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The wars & local soldiers, 1920

1,076 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 41 of 54

Helping the Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 August 1920 · page 3

There is a little band of workers in Newcastle who, like the bees, go busily, and consistently about their work, and unobtrusively store up…

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Canada's War Pensions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 5

It is announced in Ottawa that the pension payments to Canadian war veterans for the year ending on August 31 will amount to 35,000,000 dollars, and that the…

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The Polish War. Further Fighting. the Danzig Trouble. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 5

The "Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung," of Berlin, states that a counter-offensive by the Russian northern army has commnenced, and that after severe…

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Replanting the Forests Training the Soldiers LONDON, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 1

Considerable progress is being made in afforestation in Britain. Forty-four thousand acres have been acquired for planting. and negotiations are…

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Brown's Bonuses Questions of Halves Soldiers' Settlement Inquiry SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 5

Arthur Charles Brown continued his evidence in the Soldiers' Settlement Inquiry to-day. Mr. Collins: Regarding this bonus…

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Soldiers' Graves Anzac Day Pilgrimage British Memorial

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 August 1920 · page 7

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones, of Morgan-street, Merewether, have received a notification from Mr. A. T. Sharp, organiser of the Anzac Day…

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Soldiers' Settlement Inquiry. a Searching Examination. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1920 · page 7

Mr. Justice Street, Royal Commissioner, to-day continued his investigations in connection with the Soldiers' Settlement Branch of the Lands Department…

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Soldiers' Industrial Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1920 · page 6

Mr. Connolly, who is in charge of the Soldiers' Industrial Committee in Sydney, has been appointed chairman of the committee formed in Newcastle, as the…

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A Soldier's Headstone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1920 · page 9

Our authorities, after much discussion, have at last come to a decision bout headstones for our soldiers who fell in the war. All along there has…

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Returned Soldiers' Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1920 · page 6

The statement of Mr. Cann, the Minister for Labour and Industry, that he favours the repeal of the Returned Sallors and Soldiers' Employment Act is accepted in…

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Soldier—sportsman Fond of Riding Victoria's New Governor Sails in January LONDON, August 26

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 August 1920 · page 1

The Earl and Countess of Stradbroke will sail by the Naldera on January 19, 1921, or a fortnight later, to take up their home at…

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Eastbourne Sensation Search for Murderer Fails Women Join the Hunt Two Soldiers Wanted London, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 August 1920 · page 1

The Eastbourne murder is proving one of the most intricate of modern criminal problems. Theory after theory is rejected, and the hue and…

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Fifth Day in Box Brown's Examination Soldiers' Settlement Inquiry SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 August 1920 · page 5

Arthur Charles Brown foreman carenter on the soldiers Settlements to-day entered on the fifth day of his evidence before the Commission of…

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Non-strike Socialists Civil War Feared Political Action Wanted LONDON. August. 28

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 5

The Executive Council of the Social Democratic Federation, formerly the National Socialist Party, has passed a resolution protesting "moat strongly…

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The Polish War. Great Bolshevik Losses. Counter-offensive Opens. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 5

The Poles claim successes in the Brest-Litovsk region. The Polish Legation states that the total Bolshevik losses since the battle of…

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Soldier Settlement. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 5

Mr. Justice Street, Royal Commissioner, continued the inquiry to-day into the administration of the Soldier Settlements Branch of the New South Wales Lands…

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About Bonuses Soldier Settlements a Builder's Evidence SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 4

Charles Brown, a builder, formerly employed on soldiers' settlements, told the Commission Inquiring into the administration of the soldiers'…

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ADAMSTOWN'S £2705 Patriotic Record Final Welcome Home

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 September 1920 · page 2

The final welcome home to returned soldiers arranged by the Adamstown Reception Committee look place in the Kitchener Hall last night…

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War Office Reports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1920 · page 5

A War Office communique states that the situation in Mesopotamia has not materially changed. The Bagdad-Mosul railway was cut…

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The Polish War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1920 · page 5

M. Paderewski, the Prime Minister of Poland, interviewed by a representative of the newspaper "Excelsior," said:— "The strategic situation on the borders…

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