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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

3,188 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 160

District Casualties. Killed in Action

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

KELLY.—Mr. and Mrs. Kelly of Teralba-road, Hamilton West, have been notified that their non, Steve, who was previously reported missing, on the 21st July,…

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For War-worn Soldiers. Homes in East Africa

Northern Times · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.—Reuter's Nairobi correspondent states that a mass meeting resolved enthusiastically and unanimously to request the Imperial…

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The Growing War Spirit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 4

Never before in history have so many nations either entered voluntarily or been drawn into a war originating between other Powers as during the…

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Meat for Soldiers. Local Meatless Days. SIR R. Philp's Suggestion

Northern Times · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 5

If we are sincere in our desire to prosecute the war and help the British Government, people, and soldiers, we can surely sacrifice…

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Returned Soldiers' Home. Presentation at Pelaw Main

Northern Times · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 4

The building which was erected at Pelaw Main for the returned soliders, Privates Murry and Fiddyment, was banded over to them on Sunday last…

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Postal Information for Soldiers in Egypt

Northern Times · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 4

Mails close at the Newcastle Post Office as follows:— TO-MORROW.—Papeete, Raratonga, North and South America. New…

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Attack on Returned Soldier Assailant's Strange Talk

Northern Times · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Samuel Hobart, a coloured man, was charged at the Police Court to-day with having inflicted grievous bodily harm on…

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Defaming Soldiers

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

The Rev. George Prot, a Wesleyan minister at Castletown, in the Isle of Man, was sentenced to three months' hard labour, for denouncing many soldiers as…

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Allies' Reply to the Enemies Peace Talk. Conquest and Spoliation Now Openly Disclosed. War to Be Vigorously Prosecuted. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

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

The Press Bureau has issued the following official report:— The Supreme War Council at Versailles has carefully considered the speeches…

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Berlin Huns Sabred German War Demands Defied by Allies American Guns Speaking Hun Dug-outs Wrecked Allies in Council Huns' Demands Defied Increased Resistance

Northern Times · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.—Reuter's Paris correspondent telegraphs:— "I have gathered from one exceptionally well-informed source…

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Canada's War Efforts. Fuel Economising

Northern Times · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 1

OTTAWA, Tuesday.—After investigation as to the value of the heatless days system inaugurated in the United Slates, the Canadian Fuel…

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Recognition in America. Victorian War Work

Northern Times · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 3

An unusual tribute to the war work of Victoria's State school children is contained in a six-column article in an American daily paper, "The Christian…

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War Chest Club. £1,600 WANTED. (To the Editor.)

Northern Times · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 4

Sir,—May I ask for space in your columns to make known the work of the "War Chest" Club in London? in addition to the enormous activities of…

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District Casualties. Killed in Action

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 5

SERGEANT MAHONY.—Miss L. Pike, of 13 Perkin-street, Newcastle, has received word that Sergeant H. Mahony was killed in action on the 18th of last month,…

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War Chest Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 5

There is no place in London where Australian soldiers on leave will receive a more hearty welcome than at the War Chest Club, It is altogether Australian,…

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Scottish War Hospitals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 5

A public meeting, convened by the Meyer, in response to a requisition, will be hold at the Newcastle Council Chambers this afternoon, in support of the…

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Imperial War Cabinet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 5

Conformably to Mr. Lloyd George's promise in May inst to hold an Imperial "War Cabinet annually, the Government has taken steps to summon the Council,…

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Chaplain's War Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 5

Dr. Randall Davidson, the Archbishop of Canterbury, states that of 2422 Church of England chaplains, 21 have been killed, 90 wounded, and 166 decorated…

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Empire Unity. Colonial War Gifts

Northern Times · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.—In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Bonar Law announced the following further war contributions from British…

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"War Cry" on Sundays. Another Wickham Argument

Northern Times · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 4

Relative to the statement made at the last meeting of Wickham Council, by Alderman Jenner, that he had purchased a copy of the "War Cry" in…

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