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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

3,188 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 62 of 160

Good Advertising Returned Men's Day

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 5

Ingenuity in advertising is being displayed by the Returned Soldiers' Day Committee. "Stop! Here's a clock that won't stop!" is one arresting sign in Hunter-street, and…

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Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 6

DRIVER TULLOCH.—Mr. J. Y. Tulloch, of Pokolbin, has been advised that his son, Driver Roy Tulloch, as a result of wounds received on the Western front, has had his…

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War Chest Fund

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 5

The proceeds of the street stall conducted by Mesdames Scully, Waters and Bate, on May [?], in aid of the War Chest Fund, were £9. Donations for the stall in June will be gratefully…

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India's War Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 5

Since the Delhi Conference remarkable energy has been displayed throughout India in carrying the conference proposals into effect…

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Germany Arraigned. Responsibility for the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 5

The full text of the pamphlet written by Prince Lichnowsky, formerly German Ambassador to London, in which he expresses the opinion that British…

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New War Loan Subject to Taxation MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 6

In the House of Representatives to-day, the Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Watt, moved the second reading of a new War Loan Bill, to raise an additional £80,000,000, to…

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The Model Kitchen. Won by Bridegroom Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 4

For a man to win by lottery portion of his household effects upon the eve of his marriage is as unique and remarkable as it is a happy and fortunate…

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Land for Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 4

Under the repatriation scheme land for settlement of returned soldiers is obtained by the Departments of Lands in various States. The Federal…

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Returned Soldiers' Day

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 5

Mr. H. J. Cannington, treasurer of the Newcastle Returned Soldiers and Sailors Day Fund, reports: Amount previously acknowledged £18 18s: S. V. Penrose, £1 1s:…

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Returned Men Unwelcome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 9

"Trentham has no use for returned soldiers," declared a witness before a Defence Commission, which is at present sitting in New Zealand. The witness was himself a…

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District Casualties. Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 7

PRIVATE BATESON.—Mrs. Bateson, of Elder-street, Lambton, has received word that her husband, Private F. E. Bateson, has been wounded on the second occasion, after two…

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War Photographs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 3

An exhibition of British war photograph in colour, organised by the Ministry of information, was opened at the Grarton Galleries, Old Bond-street. London, by…

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Our London Letter. the Naval War.—national War Bonds.—food Rations.—war Photographs. the Naval War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 3

The naval war is still, in the main, as Sir Eric Geddes described it, a war between the Germans submarines and the British Navy and shipyards. They seek to destroy our shipping,…

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National War Bonds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 3

I have an idea that the organisers of English Tank campaigns have learned a great deal from the example of Canada in raising its Victory Loan. In Canada city was pitted…

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War Chest Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 7

The committee of the Newcastle H.R.D. War Chest Fund has received many grateful letters and cards from soldiers in France, thanking the fund's helpers for…

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After the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 7

Mr. Barnes, a member of the War Cabinet, in a speech at the Eastham League, said that the nations after the war must reduce armaments, suppress…

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War Risks Requisitioned Ships

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 6

The Government's new war risk schema in regard to vessels requisitioned in accordance with the recently-formulated controlling scheme applies almost solely to any…

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Engineers' Conference. After-war Problems. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 7

Some interesting remarks were made by Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, M.L.C., Minister for Local Government and Public Health, during an address at the conference of…

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Romance of the War Some Colossal Figures

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 4

A speech of figures delivered by Mr. Mac[?] rain the Under-Secretary for War, in the [?] a of Commons was so faseinating that. [?]…

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Soldiers' Mails

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 7

A parcel mail for the Expeditionary Forces, England and France, will close at Newcastle at 6 p.m. on Tuesday next. A newspaper mail will close at 8 o'clock…

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