Soldiers' Mail
A mail for the Expeditionary Forces in England and France (letters and packets only) will close at Newcastle at 8.45 a.m. on Monday next…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1918
3,188 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 58 of 160
Work for Soldiers Light Duties Wanted SYDNEY
Colonel Farr, of the Repatriation Department, says that at the present time they have a lot of men not ill enough to be in hospital or convalescent, who have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Insuring Soldiers Stockton's Resolution
At a meeting of the Stockton Council last evening a letter was received from a man named Yardley, who had enlisted, inq[?]ring if the council was doing anything in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Charged Alleged Forged Orders SYDNEY
Herbert William Aubrey Wedd, a soldier, who was arrested yesterday by a detective, was before the Central Police Court this morning on a charge ot stealing 100 cases…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. District Casualties. Killed in Action
PRIVATE A. R. GODDEN.—Mr. W. Godden, of Sempill-street, West Maitland (late of Coal-street, Islington), has received intelligence that his brother was killed in…
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A meeting of representatives of patriotic bodies was held at the Anzac Memorial Institute, Newcastle, yesterday afternoon, to make arrangement in connection with…
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PRIVATE PARNELL.—Mrs. A. S. Parnell, of 133 Darby-street, has received word that her son, Private M. J. Parnell, Chas been wounded (third occasion)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Trophies Saved from Armentieres LONDON, Wednesday Night
It may interest Australians to know that when the Germans attacked Armentieres, the whole of a recently collected portion of a magnificent list of trophies and relics…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Funds Wanted Anzac Memorial Institute Members Have Borne the Brunt
The following notification has been issued by Brigadier-General Meredith, D.S.O., president of the Newcastle branch of the Returned Soldiers' League:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →5000 Socks Wanted New War Chest Appeal
The Newcastle and Hunter River District War Cheat Fund is appealing for 5,000 pairs of socks towards the 150,000 required from New South Wales before the end of June…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Mist Allied Strategy and German Blunders Can Holland Remain Neutral?
If duplicity has added a maximum of, say, 2,000,000 men (by the collapse of Russia) to the, military power of the Central Empires, we ought to feel satisfied that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Marriages of Soldiers
Mr. Rendall, M.P., in an article in the "Star," protests against the army regulations preventing parents and relatives of English girls from obtaining soldier…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. 126,832 "Subscribers."—criticising Our Finances Adversely.—the Enlisting Spirit.—a Painters' Exhibition.—the Postal Rates.—premiers in Conference.—the Archbishop's Pastoral.—our Casualty Lists.—the "Lucky" Prize-winner. Sydney
The Federal Treasurer's final figures for the Sixth War Loan have been reviewed in the same way. Though the amount realised and contracted for has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier's Farewell Presentation to Mr. J. R. Taylor
On Friday evening last at the Forester's Hall, Church-street, tho employees of J. Ireland, Ltd., met at a social evening in honor of Mr. J. R. Taylor, manager of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wants to Enlist British M.P. Anxious London, Wednesday Night
In the House of Commons, Sir B. G. Falle, M.P. (Portsmouth). suggested that he be allowed to enlist in the French army. Mr. Bonar Law replied he did not think the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Casualties. Killed in Action
PRIVATE MILLS.—News has been received by Mr. W. E. Ball, of Boolaroo, that Private John Mills, who enlisted in "Newcastle's Own Battalion," was killed in France on 8th April…
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SIGNALLER FIDLER.—Messrs. H. and R. Fidler, of 20 Bolton-street, Newcastle, have been informed that their brother, Signaller N. W. Fidler, has been wounded (gassed) in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Trophies Preserved
The official correspondent with the Australian forces telegraphs:—It may interest Australians to know that when the Germans attacked Armentieres, the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sixpence a Nobbler Whisky in War Time Sydney
A telegram announces that the Victorian Licensed Victuallers' Association has decided to place Australian whisky on the market to enable hotelkeepers to sell it at 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Risk Rates Seduced in America Less Submarine Danger VANCOUVER
A message from Washington states that a reduction of from 3 to 2 per cent war risk insurance rate on hulls and cargoes of American steamers through the war zone…
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