Post War Competition
General Smuts in the South African War fought the British with all the vigour of an alert mind. Accepting the defeat of his people, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1917
3,607 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 79 of 181
The Tug of War
If the Germans are going to starve us they will have to do it very quickly, or we shall have starved them…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Snap Shots. Quotations in War Time
English newspapers are making a practice of using quotations from the speeches of statesmen in times of former wars, and applying them to present cireumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Historic Bapaume. a War-scourged Town
About equally distant from Peronne, Albert, Cambrai, and Arras, Papaume is (wrote Oswald Laston in the London "Dally Telegraph" of March 19) one of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Brazil Forced Into War. Rio Janeiro
M. Pekanha, the Foreign Minister, has urged that all ports be opened to Allied warships. He said it was necessary to declare war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miscellaneous. Dominions' Share in War. Ministerial Tribute
LONDON. Friday.—Mr. W. Long (Secretary of State for the Colonies), at the annual meeting of the Overseas Club, handed over a cheque to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Naval Operations. Sunken British Transport. Soldiers Die at "Attention!"
LONDON, Friday.—Owing to the sea being lumpy when the British transport Transylvania was sunk in the Mediterranean on May 4, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italian Campaign Splendid Italian Soldiers. Bravery, Skill and Endurance
LONDON, [?] day.—"The Times'" correspondent at the Italian Headquarters telegraphs: "After two years' work at the front and in the factories,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →District Soldiers. Awarded Military Cross
Friends of Major W. J. Cheese man will be pleased to Know that he has been awarded the Military Cross for gallantry and devotion to duty on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Socialist Soldier
Signor Bissolati, the Italian Socialist leader, who has been visiting this country, always hated his country's alliance with Germany and Austria, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Soldier of the Entente
I am neither a French nor an Italian soldier. I am a soldier of the Entente…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →District Casualties. Wounded
PRIVATE DOW.—Mrs. N. Dow, of 32 Bolton-street, Newcastle, has been informed that Private D. Dow has been wounded on the second occasion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Post-War German Trade Menace. (To the Editor.)
Sir.—As for back as September, 1911. I wrote to our local Chamber of Commerce, asking that body to petition the Federal Government to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russian Position. Minister for War Goes to the Front. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
The Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that M. Kerensky, the Minister for War, has gone to the front. His influence and power are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maryville Soldiers Honoured
A public recognition of soldiers' services was made by the Maryville Soldiers' Welcome Committee in the Smedmore Mechanics' Institute on Saturday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Sydney Letter. the Great Appeal.— Interesting Recruiting Advertisements.— Adam and Eve's Family.— Again, the Ballarat.—the Soldier's Bride.—christening the Ships with Cold Water.—juries May Change Their Minds. Sydney
Empire Day did not end on the stroke of the clock, 12 that night. It used to, but this particular one saw a tree planted, which cannot be expected to give all its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers' Parcel Mail
A parcels mail for the Expeditionary Forces will close at the Newcastle Post-office at six p.m. on Wednesday next…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Workers and Soldiers. London
The Petrograd correspondent of the "Dally Express" states that General Alexieff, in a speech to army officers, said peace without annexation and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers Running Amok. London
The Petrograd correspondent of the "Morning Post" says it is estimated that Russia has ten to twelve million men with the colours, in various stages of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers on Farms. London
Lord Milner states that 16,000 soldiers will be withdrawn from the land after the spring work. Twenty-five thousand will remain for…
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