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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 4 of 54

Adamstown Soldiers' Memorial

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

A meeting of the subscribers to the proposed soldiers' memorial was held in the council chambers on Tuesday night. There was a large attendance. The…

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Sustenance of Soldiers. Melbourne

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

An amendment to regulation 37 of the Representation Act was gazetted to-day, empowering deputy controllers of country repatriation committee to increase the…

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Walsh Island Workers 35 Soldiers Laid Off

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 1

Yesterday, thirty-nine members of the Painters and Dockers' Union were laid off at Walsh Island. The reason given to the men by the management…

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Honor for Northern Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 4

The approaching visit to Newcastle of the Prince of Wales and General Birdwood provides a rare opportunity for the presentation of military decorations and awards of merit to sailors, soldiers and bereaved parents belonging to this and the northern districts…

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A War Recital

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 8

In the Central Hall on Thursday next the war recital to be given by Captain W. K. Harris, in aid of the Newcastle Y.M.C.A. new building fund, should prove…

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War Service Homes

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 4

On being told that he could have a new collage by the end of the year 1921, the enterprising Anzac, anxious not to be left in the lurch, remarked…

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War Criminals Paris, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 1

M. Clemeceau, Mr Lloyd George, and Signor Nitti have accepted Lord Birkenhead and Baron Ignac's proposals regarding the list of war…

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Results of the War. Mr. Balfour Hopeful. Reward Still Imperfect. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

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

At a banquet in London of the Unionists' Association, Mr. Balfour, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, referring to the last few years, said that…

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Returning Soldiers

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

Mr. W. Owens, M.B.E., of this city, accompanied by his wife, has arrived in Melbourne, after over five years, service with the Y.M.C.A. organisation in Egypt,…

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Returned Soldier's Death. Finnie Sent for Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 5

Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held an Inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, into the death of a man whose name is alleged to be William Henry…

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Work for Soldiers Operations at Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 6

At a meeting of the West Maitland Repatriation Committee, held at the Town Hall on Thursday night, the president (Mr. George) submitted a…

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Jews and the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 5

Presiding at a banquet of the Jewish Historical Society, Earl Reading declared that the Jewish community was proud of the part it had played in the…

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Sailors and Soldiers' Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 4

The hon, treasurer, Mr. Charles A. Earp has been advised of the following donations:—Amount previously published, £1004 17s 10d: W. Case, £2 2s; A. Paton,…

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War Recital

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 6

Special interest attaches to the war recital to be given by Capt. W. K. Harris in the Central Hall on Thursday evening next in aid of the Y.M.C.A. building…

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War Lecture

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 6

In the Central Hall. King-street, to-morrow evening, a recital of the war, by Captain W. K. Harris, D.S.O., should prove interesting and instructive. From…

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War Recital

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 4

Captain Walter Kilroy Harris. D.S.O. (two bars), F.R.G.S., F.R.C.I., a native of this district, will deliver his long-looked-for war recital at the…

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A Good Hater Hun Against Hun Erzberger's War Deals LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 5

"The Times" correspondent at Berlin reports that Cadet von Hirachfelds explains that he wished for the assassination of Erzberger to deliver…

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More and More Ships a Record Year Repairing War's Ravages LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 1

Lloyd's Register shows that the total output of the world's merchant shipbuilding for 1919 was 7,144,000 tons, an increase of 1,697,000…

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Welcome to Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 6

A welcome to soldiers and presentations of medals, will be held in the Odd-fellows' Hall, Auckland-street, next Wednesday evening under the auspices of the…

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Settlement of Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 4

The Repatriation Department has to rely upon the Governments of the States to carry out that part of the national scheme which provides…

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