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The wars & local soldiers, 1920

1,076 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 47 of 54

Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, Oct. 6. Our War Debts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 2

In the House of Representatives, Mr. Massey, the Prime Minister, took the opportunity afforded by the second reading of an Amending Land and Income…

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Anti—red Armies War on Bolshevism New Peasant Leader LONDON, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 1

"The Times" special correspondent reports that another anti-Bolshevik army has arisen. The leader is a small man, with sympathetic…

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MR. C. A. EARP, C.B.C. British Empire Order. Recognition of War Work

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 3

Newcastle is represented in the war honors list issued by the King in the dignity conferred upon Mr. Charles Anthony Earp, of third-class…

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Merewether War Workers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 October 1920 · page 3

Sir,—A meeting was to have been held the purpose of which was to recognise the good work done by war workers and welcome home committees of this…

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Irish Situation. Mr. Churchill's View. Danger of Civil War. (Australian Cable Association.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 October 1920 · page 5

Mr. Churchill, the Secretary of State for War, speaking in Dundee, said: "It would be madness to put ourselves at the mercy of such terrorists as De Valera…

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Dead Soldiers' Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 October 1920 · page 5

A memorial plaque of gunmetal, bearing appropriate emblems of Britain's power, is being sent to the relatives of those who died in the war…

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Hun Professors Reconciliation Urged Regrets for War London, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 1

A number of Oxford professors and doctors have sent letters to Austrian and German professors regretting the war and the severance of friendly…

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Soldiers' Settlement. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 4

William Drynan Jervois Evans, chief, inspector in the Soldiers' Settlement Department, and formerly a major in the A.I.F., was the chief witness before Mr…

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Maitland Vale Estate Cabinet Criticised Soldiers' Preference Act

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 5

The question of the resumption of the Maitland Vale Estate for soldiers' settlements is still agitating the minds of some of the returned soldiers of…

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Maitland Memorial Hall to Be Erected Soldiers' Decision

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 4

The soldiers of Maitland and district have decided to erect their own memorial hall and not to wait for the citizens' committee…

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Digger Bigamist Pleads War in Extenuation LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 October 1920 · page 1

William Aldenton, a smartly dressed Australian, pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy at the Old Bailey. In a lengthy speech from the dock…

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Blind Soldiers' Tea Shop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1920 · page 6

The blind soldiers' tea shop, 358 High-street, will be opened by the Mayor of West Maitland at half-past three o'clock to-morrow afternoon. The shop will be…

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Soldier's Watch Found on Battlefield

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 October 1920 · page 6

This paragraph will be a pleasant surprise to a Waratah resident. "I have in my possession," writes Mr. J. E. Ogden, member of the…

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Soldiers' Settlements. Mr. Bryant's Position. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1920 · page 5

At the Soldiers' Settlement inquiry today, Mr. Mack, K.C., who is representing the Crown to assist the Commissioner, intimated that he was ready to examine Mr…

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Blinded Soldiers' Tea Shop Branch at Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 October 1920 · page 5

Stretcher-Bearer A. C. Payne. M.M., has been appointed to the charge of the branch of the Blinded Soldiers' Tea Company, which was opened at…

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Australia's War Claims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 5

It is reported from New York that Mr. Bernard Baruch, one of President Wilson's closest economic advisers in Paris, has published a book in which…

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War Service Homes "Scandalous" Plans

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 1

Merewether Council had the plans of the proposed War Service Homes under consideration last night. Aldermen freely criticised the plans, which,…

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Resumed Sitting. the War Trophies. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, Mr. Storey, the Premier, replying to Mr. O'Brien, said he was In sympathy with the suggestion that farmers and…

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World's Salvation War Will Not Win SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 5

"War will not win the world's salvation," said Mr. A. Varney, of New Zealand, in an address at the Y.M.C.A. Convention to-day. Only…

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Soldiers' Travels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 5

The Commonwealth having withdrawn its objections, the British Government is arranging, with the unanimous concurrence of India and the whole of the…

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