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The wars & local soldiers, 1920

1,076 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 54

The Polish War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 5

A wireless message from Moscow states that M. Tchitcherin has protested to Austria and Czecho-Slovakia against permitting the sale and transport of munitions…

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Wallsend and Plattsburg. Soldiers' Welcomed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 7

A welcome home was tendered returned soldiers at the Masonic Hall on Monday evening, when there was a large attendance. The function was the final of a…

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Boolaroo Soldiers Meeting of the League

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 1

A meeting of the Boolaroo sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League was held on Sunday. Mr. A. R. Young presided. The president…

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Homes for Soldiers Pleasant Surprise Sulphide Staff Gift

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 6

A meeting of the Adamstown Voluntary Workers' Association was held in the Council Chambers last night. The Mayor (Ald Saunders) presided…

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Through the Garden Our Sympathetic Prince Hand-shakes for Soldiers Victorian Country Tour CAMPERDOWN

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 5

A group of school kiddies outside, the little station, a few Important looking persons, the president and councillors of the shire, branches of gum…

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War Criminals The List Increased LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 June 1920 · page 1

Further names have been added to the list of war criminals. There include Generals Marwitz, Raide, Feumel, and Richthofen, whom the father…

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Ex-german Shot Man From Australia Soldiers Hold Up Tram LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 June 1920 · page 1

Reuter's Berlin correspondent, telegraphing from Beauthen, states that in Upper Silesia some French soldiers stopped a tram and took out a…

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Here and There a Teralba Soldier

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 June 1920 · page 6

At a meeting of the Teralba Home and Reception Committee on Tuesday night. It was decided to tender a welcome to Private R. M. Storey and…

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Berlin War Story

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

The Paris newspaper "Intransigeant" prints an amazing story or secret war council in Berlin. It states that it discussed immediate…

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Bolshevik Russia. "War of All Against All."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 6

Prince Eugene Troubetzkoy, professor of law in the University of Moscow, does not appear to have been greatly impressed by Bolshevik methods…

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District News. Waratah and Mayfield. Soldiers' Memorial Site

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

A meeting of the Waratah and Mayfield Soldiers' Memorial Committee was held in the school of arts hall last evening, when the question of the site and form…

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The Prince of Wales Australian Visit Altered. Tasmanian Trip Postponed. Entertained in Melbourne by Soldiers and Sailors' League. Melbourne

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

The Prince of Wales was happily free from official engagements this morning. At one o'clock he was the guest of the Federal Executive of the Returned Sailors…

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Soldier Tenants Moratorium Applies Ejection Order Refused

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 1

Mr. Brown, S.M., decided at Newcastle Police Court this morning that members of the A.I.F. are still protected by the provision of the…

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For the Soldiers Hamilton Monument

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 1

The Hamilton Monument Committee, at a meeting in the local Council Chambers last night, gave consideration to the desirableness of…

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A Ceaseless War and Its Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 June 1920 · page 4

Sitting quietly in London, unhonored and unsung except for an occasional small reference in the cables, are a number of men who may be regarded as mankind's soldiers. They war against an army which renews itself every year, which inflicts untold damage upon manking, killing hin…

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Petroleum During the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1920 · page 9

Delivering on Wednesday this week his Royal Institution Lecture on "Petroleum and the War,"—which he had had to postpone from January, being detained on…

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Kurri Girl's Affections Returned Soldier's Break £100 DAMAGES

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 5

To-day in the Banco Court, before the Chief Justice and a jury of four Loulsa Mary Ana Leggett, of Kurri Kurri, sought to recover £600…

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Anzac Constable Abused by Diggers Midnight Joy Riders

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 2

"I have got a—poor opinion of you, you—guy. You are no gentlemen. I fought for you while you walked the streets."…

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Deceased Soldiers' Children Educational Assistance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 6

Provision is made under the Repatriation Act for the granting of special allowances for educational and training purposes for orphan children of deceased…

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Maitland District. the Soldiers and Father O'reilly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 6

Mr. B. B. Capper, president, occupied the chair at a meeting of the West Maitland sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, held last evening. The reply of…

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