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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

3,188 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 160

Scottish Women's War Hospitals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 4

The story of the Scottish Women's War Hospitals is a wonderful narrative of heroism amongst the darkest places and plague spots of the European tattle fronts…

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Miscellaneous. French Socialists. War Aims Defined

Northern Times · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 1

PARIS, Wednesday.—The National Council of the French Socialist Party, has discussed war aims preparatory to this week's Inter-Allied Socialist…

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American Affairs. Great War Expenditure. Washington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 5

The Washington correspondent of the United Press states that the Military Committee of the House of Representatives is framing a War Appropriation…

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What the War Has Done for Me. Harry Lauder's Great Experience

Northern Times · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 2

[Harry Lauder is known, and loved, by thousands under every sky, and the story of his gallant son's death in France, and how his famous father…

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Duties—Not Rights Some After-War Reforms Claims to be Abandoned

Northern Times · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 3

Sir Ronald Ross has let himself go on the question which is engaging all serious minds in Great Britain at present, reconstruction after the great…

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The War Council. Premier's Statement. His Policy Accepted. Unity of Control. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 5

Mr. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, yesterday explained to the House of Commons the arrangement which had been arrived at at the Versailles War Conference…

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Postal Information Mails for Soldiers

Northern Times · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 1

Mails close at the Newcastle Post Office as follows:— SATURDAY.—Expeditionary forces France and England (newspapers and…

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Invalid Soldiers. Question of Passes

Northern Times · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 4

At the last meeting of Wickham Council it was agreed, on a motion by Alderman [?], to write to the Department of Defence urging that…

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Mails for Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 5

A mail for the Australian Expeditionary Forces, England and France, letters and packets only, will close at Newcastle at 8 p.m. on Monday next. A mail for…

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Our Sydney Letter. "His Excellency Is 6 Feet !"—The New War Loan.—touching a Wealth Levy.—the Tailoress.—all the Unions Seem Adamant.—recruiting.—many Thieves About.—near Swards That Are Green.—our Ships to Be. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 4

Our new Governor provides a fresh topic of conversation. And—Lady Davidson does the same. It is apparent that if his Excellency is an orator, her…

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Machine Tools. Vital War Factor

Northern Times · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 5

The address of Mr. Henry Japp (Deputy-Director-General in the United States for the British Minister of Munitions), according to an American…

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Post War Trade May Increase in Volume

Northern Times · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 5

"That there will be a large increase in the volume and variety of Australian secondary industries after the war there is little room for doubt," says…

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Miscellaneous. War Finance Britain's Gigantic Figures Captures of Guns

Northern Times · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.—In the House of Commons. Mr. Bonar Law stated that the daily average of national expenditure for the four weeks ended…

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Y.m.c.a. War Work. Praise From Australian General

Northern Times · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 3

A high tribute to the elevating influence of the work of the Y.M.C.A. for Australian soldiers has been paid by General R. Spencer Browne [?]…

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Russia's Peace. Terms Still Unsettled. Civil War Continues. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 5

An Austrian official report states that Germany has acknowledged the receipt of the Russian peace offer. A Russian official message…

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The Patriotic Fund. How a Soldier's Wife Fared

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 5

The Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund Wants another £150,000. The average man wishes to know where this money goes, and how the expenditure of it is supervised…

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War Loan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 8

The sixth war loan was launched on Monday last. Applications for bonds close on April 10, and a vigorous publicity campaign is being undertaken to…

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Sinews of War

Northern Times · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Bonar Law is appealing to the public to buy War Bonds. He says: "At this moment it is more imperative than ever…

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Sixth War Loan. Commercial Travellers' Line

Northern Times · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 5

"Australia has never really tried what she could do in raising a war loan." That is the opinion of Mr. A. M. Graham, president of the…

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Poisons and Sodas. War Precaution Order

Northern Times · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 5

A new order under the War Precautions Act requires every person, firm, or company who or which is in possession of caustic soda in quantities…

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