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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

3,188 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 160

Britain's War Museum

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 3

Progress is being made with the scheme recently decided upon by the Cabinet of forming a National War Museum in London. Sir Alfred Mend, First…

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German Militarism. Plans for Next War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 5

On September 24 a short account, derived from a German review, was given in "Tire Times" of a small book called "Deductions from the World War," which…

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Postal Information Mails for Soldiers

Northern Times · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 1

Mails close at the Newcastle Post Office as follows:— TO-DAY.—Expeditionary Forces, France and England (newspapers and…

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Submarine War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 3

From the records the Admiralty furnish particulars of the fate of eight U-boats, two of which were disposed of by merchant ships. This concession to the…

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To Prevent War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 9

I should like to see the question directly considered which of the nations at war are prepared to adopt some common international arrangements in order to prevent,…

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Religion and the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 9

The formality and conventionality of present day religion in all the churches have been exposed by the war, but it is not true that the churches have lost…

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Finance and the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 9

As long as we are raising money by loan, and money is being spent, we live In a false atmosphere. It is only when that comes to an end that truth will…

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German Trade Aims. Plans for After the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 8

That Germany has been planning the rehabilitation of her trade after the war, and that this problem is a matter of deep concern in Germany, has (says "The…

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Russian Civil War. Japanese May Act. the Chinese in Manchuria, (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 7

It is reported from Tientsin that the impression is growing that the Japanese will be forced to take drastic measures in Eastern Siberia in the event of…

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Returned Soldier's Carnival

Northern Times · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 5

The unfavourable weather conditions on Monday checked the Returned Soldiers' Carnival effort on Shortland Park, but yesterday the weather…

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Waratah Soldiers

Northern Times · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 5

Mr. Tom Whkins, of Faweett Street, Waratab, has received a cable message from Base Records stating that his son, Gunner Edwin (Joe) Wilkins…

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A Bogus Soldier

Northern Times · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — William Lloyd, charged at the police court with having falsely represented himself to be a returned soldier, was fined £5,…

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The Soldier's Risk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 7

Chins up and smiling, a score of young conscripts caught step and swung across the courthouse yard toward the railroad station, where they would take…

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Title of Anzac Disappears

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 5

Senator Pearce, Minister for Defence, to-day explained that the five Australian divisions had been concentrated into an Australian Army Corps, while a separate…

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War Chest Stall

Northern Times · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 3

Owing to Monday, December 31, being observed as a public holiday, the usual War Chest street Hall was not conducted. Donations of cakes,…

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Civil War. Cossacks in Earnest

Northern Times · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 1

PETROGRAD, Wednesday. — Civil war is being prosecuted with activity on the Cossack front. The whole' population of the Don Valley, men and…

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The Ideals of the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 5

General Smuts, when presented with the freedom of the City of Sheffield, made an interesting speech. He was not a politician. He had nothing to do with…

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Standardised Clothing. English War Economy

Northern Times · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 5

Considerable interest was taken some eighteen months ago in the publication of an article describing the strides made in America by the…

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Marine Engineering. Progress During the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 6

For obvious reasons relatively little has been published as to the advances made in published as to the advances past three year. In met our shipyards…

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Wounds of War. Marvels of Plastic Surgery. (Special Correspondent of the Empire Press Union.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 7

At Sideup, in the county of Kent, there is a war hospital which Is assured of distinctive fame, even though the war hospital of to-day is universal and its…

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