Soldiers' Fares Travelling To Hospital
As a result of representations made, by Wickham Council, a letter was received from the Repatriation Department last night, regarding free railway passes for soldiers…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1918
3,188 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 160
Soldiers' Letters. Christmas in the Trenches
Corporal Stan, Byfield, writing from Prance, December 26th, 1917, to Miss Cobley, of Scott-street, Newcastle, states:â"I know you will be wondering how I…
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Fifty-four members of the University and the public Schools Unit have enlisted. They marched through the city to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Invalided Soldiers. Sydney
The Anzac Buffet was filled this morning, with men who have seen service in Egypt and Mesopotamia. Sunburnt and hardened, they looked well, despite the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Pioneers. Handy Men of the Army, Digging As a Fine Art. Assistant War Correspondent, F. M. Cutlack. (Copyright Reserved by the Crown. Headquarters, France, January 15
"Pioneers," said the Colonel, as we hit the duckboard track. "Well, I was born a Pioneer, you might say, and have commanded Pioneers in the field, so you may…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. Reviving the Interest.—labour's Mood.—a Past Shaken Fist.—the Acting Consul-general for Sweden.—the War Loan Stakes.—a Balance-sheet.—"thou Shalt Not Speak."—from Mr. Jamieson to Mr. Delprat. Sydney
Captain Carmichael, no doubt voicing the opinion of others, says, "Recruiting is reaching vanishing point." It is apparent that it is. The reason is not…
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PRIVATE HOLDOM.—Mr. S. Holdom, of Irvine-street, Wallsend, has been informed that his son, Private L. A. Holdom, has boon wounded on the second…
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A public meeting was held at the town Hall, West Maitland, last evening, for the purpose of officially opening the war loan campaign in the district and of securing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Use of Pigeons in War
Mr. E. T. D'Eyncourt. the magistrate at the Marylebone Police Court, in common with the other magistrates of the metropolis, received an important letter from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Loan Campaign Maitland Challenges Townsville
An enthusiastic meeting of residents of the Maitland district in connection with the War Loan compaign-was held in West Maitland on Thursday evening, under the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Future of Literature Post War Outlook
Prophecies are reviving and after-war lltrature is again visioned as bound to have the tinge of romance. Mr. Mascf[?]eld, the English poet, has just returned to America…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commonwealth War Loan Certificates Campaign Six Groups at Scott's Ltd
On Thursday, Mr. C. Bowes Thistle-thwayte, of the Sydney War Savings Council, was in Newcastle, and he opened the war savings certificates campaign by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Shipping. Losses in the War. the Present Position. Reducing the Losses. Shipbuilding in Britain. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
An official report states:—Sir Eric Geddes, the First Lord of the Admiralty, made an important statements in the House of Commons. He said: The world's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hamilton Soldiers Concert Entertainment Presentation of Medals
An enjoyable entertainment, arranged by the Hamilton Presentation and Welcome Home Committee, for the purpose of presenting medals to 47 residents of the…
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A Relumed Soldier writes to express his opinion on "the present disgusting conditions" as to work for returned soldiers. "There are upwards of 1,200 returned…
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Alderman R. J. Bond, Mayor of Wicknam, han received a telegram from Alderman Webber stating that his son, who has returned from the front, will arrive at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers Return Sydney
Another batch of 700 wounded and sick soldiers returned to Sydney this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Postal Information Mails for Soldiers
Mails close at Newcastle Post Office for Expeditionary Forces as follows:— March 23.—England and France, newspapers and parcels, 6 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Hamilton. Presentation of Soldiers' Medals
A concert and presentation of medals to Hamilton soldiers took place in the mechanics' institute last evening, under the auspices of the Hamilton Soldiers' Presentation and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier's Letter. When the Aeroplanes Come
Private H. G. Rees, in a letter to his father, Mr. J. Rees, Boolaroo, dated England, 27/12/'17, says:—You will probably be surprised to read that I am at present…
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