Returning Soldiers
Lieut.-colonel W. J. R. Cheeseman, D.B.O. M.C., Chevalior of the Legion of Honour, who enlisted from Islington, is returning home, after three years and…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1919
1,902 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 60 of 96
Our Sydney Letter. the Resignation.—rapiers and Battle Axes.—a Sale of Wheat.—the Fearful Price of Clothes.—preparing for Peace Day.—a Word for the Soldiers.—the Late Lady Parkes.—the Strike. Sydney
A bombshell, indeed! But while it was the resignation itself that provided this for the Ministry, it is the reasons given that furnish as much for the public. Mr…
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Help is wanted with sowing and knitting for dependents, and the depot at Scott's, Ltd., will be open next Tuesday afternoon. On Tuesday last the committee, with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nestor's War History Capt. Owen's Story "Second Admiral Beatty"
"The second Admiral Beatty" is the soubriquet which was given Captain) R. D. Owen, of the Blue Funnel liner Nestor, while at Brisbane, and his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Be Prepared! Haig on the Next War LONDON, July 11
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Hais [?] every opportunity to enforce te gospel of preparedness in national emergencies. Speaking at Aberdeen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Peace Day. Pride of Australia in Its Soldiers. Melbourne
Mr. Watt, the Acting Prime Minister, has issued the following Peace Day message:— To-morrow the people of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returning Soldiers
Mrs. Norfolk, of 39 Scott-street, Newcastle, has been advised that her husband, Lieutenant G. W. Norfolk, M.C., of the Australian Electrical and Mining Unit, is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Peace and Hotels a Soldier's Protest
"A Returned Soldier Minus a Leg" enters a protein against tho action of the authorities in closing the hotels on Peace Day:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Treatment of Returned Soldiers
Sir,—I quite agree with "Returned Digger" in the way we returned men are treated. When we went to do our bit we were promised our jobs back, but as soon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Weston Soldiers' Welcome
Sir,—I wish to ask the Weston Presentation Committee why the welcome home to soldiers has been discontinued? There are a number of returned boys…
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Sir,—Being a returned man, I must be in sympathy with the complaints made no there are statements I know to be correct. Before we left Australia we…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For Soldiers Work Wanted
Advertisements for this column and answers to them can only be dealt with by the Department of Repatriation. 85 Scott-street, Newcastle, where…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Soldier's Friends" Heroic War Workers
At a time when all Australia is celebrating with thankfulness the attainment of peace (says the Melbourne "Argus"), some final word of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Chest
The secretary writes: "As there is still a quantity of wool and material on hand, the committee have decided to open the depot again to-day, with the hope that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lorries in the War
Nothing could have demonstrated the possibilities of the motor lorry for transport more than the work performed by these vehicles in France during…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Silver War Medals London, July 10
The King has approved of the issue of a silver war medal to all men and women who served overseas, including those from the Dominions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Bonuses Reduction Refused London, July 16
The Court of Arbitration at West minister, in a test case affecting the shipbuilding and engineering trades, decided against the employers. On…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War of Nations Australia's Defence Evils Of Unpreparedness
Major-General Sir James M'Cay, in an address which he delivered at a National Federation meeting at Park ville (Vic) recently, on "Australia's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Who Started the War ? Hun Recriminations Tirpitz Blames Hollweg LONDON, Monday Night
Retuer's Berlin correspondent sates that Admiral von Tirpitz, in a book on the war which be has published, professes complete ignorance of the cause…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War in Russia Bolsheviks Claim Decisive Victory British Support for Denikin Reds Prepare for Further Slaughter London, Monday Night
The Bolsheviks claim that Admiral Koltchak is now decisively defeated in the Urals. He has suffered enormous losses. Five regiments…
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