District Casualties. Wounded
CORPORAL SMITH.—Mr. and Mrs. Smith, of Charles-street, Newcastle, have received word that their son, Lance-corporal B. Smith, is in hospital at…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1917
3,607 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 69 of 181
Britain's War Votes. London
Mr. Bonar Law, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will introduce a new vote of credit on Wednesday. It is expected to be for five hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. the French Advance. Valuable Gains. (Australian Cable Association.) PARIS
Emulating Field-marshal Haig's bull-dog grip, the French achieved a double brilliant victory, securing and holding a plateau, overlooking the Vauclerc Forest,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Soldiers' Votes. Melbourne
Mr. R. C Oldham, Chief Electoral Officer of the Commonwealth, does not think that it will be possible for complete returns of votes of soldiers abroad to reach…
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LANCE-CORPORAL COOKE.—Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cooke, of Ravenshaw-street, Junction, have been notified that their son, Lance-corporal J. N. Cooke, who was…
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Lieutenant-colonel George Fleming D.S.O., Somerset Light Infantry, attached to the North Staffordshire Regiment, who has been wounded, was born in 1879…
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At a meeting of the Ladies' Anzac Committee "held last night. presided over by the Mayoress of Newcastle (Mrs. Moroney) it was decided to hold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Imperial War Conference. Trade Preference Question
LONDON, Monday.—In the House of Commons, Professor Hewins asked whether the question of preference had been taken out of the hands of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Crisis Past. War for Victory. London
The "Daily Chronicle's" Petrograd correspondent states:—Friday was reminiscent of the great days of the revolution. Hundreds of thousands crowded the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. German View of Russia. London
The Cologue "Gazette," commenting on the Russian situation, insists that many sections on the Russian front remain in a deep state of calm…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Russia Stands Firm. Her Vital Interest. to Prosecute the War. (Australian Cable Association.) PETROGRAD
The Provisional Government has published a further statement explaining its Note of the 1st May to which the Work- men's and Soldiers' Committee objected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Soldiers. a Jesmond Soldier Killed
Mrs. Emma Barrio, of William Street, Jesmond. received word on Saturday that her son (Private Arthur Barrie) was killed in action on April…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returned Soldiers. the Settlement. Sydney
Conditions In regard to soldiers' settlement are developing satisfactorily. The Initial difficulties are being surmounted, and the group system of settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Casualties. Killed in Action
PRIVATE BARRIE.—Mrs. Barrie, of Jesmond, has received word that her son, Private Arthur Barrie, was killed in France last month. Private Barrie…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →American War Humours
Peace comes roaring onward with all the meteoric rush of an invalid snail with a ball and chain attached to his tail.—"Kansas City Star."…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Funds. Railway and Tramway Allotments
The hon, secretary of the New South Wales Railways and Tramways War Fund reports that from March 27, to May 20, the following allotments had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Post War Problem Capital and Labour
The war has definitely brought an age to an end. Whether the new age is to be better or worse than the past rests with us, writes Stanley Baldwin, M.P.,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →America. United States. Preparing for 3 Years' War
WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—Mr. N. D. Baker (Secretary for War) has stated to a representative of the Associated Press that the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Women's Work in the War. Address by Mr. Wheeler
"Women's Work in the War" formed the subject of an interesting address by Mr. H. A. Wheeler at the Newcastle Council Chambers last evening. Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Presbyterian Assembly. New Moderator's Address. War and the Church. Sydney
The fifty-second annual session of the New South Wales General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia was opened at St. Stephen's Church to night…
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