTON
The Senate has passed the resolution declaring that a state of war exists between America and Germany, by 82 votes to 6…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tighe's Hill Welcome Home
A meeting of the Tighe's Hill Welcome Home Committee was held in the local School of Arts on Thursday night, Mr. R. Little presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Inconveniences
Gradually it is being brought home to people that the war in an affair of ours, even if it is going on a long way from here. Men have been affected by the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Brazil Considering War
RIO DE JANEIRO, Friday.—As the outcome of the torpedoing of the Brazilian steamer Parana, 4,461 tons, the Brazilian Government are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →United States. Declaration Signed. State of War Proclaimed
WASHINGTON, Friday—President Wilson has signed the Declaration of a State of War against Germany. An announcement that there will be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian Shipping. War Time Accomplishment. Prime Minister's Review
The Prime Minister, Mr. W. M. Hughes, made an important statement as to the control of shipping by the Commonwealth Government. He says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Italy's Share in the War. German Intrigues Frustrated
From a report received on the progress made by Italy in the war during 1916 we extract the following statistics illustrative of what has been accomplished…
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