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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1919

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Banquet for 100 Hamilton Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 September 1919 · page 2

Upwards of 100 returned soldiers' residing in Hamilton will be entertained by the local Welcome Home and Presentation Committee at a…

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Please Explain Land for Soldiers Alleged High Price SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 September 1919 · page 5

Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands, has sent a "please-explain" letter to Mr. Whitnee, who is reported to have made a statement that land was…

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Surf Club Honour Roll

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1919 · page 7

Sir,—The Newcastle Surf Club is justly proud of the part played by members in the war. The honour roll hanging in the club pavilion, containing, upwards of 180…

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War Trophies Imperial Museum

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 September 1919 · page 5

The Crystal Palace, London, which is to be the home of the Imperial War Muscum, was the scene in its earliest infancy of a touching incident…

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"Verge of Civil War" Grave Outlook in Ireland Heritage of Bitterness Government Attacked by "The Times" LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 September 1919 · page 1

"The Times," in a leader, says that the suppression of the "Dall Elrat[?]" opens an appalling vista of provocation and retaliation, with both sides…

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Treatment of Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1919 · page 7

Sir,—I have no desire to prolong this debate, but I am forced to reply to Mr. Cowley. He hopes I will stick to the truth! Well, all I have to say about that…

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Soldier's Complaint

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1919 · page 7

"A Returned Soldier" writes to complain of delay at the local Repatriation Office, and says that he waited for some hours on Saturday, and was told to come…

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Gifts to Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 September 1919 · page 5

East Maitland Girls' Patriotic League a few days ago presented a handsome carved oak chair and a committee table to the East Maitland…

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A Good War Record

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 5

Mr. R. J. Dyer, fourth engineer on the steamer Victoria, which left Newcastle last night for Port Darvin, via Sydney, has a fine war record…

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Waratah. to Welcome Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 5

There was a large attendance at a public meeting held in the Town Hall last evening, and called by the Mayor (Alderman A. Griffiths), in response to a…

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District News. Hamilton. Soldiers' Welcome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 5

A largely-attended soldiers' welcome home banquet was held in the Mechanics' Institute last night. Member of the Red Cross, the Broadmeadow Coo-ee…

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Late Cable News Germans in Courland. Many Men Enlisting. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 5

A report from Berlin states that "Vorwaerts" has published a sensational communication from the Baltic provinces. It declares that a large number of officers…

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Graves of Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 5

Sir Thomas Mackenzie, the High Commissioner for New Zealand, has returned from a visit to the cemeteries of soldiers in France and Belgium…

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Hamilton Soldiers Successful Banquet

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 4

About 100 soldiers of Hamilton, who have returned from the war since the last function. were entertained at a banquet by the Welcome Home and…

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The Soldier Farmer's Burden

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 4

The suggestion of the Farmers and Settlers' Conference that a concession in interest charges the made on land taken up for settlement by returned soldiers and sailors will be regarded by all who understand the business of primary production as just and equitable…

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Australian War Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1919 · page 7

The auction of the Australian motor ears on Salisbury Plain was highly successful, likewise that of typewriters, which realised above cost prices…

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Bulgarian Treaty "An Insensate War" LONDON. Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 September 1919 · page 1

Reuter's Paris correspondent stats that the presentation of the Bulgarian peace terms was dull, the ceremony lasting only 25 minutes. There was…

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Lessons of the War. Sir Joseph Cook's Views, Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1919 · page 8

At the Millions Club dinner to-night Sir Joseph Cook, Minister for the Navy, referred to the lessons of the war. One of the lessons, he said, was that the…

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Soldier Drowned

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 September 1919 · page 5

This morning, Frederick Nicholas Norton (33), a returned soldier, living at Redhill, Brisbane, was found drowned in his bath. He had been four…

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Here and There Soldiers at Home

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 September 1919 · page 5

Last night the Girls' League conducted another popular welcome home gathering in the West Wallaend School of Arts. Forty-two couples took…

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