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The wars & local soldiers, 1920

1,076 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 54

Sailors and Soldiers' Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 5

The hon. treasurer, Mr. C. Earp, has been notified of the following further donations:—Amount previously published, £2719 9s 4d; J. R. Downes, £1 1s. Total,…

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Soldiers' Certificates. Newcastle Applicants

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 5

At last night's meeting of the Newcastle Council, Mr. Glassop, the town clerk, presented a report dealing with the applications for certificates of…

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The City Gay Soldiers' Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 5

The carnival on April 23 and 24 in aid of the Newcastle District Soldiers and Sailors' Memorial Fund promises to be a big affair. There will…

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Work for Soldiers City Council Service "Not New Positions"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 5

Discussion took place at the City Council meeting last night concerning the position created by the Preference to Soldiers Act in relation to the men…

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Murder of Sinn Feiner Were Soldiers Guilty? "Monstrous Suggestion" LONDON, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 1

In the House of Commons, Mr. Macpherson, replying to Lord Robert Cecil, said he had no further information regarding the murder of the Lord…

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Seamen and War. War Gratuity Question. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 4

It has been declared by the Federal Council of the Seamen's Union, which has been sitting in Melbourne to summon an international conference of the seamen's…

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America and the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 5

It is understood that President Wilson intends to veto the resolution by senator Knox, declaring that America is at peace with Germany…

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War to Peace The Transition Period

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 5

The expected "transition period" between war and peace has not yet arrived, according to an editorial writer in "The Iron Age" (New York)…

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House of Representatives. War Gratuity Bill. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 4

Mr. M'Williams (Tas.), read a telegram in the House of Representatives to-day, stating that a man with 11 children was about to be sold up unless the moratorium…

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"Frittered Away" America's "Commanding War Prestige" Rejection of Treaty Bitterly Resented Crime Against the World Vancouver, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 1

It is reported from New York that Mr. W. J. Bryan, in an interview, said the defeat of the Treaty was a colossal crime against the country and against…

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Soldiers' Pensions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 4

In deciding to introduce a bill to place the work of repatriation under the control of a commission, with Deputy Commissions in each of the…

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Soldiers' Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 5

A progressive coin afternoon was held at the Anzac Institute, Newcastle, yesterday afternoon, under the auspices of the committee of the Red Cross in aid of…

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Here and There Hamilton Soldiers' Monument

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 1

The Hamilton Soldiers' Monument Committee will Council to-night in the Council Chambers to further arrangements for the four days' continental…

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Street Stalls Soldiers' Memorial Day

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 4

The ladies' committee in charge of the street demonstration to be conducted on April 3, in aid of the Soldiers" Memorial Fund, has drawn up…

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Sale of War Stores

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 5

Mr. Kellaway, the Deputy Minister for Munitions, on a speech at Bedford, stated the total realised by the sale of surplus war stores and stores purchased on…

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Turkish Nationalists War Against the French Situation Serious London, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 1

General Nowri, Emir Feisul's Chief of Staff, who has arrived at Constantinople en route for Paris and London, states with regard to the…

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German Plots French Suspicious of Revolt Another War Predicted Allied Intervention Urged London, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 1

Reuter's Paris correspondent says that in the course of a serious warning "Le Temps" declares that all the conflicting parities in Germany are about…

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Dublin Riots Soldiers v. CIVVIES Murdered Mayor's Funeral LONDON, March 23

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 1

A detachment of troops which was mobbed by a crowd in Dublin tired a volley, killing two and wounding several…

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War Wealth Taxation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 7

Mr. A. J. Hobson, the chairman of several al large stool works, who is the senior vice-president of the Associated British Chambers of Commerce, giving evidence…

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Sale of War Munitions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 7

Mr. J. F. Hope, the Deputy minister for Munitions of War, said that sales of the surplus war property had been made to the Belgian Government to the value of…

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