Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1920

1,076 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 54

War Service Homes Work in Newcastle District Office for North

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 March 1920 · page 4

The War Service Homes Commission has established a district works office in Newcastle, to attend to the constructional section of the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Bowlers' Welcome to Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1920 · page 5

Returned soldier members of the Lowlands Bowling Club and returned soldier sons of members were accorded a welcome by the members of the club in the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Soldiers' Meeting

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 March 1920 · page 4

At the Wickham Council meeting last night Mr. G. R. Salisbury, organising secretary of the Progressive Party, wrote asking permission for…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

War Service Homes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 4

The establishment in Newcastle of a branch office of the War Service Homes Commissioner should give a very much-needed impetus to an…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Methodist Conference. War Memorial Hospital. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 4

The Methodist Conference continued [?] sittings to-day. The conference recorded its appreciation of the generosity of Mrs. Ebenezer…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

War Criminals Trial by German Court Allies' Test Cases London, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 1

Reuter's Paris correspondent says be is authoritatively informed that the Allies have, agreed that a German court of justice be permitted to try a…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Preference to Soldiers' Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 4

Delegates from nineteen Newcastle unions were present at a conference in the Trades Hall last night. This was convened at the instance of the Plumbers…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Returning Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 5

After an absence of over five years, Sergeant P. B. Walsh, of Newcastle, returned by the Cap Verde, which reached Sydney last Sunday. His brother, Major…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Hamilton Soldiers' Monument

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 3

An open-air meeting, to urge the claims of the proposed Soldiers' Monument Hamilton, will be held in front of the council chambers,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The War Criminals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 7

A message from Paris states that the War Criminals Commission has selected 46 cases in which accusations are made against Germans. Great Britain selected…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Soldiers' Religion. Unselfishness a Feature

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 8

Almost universally, the war brought men who were facing danger into the consciousness of a spiritual world. This is the conviction of the new pastor of…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Signatures of Famous Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 5

This is a page from one of the autograph books of Lance-corporal Williams. It contains the signatures of several of the most famous of the British field marshal and generals, namely, Haig, Rawlinson, Byng, Plumer, Wilson, [?] Horne, [?] Swinton…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Turkey Plucked Boundaries Limited Navy Not Permitted War Criminals LONDON, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 1

The Supreme Council has settled the boundaries of the Turkish Empire. The population is limited to six…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Soldiers' Preference Act. Provisions to Be Enforced. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 5

"Complaints have reached me," said Mr. Garland, the State Attorney-General, to-day, "that breaches of the Soldiers' Preference Act are being committed. From…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

"No Discipline" Scenes on a Transport Soldiers' Allegations Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 5

Allocations of had administration were made by the soldiers against the officers on the arrived of the transport Friedrich[?]e to-day…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

War Criminals Bill for Home Trial LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 1

Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports that the German National Assembly has passed the Bill dealing with the trials of war criminals…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Newcastle's Own The Story of the Battalion Chapter Ii. To France and War

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 1

When an Australian soldier went so far as to say good-day to a member of the Royal Family he did not for a moment wish to show any disrespect. Before the battalion left Salisbury Plain for Trance His Majesty the King reviewed the Third Division on the historic fields of Bulford. At…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Summons Division. Soldier's Allotment Money

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 3

James Miller proceeded against Edith Henderson on a charge of having received £107 12s, under an authority to pay Miller a part of such money, and having…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Hamilton. Soldiers' Monument

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 6

A meeting of the general committee of the Hamilton Soldiers' Monument Fund was held in the council chambers last night. There was a full attendance…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Land for Ex-soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 5

Mr. Christopher Turner, who, in December last, visited Australia on behalf of the Royal Colonial Institute, to inquire into prospects of settlement, is drafting…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →