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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

1,902 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 96

Channel Tunnel Work for Soldiers London, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 1

Mr. Bonar Law (Lender of the House of Commons) announces that the Government is considering the Question of employing soldiers on the…

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Soccer Soldiers Notable Newcastle Men

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 1

Mr. Tamly[?] supplies interesting particulars, in reply to a correspondent, concerning Newcastle soccer footballers who played in the last…

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Soldiers' Party Carmichael May Lead SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 5

A current rumor in political circles inclines to the opinion that Captain Carmichael will lead a soldiers' party at the next election, and that a…

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War in Berlin Hun Slaughters Hun Thousand Perish in a Week Wild Beasts in Their Den Vancouver, Monday. Wolf's Agency announces that more than 1000 people were killed in Berlin last week

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 1

The Spartacians captured the police station at Lichtenberg, a suburb of Berlin, and murdered 60 officers and soldiers…

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War Oratory

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 4

In conning over the many great war orations in the sobering light of the reaction, one cannot be impressed with the exceedingly fine frenzy that stirs men's…

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Annexation Society Chapter Vii. Councils of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 2

At six o'clock that evening, Jimmie Trickett, idling away the time between his afternoon cup of tea and his hour of dressing for dinner over a French…

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Work for Soldiers. Grant to Local Bodies. an Ill-considered Scheme

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 4

Senator Millen, the Minister for Repatriation, recently announced that the Commonwealth Government had decided to make available £500,000 by way of gift…

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Soldier Settlements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 4

Mr. Ashford, the Minister for Lands; in an address to the Repatriation Committee at Young, was very optimistic concerning the prospects of the…

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Education of Young Soldiers Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 5

The Federal Cabinet has decided to extend vocational facilities, so as to cover men who enlisted under 20 years of age. According to figures furnished to the…

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Employment of Soldiers Protection for Patriotic Employees. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 5

While the legislation which the Government contemplates in connection with the returned soldiers will be general in terms, it is intended to protect decent and…

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Adamstown. Soldiers Welcomed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 5

A welcome home to soldiers took place in Kitchener Hall on Monday evening. The gathering was carried out by the patriotic committee, headed by the Mayor,…

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Troop Trains Collide Soldiers Injured. London, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 1

A message from Amiens states that a British leave train on Saturday collided with a stationary train with the result that 10 soldiers were injured…

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Re-employment of Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1919 · page 4

Mr. Holman, the State Premier, has made it clear that the determination of the Government to introduce legislation dealing with the re-employment…

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In Bad Company Soldiers Led Astray

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 March 1919 · page 1

In Newcastle on March 6, Denis Howard Reidy, lately returned from active service, and still under medical treatment, got into the company…

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Soldiers Honored 75 D.C.M.'s LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 March 1919 · page 1

Bars to the D.C.M. have been awarded to the following Australians: Corporal F. C. Frost (20th Battalion); Sergeant J. E. Ingvarson…

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SOLDIER-SETTLERS What Are We Doing? SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 March 1919 · page 5

At the conference of wheatgrowers at Harden on Tuesday a motion was carried in favor of relieving the soldier-settler on the land of the…

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Soldiers' Graves

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 March 1919 · page 4

It will bring some measure of consolation to the relatives of the many gallant Australian soldiers who have fallen in battle or died or service…

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After-war Trade Government Policy London, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 March 1919 · page 1

In the House of Commons, replying to a question, Mr. Bonar Law said that the Government was taking steps to carry out post-war trade, the policy…

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Mediterranean Fleet Six Men-of-war London, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 March 1919 · page 1

A message from Malta says that it has been definitely decided that the battle fleet in the Mediterranean will consist of the Emperor of India, the…

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Soldier Settlers. What the Government Has Done Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 March 1919 · page 4

A brief statement, touching on the work of the Government in connection with soldier settlement, we made by Mr. Holman, the State Premeir, to-night,…

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