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The wars & local soldiers, 1920

1,076 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 54

Butchers' Employees. Honour Roll Unveiled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 5

The honour roll of the Newcastle and Northern district branch of the Meat Workers' Union was unveiled by Alderman R. Gibson, the Mayor, at the Trades…

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(Published by Arrangement.) Diggers and Drink. What a Soldier Says—and What Government Says

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 6

A recent issue of the Adelaide "Observer" tells of a public meeting which Packed Adelaide Town Hall to hear Capt. George Burkett speak on…

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A Soldier Politician. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 5

Mr. J. H. Vaughan, who resigned his position as Attorney-General in 1917 to enlist in the Australian Imperial Forces, and who while fighting as a private in…

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Hamilton Soldiers Final Welcome Home

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 3

At a meeting of Hamilton Soldiers' Presentation and Welcome Home Committee, over which the Mayor (Ald. Wilson) presided last night, it…

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War Observations Paris, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 1

The French War Ministry has invited officers to send in their personal observations in connection with the war on such questions as the…

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Progress of Meteorology. Influence of the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 5

Meteorology, in common with many other sciences, claimed special consideration in the great war, and as a result received a powerful impulse along the…

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Technical War But Practical Peace America's Position Vancouver

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 5

Washington officials say that the ratification of the Peace Treaty will not affect the United States. While technically a state of war between the…

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Soldiers' Settlements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 4

The settlement for soldier poultry farmers which in to be established near Weston under the repatriation scheme will not be altogether in the…

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Federal Soldiers Satisfied With Bonus

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 1

A few months ago the West Maitland Soldiers' League petitioned the Prime Minister's Department requesting that Commonwealth public…

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Soldiers' Sick Pay Complaints Against Lodge

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 4

Discussion took place at last night's meeting of the executive of the West Maitland Soldiers' League, regarding the reported failure of certain…

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Sailors and Soldiers' Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 6

The hon. treasurer, Mr. C. A. Earp, has been notified of the following donations:—Anonymous, £160: Earp Bros and Company, Limited, £100; N. B. Creer, £50;…

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Death of a Returned Soldier. Unconscious in Hotel Yard

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 5

The death at the Newcastle Hospital last evening of a man who was found lying unconscious in the afternoon in the yard of the Royal Hotel, corner of…

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Hotel Tragedy Returned Soldier's Death Was It Foul Play?

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 1

A returned soldier, William Howell Webb, who was picked up in the Royal Hotel yard yesterday afternoon with a wounded head, died in the…

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Carrington Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 2

Last evening Sergeant Don Woodbine, M.M., was welcomed to his residence Gipp-street. Carrington by relatives and friends. He was met by…

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Returned Soldiers' League Annual Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Newcastle sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia was held at the Anzac Institute last…

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Returned Soldier's Death. Two Arrests Made

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 5

Two men, Albert Arthur George Finnie, 23, and Thomas Harley, 21, were arrested yesterday in connection with the death of the returned soldier, whose name is…

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After War Finance. Britain's Position Reviewed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 5

Every public man declares that our position is serious. The National Debt is eight thousand millions, and the Budget deficit will be £300,000,000, and…

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War Criminals The Bar of Judgment PARIS, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 1

A meeting of the Allies' delegates, including Lord Birkenhead, Baron Ignace and the French Under-Secretary for Military and Justice, have…

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The Lost Race Splendid War Achievement LONDON, January 14

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 1

Max Mordau, speaking in London, said that 900,000 Jews had fought in the various armies during the world's war, equal to 7 per cent, of the race…

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Will War Resume? Startling Prediction The Bolshevik Peril VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 5

General Biles, who was the American military repreten tative on the Supreme War Council at Versailles,…

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