War and Friendly Societies. All Orders Affected
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The report of the committee of management of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows, submitted at the annual meeting of the society to-day…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1917
3,607 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 61 of 181
Two Troopships Sunk. Both Carrying Wounded. Great Majority Saved. German Officers in a Panic. Lead a Rush for the Boats. British Officers and Sailors Calm. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
The steamers Lanfranc and Donegal both carrying wounded, including German prisoners, have been torpedoed. The Lanfranc was attacked at eight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Les Darcy Enlisted. Another Form of Flight
MEMPHIS, U.S., Monday.—Les. Darcy has enlisted in the aviation service. (Australian Cable Association.)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Welcome to Wallsend Soldiers
A welcome home was tendered to a number of Wallsend soldiers by the Wallsend Citizens' Committee, the Wallsend branch of the Red Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Always Ready; Always Willing." Merewether Soldier's Optimism
Private James Brown (Merewether) writing to his brother. Mr. Wm. Brown, from France. February 12, 1917. says:—It is bitterly cold here…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District News. Wallsend and Plattsburg. Soldiers Welcomed
The Wallsend miners tendered a welcome home on Friday evening to Sergeant E. Huntley, Corporal J. Hoff, Privates T. Richardson and A. Smith, of Wallsend,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Sydney Letter. Anzac Day.—the Norton Griffiths Agreement.—what It Costs to Carry Our Wheat.—always a Happy Family.—a Change in the Currency.—the Premier's Departure.—sixty French Heroes.—the State Governor. Sydney
Anzac Day will be celebrated with all the pomp and circumstance of State possible. Memorial services will be held at the two cathedrals. Then a grand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Honour Roll
The West Maitland Town Hall was packed last night, when the unveiling of a roll or honour of old boys of the West Maitland Superior Public School…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Public School Honour Roll
There was a large gathering of parents and friends of the pupils and ex-pupils of the West Maitland Superior Public School at the Town Hall, last evening, to witness…
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LIEUTENANT KALER.—Mr. and Mrs. John Blackburn, of 58 Watt-street, Newcastle, have received information that their nephew, Lieutenant Charles Kaler,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland District. District Casualties. Killed in Action
PRIVATE BRENNAN.—Mrs. L. Roberts, a Wollombi-road, has been Informed that her son, Private R. J. Brennan, has been killed in action in France on the 13th…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Anzac Day Lessons
The commemoration of the second anniversary of the landing of the Australian troops at Gallipoli, which takes place to-day, will turn the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anzac Day. Newcastle Arrangements
At a meeting of the sub-committee appointed to carry out the arrangements in connection with to-day's Anzac Day celebrations, held at the Newcastle Council…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pen-notes and Pencillings. Anzac Day
The name Anzac is something to conjure with. But—it is not the name that glorifies the men with whom it is association: but the men who glorify the name…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anzac Day. Newcastle Commemoration. Civic and Church Services
The second anniversary of Anzac Day has, in all the arrangements for its suitable commemoration, been given a strikingly sacred and solemn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fiercest Fight of Whole War
LONDON, Tuesday.—Reuter's correspondent at the British Headquarters, telegraphing to-day, says: "I believe it is true that the battle now in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Preparing for War. Washington
The £1,000,000,000 Loan Bill has been passed by a conference of members of the House of Representatives and of the Senate, and now awaits the President's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Imperial War Conference. Night Sessions Commenced
LONDON, Tuesday.—Night sessions of the Imperial War Conference commenced to-night. The conference will sit all day to-morrow, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Soldiers Committee
The Wallsend Soldiers Citizens' Committee held is usual meeting last night. In the absence of the Mayor (Ald. U. Broadfoot) Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Darcy Enlists. Memphis
Les Darey the ex-Australian boxer, who recently secured American naturalisation, has enlisted in the United States Army. He is attached to the Aviation Reserve…
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