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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

3,188 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 160

Attack on the War Staff

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 5

Mr. Loval Fraser, in an article in the "Daily Mail," continues the attack on the General War Staff. He alleges that the Start sacrificed…

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RUSSIA. (Continued from page 1.) Civil War Now General

Northern Times · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 5

LONDON. Tuesday.—Civil war is now general in Russia. The Boisheviks have inaugurated strong military campaigns in Finland. Bessarabia and…

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Soldiers' Newspapers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 6

Sir,—My second son loft Melbourne late in June. From the time of his departure I have posted him a couple of papers every week. In his last letter, dated…

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Merewether Soldiers. Returned Men Welcomed

Northern Times · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 1

The Merewether Welcome Home Committee held a social reception last night in the Merewether School of Arts for a number of returned…

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Queen and Anzac. an Incident of Australia

Northern Times · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 5

An interesting sequel to a little incident which occurred during the visit of the King and Queen as Duke and Duchess of York to Australia sixteen…

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Kurri War Committee. Business Place for Soldiers

Northern Times · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 4

A meeting of the Kurri Kurri War Service Committee was held in the School of Arts last night. Mr. Thurling was in the chair. It was decided…

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Civil War in Finland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 5

The Stockholm correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that civil war has broken, out in Finland. The Red Guards organised a revolution…

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Finland Civil War. Revolution Gaining

Northern Times · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 1

STOCKHOLM, Wednesday.—A succession of sensational reports coming from Finland shows that civil war is extending there. It is stated that the…

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Shows in War Time Newcastle Association Claim Instructional and Well Balanced

Northern Times · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 4

There are always two sides to a question. The pity is that the tendency of the age is to argue on one side without granting to tho other side…

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New Lambton Soldiers' Committee. Election of Officers

Northern Times · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Send-off and Welcome Home Committee was held in the Council Chambers, New Lambton, last evening, the president…

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Pelaw Main Miners Lodge Secretary's Statement Complaint as to Soldiers

Northern Times · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 5

Mr. Thomas (secretary of the Pelaw Main Miners' Lodge) was in Newcastle to-day, and when seen at the Trades Hall stated that so far as the…

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Deceased Soldier's Wealth

Northern Times · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The estate of the Lieut. Robert Burns, who was killed in action abroad, has been valued for probate at £24,498…

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More Invalided Soldiers

Northern Times · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Another batch of invalided New South Wales soldiers, mostly from Egypt, reached Sydney to-day…

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Soldiers' Marriages 800 a Month

Northern Times · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Premier (Mr. Holman) has received a letter from the Agent-General to the effect that marriages between Australian…

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A Wallsend Soldier

Northern Times · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 5

Mr. Robert Blakeley writes from Wallsend denying a rumour that Private William Brown was returning home. He states definitely that this…

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British War Bills

Northern Times · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—In the House of Lords to-day the Non-ferrous Metals Bill and the Man Power Bill were read a second time…

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Murder, Not War. Huns Infamy

Northern Times · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 3

It was Lord Kitchener who said that the Germans had disgraced the honourable progession of arms. The latest instance of their infamy, the…

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King George's Work War-Time Efforts A Rigid Time-Table

Northern Times · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 3

"There is one man who is working as hard as the hardest-worked man in this country (Britain), and that is the Sovereign of this Realm." says a…

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Late Cables Wilson on Outlook War Determined This Year Producers Hold the Key

Northern Times · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Thursday.—"The world is facing the crisis of the war. The issues will be determined this year," President…

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Russia and Germany. Peace Hopes Failing. Civil War Preferred. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 5

It is reported from Petrograd that the Soviet congress on Monday approved giving M. Trotsky, the Foreign Minister, a free hand…

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