Parcel Mail for Soldiers
A parcel mail for the Expeditionary Forces abroad will close at Newcastle to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1917
3,607 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 77 of 181
Sgt. Kibble, Killed in Action
Information has been received by Mr. R. Kibble, Allandale-road, Cessnock, that his son, Sergeant P. C. Kibble, was killed in action in France on the 11th April…
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PRIVATE JENNINGS.—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jennings, of the Horseshoe Bend, West Maitland, have received a telegram from the Base Records Office, Melbourne,…
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LIEUTENANT SPEAKE—Mr. William Sparke, of Waratah, has received word from the Defence Department that his son, Lieutenant E. P. Sparke, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Democracies' War
PARIS, Tuesday.— "Le Petit Paristen's Petrograd correspondent states that the Socialist party in Russia is confronted with immense difficulties…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Racial Waste of War
Widely different views are entertained as to the racial effects of war. On the one hand there is the view, most developed among the Germans, that war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brazil. President Favours War
RIO DE JANEIRO, Tuesday.—The president of Brazil has sent a message to the Brazilian National Congress, recommending revocation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russia's War Aims. London
The Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that far-reaching negotiations are pending between Russia and the Allies, upon the revision of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Best Books on the War
AUSTRALIA IN ARMS, by Phillip F. E. Schuler. Special War Correspondent of the Melbourne "Age." Price, 10/; posted, 10/4, A narrative…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The French War Cross. a Priest's Touching Story
In this country military crosses and badges of distinction are distributed by His Majesty the King, and greatly is this personal honour prized. In France, the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →India's Loyalty. Continued Enthusiasm. Supplies to War Fields. (Australian Cable Association.) SIMLA
News of the Allies' successes continues to be received with keen enthusiasm, and summaries of the speeches by the Indian and Dominion representatives at the War…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Funeral of Soldier's Wife
Lieut, Millard. D.C.M., arranged for a military funeral yesterday at Newcastle for the wife and child of Pte. W. Divall, of Tighe's Hill. Private…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Recruiting. To-day's Enlistments
Up to 3 p.m. to-day seven men presented themselves for enlistment at the recruiting office, Newcastle, five of whom wore declared lit…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed in Action. London
Mr. V. Fleming, M.P., has been killed in action…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Maitland Notes. Are War Workers Soldiers?
Whether the wife of a worker who has gone to England to do war work is entitled to the payment made by the Cessnock Patriotic Committee to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Goes Well
The developments or the war and war affairs are decidedly good, from the Allies' point or view. The area captured is not great, measured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schools and War Work. Regimental Comforts
It is now the 1024th day of the war. During the whole of that time the Newcastle public and private schools' children have been among the largest and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers' Memorials. Unvelling at Wickham, Empire Day Ceremony
Empire Day was fittingly chosen as the occasion of the of the second honour roll for soldiers of the municipality erected in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Soldiers. a Boomerang's Send-off
0On Saturday evening, last the members of the Boomerang Association met at the residence of Mr. S. M'Gill, in order to show their appreciation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mails for Soldiers
Mails for the Expeditionary Forces abroad will close at the Newcastle Post Office to-morrow evening at eight o'clock for newspapers, and on Saturday at the…
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