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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
3,188 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 45 of 160
"We are in the darkest days of the war Great Britain is intensely stirred. There is a call throughout the country for scout hearts and clear Leads. It has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A movement has been started in Sydney to organise a fund to pay the premiums on the life insurance policies taken out for men who volunteer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The city police are looking for a Salvation Army convert. An acting-sergeant in the army at that organisation's Home for Men, Scott-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Minister for Defence has received a despatch from Brigadier General Griffiths outlining the scheme for marking the graves of Australian soldiers by temporary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The homecoming to-day of another contingent of disabled soldiers was made as hearty as possible. About 500 men were expected, but considerably short of that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CORPORAL MOORE.—Mrs. Moore has received word that her husband, Corporal Claude A. Moore, has been killed in action. Corporal Moore was at Gallipoll in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Private Harry Nancarrow, son of Mr. J. H. Nancarrow (secretary of the Chamber of Commerce) was killed in action in France on April 3. Official advice to this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The pronounced inclination of the Anzac to wed the British girl, has caused a flutter in the Australian dove cols of femininity. "The Newcastle Sun" says that our girls are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The world has become so accustomed to the boastfulness of the Germans at every success of their troops, whether it has any bearing on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A son of Mr. W. M. Hughes (Prime Minister) has been wounded. His leg has been lacerated, but he is making favorable progress…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The people of Sydney are taking advantage of the War Loan extension, and subscriptions continue to pour in. It was stated by Mr. Armstrong, chief accountant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dr. W. Nickson, of Newcastle, who recently wrote to London for information regarding regulations dealing with parcels for prisoners of war, has received the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The manager of the city branch of the Commonwealth Bank, Mr. Ball, continues energetically to push the war loan. His latest move is to visit the theatres of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Nothing that America can do will be left undone. Neither Australia nor France feels the war and the issues at stake more keenly than we do," said Guy Bates Post,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Under the Returned Soldiers' Settlement Act the Minister for Lands has the power of granting certificates of preferential right of selection to approved applicants…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Macpherson (Parliamentary Under Secretary to the War Office) declined in the public interest to state the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →PRIVATE HOPE.—Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hope, of Broadmeadow, have received information that their son, Private Ralph Hope, was killed in action in France on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A large contingent of sick and wounded soldiers landed to-day, and were accorded a hearty welcome, the public responding to the appeal of Mr. Orchard to show more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arrangements have been completed for the commemoration of Anzac Day, April 25th by the Newcastle sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A telegram from Amsterdam states that the Germans have turned five of the leading hotels in Brussels into hospitals, and similar measures have been taken at Liege…
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