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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1920

1,076 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 54

Mosquito Island. Soldiers Welcomed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1920 · page 3

The Mosquito and Dempsey Islands Citizens' Committee on Saturday tendered the final welcome to returned soldiers who bad enlisted from the Islands. Mr…

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District News. Stockton. Soldiers Welcomed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1920 · page 6

Returned soldiers and sailors belonging to St. Paul's Church of England were tendered a welcome home in the Temperance Hall last night. The Rev. A. N…

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Blind Soldiers' Tea Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1920 · page 6

The Blind Soldiers' Tea Company, Limited which was started under the auspices of the New South Wales branch Red Cross, is doing excellent…

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Soldiers' Memorial

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 April 1920 · page 5

The hon. treasurer (Mr. Charles A. Earp) has been notified of the following additional donation: £ s. d…

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Anzac Day in Newcastle. the Soldiers' Sports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 5

At a meeting of the Newcastle Branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League held at the Anzac Institute last evening, arrangements were…

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Holiday for Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 6

Sir,—To my mind a day should be set apart from all other days as a holiday for the whole Commonwealth to commemorate the achievements and sacrifices of…

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America's War Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 5

The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" states that Major Wrench has presented Mr. Daniels, the United Staten Secretary for Defence, with…

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Federal Parliament. the Senate. War Gratuity Bill Passed. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 5

Senator Millen, the Minister for Repatriation, said he had read with astonishment a report that the Administrator of the Northern Territory had declared that…

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340,000 War Fortunes Estimated at £1,000,000,000

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 5

The first public meeting of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on War Fortunes Taxation was held recently in London. Sir…

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Sailors and Soldiers' Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 5

The hon treasurer, Mr. C. A. Earp, has been notified of the following additional donation: Amount previously published. £2771 13s 9d; Newcastle Tattersall's Club,…

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Soldiers' Memorial. Carnival Opens To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 4

The organising secretaries (Messrs. Lawson, Cannington, and Drayton) state that, given fine weather to-day and to-morrow, the carnival, for which…

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Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 6

The 25th of April, 1915, will always be remembered in Australia as a day of deep sorrow but of great pride—sorrow for the memory of the brave…

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Anzac Day Maitland Programme

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 5

A grand procession through Maitland will be held to-morrow afternoon, in memory of April 25, 1915, when Australia took her place alongside the…

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Anzac Day Postal Arrangements

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 6

The following holiday arrangements will be observed at the Post Office on Monday: Postal and telegraph counters open…

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Anzac Day. Landing at Gallipoli. Fifth Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 7

The annals of neither ancient nor modern history afford anything more striking than the landing of the Australian troops at Gallipoli. To-morrow marks another…

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Melbourne Gossip. Melbourne, April 22. the War Gratuity Battle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 10

The Federal feature of the week has, of course, been the fight in the Senate to extend the provisions of the War Gratuity Bill to munition workers and others. The…

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German Evasions Hidden War Material France on the Qui Vive London, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 1

The Time Paris correspondent says that General Masterman caused a sensation at the Ambassadors' Conference by describing the German…

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Soldiers and Sectarianism

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 10

The squabble among the "heads" of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' League over the appointment of a secretary is somewhat interesting, since it is said to…

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Soldiers' Memorial. Successful Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 6

The street carnival in aid of the Newcastle Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Memorial Fund was held yesterday, and there was a combination of effort which…

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Anzac Sports To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 6

It is announced that a special tram service will commence at 12.5 p.m. to-day in connection with the Amaze sports on the Show Ground, The programme is one of…

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