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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

1,902 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 63 of 96

American Race War Spreads to Chicago Color Line on the Beaches VANCOUVER. Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 July 1919 · page 1

Reports from Chicago state that 14 whites and eight negroes were killed and some 500 persons were injured in the race riots which continued…

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War in the East British Forces in Grave Peril Hon Influence at Work Churchill's Policy Condemned London, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 July 1919 · page 1

The British War Office announces that the disaffected Russians have withdrawn from the Archangel front. There are no signs of discontent on the other fronts…

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Work for Soldiers Home Preference Stockton Discussion

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 July 1919 · page 2

An application was before Stockton Council last night from a returned soldier for employment under the Govment repatriation scheme. He was…

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Wattle Day Memory of Soldiers Celebrations in Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 July 1919 · page 4

Wattle Day is to be upheld in Newcastle on Friday next, August 1, when various celebrations will take place. Wattle blossom. trees and buttons will…

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The War After the War

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 July 1919 · page 4

The King's speech at the Guildhall marks the second occasion on which the head of the British people has warned the race against slackness. In a period of great stress he declared that Britons must work if they would win the war. He now reminds them that they must work…

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Merry Wives on Rhine Lonely Soldiers War Office as Cupid LONDON, July 27

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 July 1919 · page 1

Marshal Foch reports that 150,000 troops will bo necessary for the Rhine occupation. The War Office has arranged for…

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Russian Inquisition Bolshevik Tortures "Cruellest Type of War" LONDON, July 27

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 July 1919 · page 1

Correspondent with General Denikin's armies state that a period of Inactivity is essential for organisation purposes, but they remain optimistic…

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Women's Charms Untarnished by War Work Interesting Views London, July 27

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 July 1919 · page 1

A symposium of theatre managers, [?]rtists and milliners unanimously affirm that war work has not tarnished he British women's beauty…

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Bigamy in England 300 per cent. Increase Effect of the War London, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 July 1919 · page 1

Several Judges declare that bigamyt is rampant. A "Times" leader states that there is a 300 per cent increase on the…

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Returned Soldiers. a Number of Grievances

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 July 1919 · page 6

A meeting of the Newcastle Sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League was held at the Anzac Institute last evening. There was a fair…

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Here and There Junction Soldiers' Monument

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 July 1919 · page 3

The committee of the Junction Soldiers' Monument Fund has decided to have the statue erected to the memory it the men who enlisted from the…

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"Huns Only Need Apply" Soldiers Demand Publicity

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 July 1919 · page 2

At Newcastle Returned Soldiers' League meeting last night the paragraph in "The Newcastle Sun" yesterday stating that many Sydney firms…

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Australia's Army Soldiers of Distinction LONDON, July 27

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 July 1919 · page 5

Senator Pearce recognises the difficulty of suitably placing many regular soldiers who have served with great distinction and won a high…

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Maitland District Soldiers' Return

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 August 1919 · page 6

Private Jack Watts, son of Mrs. E. Watts, of Catherine-street, West Maitland, and Driver W. Brettle, son of Mr. J. Brettle, of North Rothbury, formerly…

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Returning Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 7

Mrs. M. Ingham, of 32 Bolton-street, Newcastle, has received word that her son, Private George Ingham, of the 34th Battalion, is returning by the transport…

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Soldiers' Pensions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 7

A Committee of the House of Commons has reported in favour of granting an additional sum of £20,000 to increase soldiers' pensions…

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Our London Letter. London, May 28th. Airmen Across Atlantic.—food Shortage and Prices.—land for Soldiers.—anline Dyes Manufacture. Airmen Across the Atlantic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 9

The simultaneous attempt by airmen of England and the United States to cross the Atlantic by air has introduced the dramatic clement of international rivalry…

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Land for Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 9

The Government's scheme for putting on the land ex-sailors and ex-soldiers (and incidentally women land-workers, and other people) was discussed in the House…

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"War After the War"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 2

George Asquith, Stockton, writes:—The loader in "The Newcastle Sun" of July 31 opens a grave problem, that of paying off debts for the rights to…

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War Chest Workers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 4

The secretary writes:—"The War Chest Depot will be open on Tuesday afternoon. Those willing to knit up wool are asked to call between the hours of three and…

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