Returned Soldiers' Day Fund Totals £880
Up to this morning, there had been banked as the proceeds of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Day efforts, including special donations sent direct to the treasurer, Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1918
3,188 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 67 of 160
District Casualties. Killed in Action
PRIVATE WHITE.—Mr. H. Elliott, shire clerk, Bingara, and formerly city treasurer, Newcastle, has received word that his nephew, Private C. White, of…
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The Australian Official Correspondent states: Of the quality which the Australian subordinate leaders have shown during the recent fighting no better has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle War Chest Donations Wanted
The Newcastle War Chest committee has received from Miss Zelma, Kittson, of Waratah, the following letter of thanks written by a soldier in France, who was supplied with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great War Effort America's Huge Army Trebled Before December
LONDON, Sunday Night. The gigantic war effort of the United States is well illustrated by figures given by M. Tardieu, French High Commissioner to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Labour and the War. Address by Mr. E. E. Judd
Mr. E. E. Judd delivered an address at the Trades Hall, Newcastle, last night, under the auspices of the Newcastle and Northern District Industrial Council. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Empire Day. British Demonstrations. Australian War Records. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Empire Day was observed in London generally. The Union Jack was displayed on all public and many private buildings. Seven hundred thousand school children…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dutch Troops in Arms Will Be No Reduction War Minister's Statement LONDON, Sunday Night
A messages from The Hague states that the Dutch War Minister, speaking on the proposal to vote, an extraordinary war credit, said that political and military reasons…
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There were a good many cot cases among the sick and wounded soldiers to arrive by boat at Sydney yesterday. Broken limbs were plentiful, and there…
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Sergeant H. W. Dransfield and Private Arthur Robinson returned from active service on Saturday evening, and were received at West Maitland Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Sydney Letter. Empire Day Also Women's Day.—this Labour Trouble.—boy Enlistments.—the Parkes "Pilgrimage."—the Old Man in His Day.—not So Much Knitting.—the Dearth in Building. Sydney
May 24 comes round once a year to remind us of our inheritance. For such reason we call it Empire Day. Also, it was the natal day of Victoria the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stoned by Soldiers Karl's Train Attacked London, Sunday Night
Reuter's correspondent at Zurich telegraphs that the train carrying the Emperor and Empress of Austria was stoned by Bulgarian soldiers on leave, from another train…
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A garden fate with many attractions, will be held on the Newcastle Mental Hospital Grounds on Saturday next. The proceeds will be devoted to the Newcastle Anzac…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Women May Revolt But No Hope in Soldiers
"The German men at the front are hopeless as revolutionary material—at present. They are hypnotised. They have been taught not to think. They are sick of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spirit of Soldiers Sport Behind the Lines
Writing from France upon the long-expected German attack on the West front, Mr. Philip Gibbs says in an exchange it does not matter into which sector one goes, all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome Home More Soldiers Return SYDNEY
A small detachment of returned soldiers disembarked to-day, and were given a cordial welcome by the crowds who lined the streets. The draft consisted of about 200…
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SIGNALLER CHADWICK.—Mr. J. Chadwick, Dudley, has received word that his son, Signaller J. G. Chadwick, has been wounded, and lost his right foot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australians Forget War. Living in the Rivers
The official correspondent with the Australian Forces, telegraphing on Sunday, says:—The spell of cool weather and rain is now spending Itself. It followed a week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General White. a Great Australian Soldier the Father of the A.I.F. Australian War Correspondent, C. E. W. Bean. (Copyright Reserved by the Crown.) LONDON, March 4
It has been permitted to describe General Bridges, the great soldier who made the A.I.F., and General Birdwood, its famous leader, the nearest counterpart of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in Oils Painting Under Fire LONDON. Monday night
Speaking at the exhibition of war pictures at the Gratten Galleries, General Hobbs said that artists chared all the risks of soldiers in order faithfully to portray the war…
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