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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

1,902 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 96

Soldiers' Welcome Home Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 8

Arrangements are being actively carried forward for the Newcastle District Welcome Home Day on Saturday, February 1st, and the committee invite the…

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The War League of Nations

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 7

Mr. J. Bell, of Sydney, will continue his scries of lectures at the Masonic Hall, Hamilton, to-morrow evening taking for his subject, "Will the meek…

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Land for Soldiers. Mr. Ashford at Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 7

Mr. W. Ashford, State Minister for Lands, visited Maitland yesterday, for the purpose of meeting representatives of repatriation committees, and…

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Soldiers Losing Patience

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 9

Impatience is being manifested by returned soldiers at the slow progress of the arrangements for getting them on the land or providing some other…

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Settling Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 4

Mr. Ashfora (Minister for Lands) and Mr. Graname (Minister for Agriculture) are both concerned in the settlement of soldiers on the land. But on the all-important question their ideas do not always meet. Mr. Grahame, who boasts that he is a wowser, is strongly opposed to the…

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Soldiers' Jobs Conference Proposal

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 8

With a view to arrive at an understanding regarding such hitches in the employement of returned soldiers as that which has occurred at Goninan's…

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Returned Sailors and Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 5

A general meeting of the Newcastle Sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia will be held at the Anzac Institute at eight…

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Mails for Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 5

A mail for letters, also packets of no salable value for the Expeditionary Forces in England and France, will close at Newcastle Post-office to-morrow…

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District News. Wickham. Soldiers' Entertained

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 7

A social was tendered to a number of district soldiers in the Wickham School of Arts on Saturday evening. The hall, which was crowded, was decorated with…

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Wickham Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 6

The Wickham School of Arts was on Saturday night the scene of another welcome home, tendered by the Wickham and Linwood Soldiers'…

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Australian War Prisoners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 5

The Australian Red Cross reports that 2942 Australian war prisoners have arrived in England, and 158 more have arrived in neutral countries, en route to…

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STOP-PRESS War News on Other Pages O.B.U.

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 1

Continuing the statement (on page 3) Mr. Garden says: "I am starting to draft for our committees in Sydney a scheme on the…

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District News. Waratah. Reception to Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 6

A popular reception to eleven returned soldiers was given in the Waratah School of Arts last sight. The function, which was splendidly arranged by the Waratah…

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Soldiers' Welcome Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 6

A general meeting of the Hamilton Soldiers' Presentation and Welcome Home Committee was held in the council chambers last night. Alderman E. Wilson, the…

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Wallsend Soldiers' Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 7

Sir,—I wish to ask the committee of Wallsend memorial for soldiers a few questions. What was the money collected for in the first place? I understand it…

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Missing Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 5

Mr. A. E. Box, official secretary to Australia's High Commissioner in Britain, attended a sitting of the Prisoners' War Committee…

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Soldiers' Free Doctors Repatriation Arrangement Dr. Beeston Appointed

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 6

The Repatriation Department proposes to appoint a medical other in each centre where a local repatriation committee has been formed (expect…

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South African Loyalty King and Empire Gratitude to Soldiers CAPETOWN, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 3

The House of Assembly by-election for Calvanta resulted: Dr. Malan (leader of the Nationalists in the Cape province), 1568; Mr. Strauss…

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Land for Soldiers Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 4

At the conference of local repatriation committee delegates to-day a motion was passed asking that land should be thrown open quickly for…

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Returning Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 5

Mr. E. Fielder, of Dent-street, Islington, has received word that his son, Pte. E. S. Fielder, is returning to Australia by the Aeneas, expected to…

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