District Soldiers. Died of Wounds
Mrs. S. Thoroughgood, of West Wallsend has received word from the Victoria Barracks that her husband, Private S. Thoroughgood engaged at…
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 83 of 181
Weston Soldiers Killed
News of the death of sapper Thomas Munn has been received by his cousin. Mr. R. Whitworth, of First Street. Weston. Sapper Munn was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For Soldiers' Comforts. a Successful Dance
On Wednesday night the employees of Way's. Limited, carried out a most successful social in the Oddfellows' Hall, Auckland Street, in aid of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mails for Soldiers
Mails for the Expeditionary Forces abroad will close at the Newcastle Post Office at eight o'clock this evening for newspapers, and at the same hour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wickham Notes. Welcome Home Banquet
At a meeting of tho Wickham and Linwood Military Presentation Committee, on Thursday night, the secretary reported a credit balance of about…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War
War never leaves where it found a nation. It is never to be entered into without mature deliberation; when s[?] taken up, it is not to be abandoned…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →War's Elevating Influence
Whatever demonstration there may have been in consequence of the war, there has been an incomparable indication of moral elevation, an uplifting of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War Profiteers. Hake Them Pay Cost of War
LONDON", Friday.—The "Nation" proposes a war levy upon British capital in order to abate the resentment against the war profiteers that is felt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Food After the War
It does not follow that the end of the war will mean a return to pre-war food conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Lesson of the War
If we learn the lesson of the war, we may, instead of being the most wasteful become the most economic people in Europe, and in this way we shall gain through…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Socks for the War Chest. Sydney
During the last few days socks have poured in to the War Chest in thousands, and there is little doubt but that the appeal for 100,000 pairs will be easily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pen-notes and Pencillings. War As a Business
No sooner had the United States declared than Lord Northcliffe started out to lecture her. A lengthy article from his pen in the American press is worth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Religious. War and the Human Heart. the Practice of Unselfishness
Sir Wm. Robertson Nicol has a fine special contribution in the "British Weekly" of recent dale on the awakening of the heart of the people by war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russia's Army. Declares for War. Enthusiasm of the Troops. Petrograd
M. Kerensky, Russian Minister for War and Marine, was received with an unparalleled ovation on the south-western front…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Russia's Demands. America's Reply. British Apprehension. (Australian Cable Association.) New York
President Wilson has sent a message to Russia. The purpose of it is not known, but it is understood that it deals with the United States' war aims, and refers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Departing Soldiers
Mr. K. R. Little (president of the Tighe's Hill Committee, complained, at the last meeting, of the laxity on the part of soldiers' relatives, in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Mathematicians
In addition to his attainments as a chess player, Napoleon was a skilful mathematician, a science which has always attracted great soldiers. As a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russia. (Continued from Page 1.) Artillery Hard at Work. Soldiers Eager to Attack
PETROGRAD, Friday.—Russian artillery on the Riga front is in vigorous activity, and is inflicting important damage upon enemy organisations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Soldiers. Good Time in London
Pte. H. J. Cower, in a letter to his parents at Wickham, says the soldiers had a fine time in England at Christmas. He had been out of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Teralba Soldiers
Mrs. and Mr. Pike, of Teralba, have received a letter from their son, Private G. Pike, who is in France, in which he says he had met Joe…
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