Marriages of Soldiers
Sir Thomas Mackenzie, the High Commissioner for New Zealand, replying to the charges made by Mr. Rendale, M.P., against marriages of Australasian…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1918
3,188 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 59 of 160
Age of Enlistment Mr. Brennan's Questions MELBOURNE
Mr. Brennan, in the House of Representatives to day, asked the Acting-Prime Minister whether, in view of the great public outcry caused by the decision of the…
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Mr. H. J. Cannington is treasurer of the "Returned Soldiers ami Sailors' Day" to be held in Newcastle on May 24. This morning be acknowledged the first subscription:—…
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PRIVATE EDGAR.—Mr. E. Edgar, Maitland-road, Islington, has received word that his son, Private Percy Edgar has been wounded (gassed)…
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SIGNALLER HAILE.—Mr. and Mrs. T. Halle, of Woodberry, near Tarro, have been advised that their son, Signaller W. H. Haile, was reported gassed, classed as wounded…
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Mr. Bonar Law, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was asked in the House of Commons to account for the decreased subscriptions to the war loan…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →American War Horses Sharing Soldiers' Danger How They Are Cared For
The same dangers that confront our brave boys in khaki are shared by the friend of man who has been immortalised in song, story, sculpture, and painting—the horse…
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Military decorations were presented to-day by Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, the Governor-General, in front of Parliament House, in the presence of Ministers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Fakers Some Leading Varieties
Fakers in business, in politics, in social life we have always with us, but the war has brought into being a faker of a new kind and numerous in variety. These…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →America's War Work. Its Shipbuilding. Washington
Mr. E. N. Hurley, Chairman of the United States Shipping Board, states that the American shipbuilding bill for the year 1918-18 will be £444,600,000. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Casualties List No. 399 Northern District Names
Another casualty list, No. 399, was issued by the military authorities this morning, and the New South Wales section contains 582 names. Soldiers from the northern district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pillar and Bulwark Britain's War Effort Curzon Extols Lloyd George LONDON, Friday Night
In the course of a speech delivered before the members of the Primrose League, in London, to-night, Lord Curzon said that Great Britain at present was the pillar and…
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A contingent of wounded and invalided soldiers arrived to-day, and were accorded a hearty and enthusiastic welcome. There were about 400, mostly being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stockton Soldier's Sacrifice
By the last mall from England Mrs. S. Brown, of Carlisle-street, Stockton, received details of the circumstances under which her son, Private Cecil Brown,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shocking Wives Soldier Husbands Betrayed
"It is perfectly shocking the way some wives behave while their husbands are away fighting in the trenches," said Mr. Justice Horridge in an English Divorce Court,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier's Divorce Wife's Unfaithfulness
When Captain Francis Winston Scott, A.S.C., appealed to the Divorce Court in London for dissolution of his marriage bis petition was heard in his absence, he being…
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GUNNER LEGGETT.—Mrs. S. Leggett, of Waratah-street, Kurri Kurri, has been advised that her husband, Gunner S. Leggett, has been gassed (classed as…
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PRIVATE NICKOLAS.—Mr. W. Nicholas, of King-street, Newcastle, has been advised that his brother, Private P. O. Nickolas, is reported as missing and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Cabinet's Congratulations
The Press Bureau states: The War Cabinet telegraphed to Vice-admiral Keyes as follows: "The country owes you and your officers and men the warmest thanks for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Review of the War
A high military authority states:—Nothing of great importance has occurred in France. The attack on La Clytte and Voormezeele was merely local…
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