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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

1,902 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 69 of 96

Huns' New War Clash with Poles Fighting in Silesia LONDON, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 August 1919 · page 1

Advices from Copenhagen state that the insurrection in Upper Silesla is extending, and it is reported that great bloodshed has occurred…

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Soldier Students Work at Cologne Woman's Place in the Army LONDON, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 August 1919 · page 1

Reuter's correspondent at Cologne states that a memorable inspection by the Army Council commenced with a visit to the general and commercial…

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Major Connell Sticks to Labor Soldiers' Party Not Needed

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 August 1919 · page 4

A meeting of the Adamstown branch of the Australian Labor Party was held on Wednesday night. Mr. I. Arthur presided over a large attendance…

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Maitland Soldiers Home from the War

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 August 1919 · page 5

During the week, Private E. Challen. of the 24th Battalion, returned to his home at Bolwarra, near Maitland. He served continuously in France for…

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Lessons From the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1919 · page 10

The Rev. Colonel James Green, C.M.G., president of the New South Wales Methodist Conference, states that the following lessons can be learned from the…

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Australian War 'Planes Nucleus of New Arm. LONDON. Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 August 1919 · page 1

After consultation with the Commonwealth Government regarding the most suitable war planes for Australia, Senator Pe[?]rage has agreed that the…

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Returning Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1919 · page 7

Major H. L. Wheeler, of the legal firm of H. V. Harris, Wheeler and Company's Newcastle, is expected to arrive in Sydney by the Prins Hu[?] on Monday…

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Getting the Soldiers Back

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1919 · page 9

The repatriation schemes are going on remarkably well in most centres of the country. In Auckland and Christchurch, where the management never has been so…

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"Late A.i.f." Soldiers in Business

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 August 1919 · page 3

At a recent meeting of the Adamstown Patriotic Committee, Mr. Brown. the secretary, spoke about the altitude recently taken by the Defence…

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No War of Revenge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 August 1919 · page 5

Herr Noske repudiates as an absurdity the idea no a war of revenge by Germany, and says the policy of the Government of the country is clear. Germany is making…

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War by Propaganda Appeal to Petrograd Promise of Food London. Sunday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 August 1919 · page 1

A telegrams from Helsingfors states that General Cough is distributing in Petrograd, by means of aeroplanes, a proclamation addressed to the…

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Ex-soldiers' Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 August 1919 · page 5

Five hundred ex-soldiers In Manchester intend to march to London carrying banners to appeal to the Minister for Labour our for employment at a living wage, and…

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Maitland Sessions Wounded His Wife

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 August 1919 · page 4

James Patterson pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions at Maitland to-day, before Judge Hamilton, with having maliciously wounded his wife…

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War Against Bolsheviks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1919 · page 5

A Helsingfors telegram states that General Brakovitch predicts that Petrograd will be captured before October. He believes that half the Red army is…

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Peace Squabbles Austria's Light Terms Artful Bulgarians Seeds of New War London, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 August 1919 · page 1

The original terms of the Austrian Peace Treaty were based on the idea that the treaty should be similar to that with Germany, but the Australians…

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Maitland District. Soldiers' Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1919 · page 6

A public meeting was held in the town hall last evening, to consider a proposal to have a memorial erected to perpetuate the memory of the soldiers who had…

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Returning Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1919 · page 5

Mrs. E. S. Ireland, "Gundimalan," Drummoyne, has been advised that her grandson, Corporal Cecil Jesse Ireland (son of the late Mr. Albert Ireland, Newcastle),…

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Soldiers in Mines Federation Ruling Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 August 1919 · page 5

The question of the employment of returned soldiers on the coalfields was discussed at a meeting of the council of the Coal and Shale Employees'…

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Re-union at Scott's Returned Men Welcomed

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 August 1919 · page 4

A welcome home to a number of their returned men was given last night by Scott's, Ltd., at the firm's specious tea-rooms which were…

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Germany's Methods Lessons of the War Forgotten Ruthless Butchery of Own People Silesia Rivals Belgium London. Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 August 1919 · page 1

"The Times" Cracow correspondent reports that the German methods of crushing insurrection in Upper Silesia,…

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