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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

3,188 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 160

Australia and War. Irish Assumption

Northern Times · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 1

LONDON. Tuesday.—In the House of Commons Mr. Lynch(Nationalist) asked the Prime Minister to reconstruct the Cabinet, omitting…

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Austria's War Aims. a Decided Climb-down

Northern Times · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 1

AMSTERDAM. Tuesday.-A telegram from Vienna states that a Labour delegation has had a conference with the Austrian Government,…

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China and the War. German Are Not Gentlemen

Northern Times · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 3

Perhaps the most cruel stroke of safire which has beta[?]n Germany comes from china—of all nations (writes a Victorian exchange). The…

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America's War Work. President Wilson's Defence. Washington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 5

President Wilson has made a statement in which he says that the War Department is performing a task of unparalled magnitude with extraordinary…

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Veteran Soldier Dead. Sir Beauchamp Duff

Northern Times · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.-The death has occurred of General Sir Beauchamp Duff. [Deceased was 63 years of ago. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief in…

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Another Bogus Soldier Young Man's Imposture. A Lenient Sentence

Northern Times · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 5

Despite the fact that foolish men who manage to obtain a uniform and pose as returned soldiers are generally dealt with severely by the…

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Saving Soldiers' Lives

Northern Times · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 5

The following is an extract from a letter received from Dr. Elsle Dadzell, a New South Wales woman, who is pathologist and bacteriologist at a…

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Unrest in Hun-land Revolutionary Tone Spreading Russo-japanese Friction Turks Tired of Supermen British General Staff Criticised Western Front. Germans' Sorry Plight Their Worst Winter of War

Northern Times · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.-"The Times" correspondent at the British Headquarters states that the Germans are spending their worst winter of the…

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New Lambton Soldiers. Welcome Home and Send Off Committee

Northern Times · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 1

A meeting of the committee of the New Lambton Patriotic Workers was held at the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening. Mr. Joseph Mitchell…

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Wounded Soldiers' Fares. Wickham Council Action

Northern Times · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 4

Alderman Gittins, at the meeting of Wickham Council last night, moved. "That this Council respectrully makes application to the Minister fer…

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War Relics. Coming to Australia

Northern Times · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.- A great Australian exhibition of official photographs, drawings, paintings and relics has been organised for display at the…

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Federal War Loan. New Issue Next Month

Northern Times · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 3

It is the intention of the Federal Treasurer to issue another war loan within the next few weeks. The prospectus is now in preparation. It…

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Sale of Literature. "War Cry" on Sundays

Northern Times · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 4

Captain kerr, officer-in-charge of the Salvation Army at Tigbe's Hill wrote to Wickham Council stating that it had come to his knowledge that an…

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United States. War Council Scheme Congress Determined

Northern Times · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 1

WASHINGTON. Wednesday. - In spite of the President's opposition, Congress does not halt at the plan for a War Council and a [?]unitions-…

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Miscellaneous. War Aims. Labour Set of Views

Northern Times · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.- Mr. Arthur Henderson has circularised the Labour delegates to the Nottingham Conference setting forth the war aims upon…

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A Soldier's Death. Depressed by Failure

Northern Times · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 5

SYDNEY. Thursday - At the inquest concerning the death of Lieutenant Norman M'Kenzle, a returned soldier, who shot himself at the Hotel Sydney,…

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Soldiers' Insurance Sir S. M'caughey's Gift

Northern Times · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 2

The Public Trustee notices that the policies authorised by Sir Samuel M'Caughey for the insurance of 500 soldiers with dependents have now…

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Artificial Limbs. for Maimed Soldiers

Northern Times · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 3

In connection with a movement proposed recently in the Newcastle City Council for the purpose of inaugurating a fund to provide artificial limbs…

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Dardanelles Battle Official Details Labour and the War Threat to Paralyse Fighting. Naval Operations. Goeben and Breslau Details of their End. Value of Aircraft Work

Northern Times · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday. - The Admiralty have issued details of the engagement in which the German battle-cruiser Goeben and the light cruiser…

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Miners and War

Northern Times · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 5

At the annual sitting of the council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, the following motion was carried:-…

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