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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 8 of 54

Soldier Land-seekers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 10

The Victorian State Government has evidently been caught napping in regard to land settlement for returned soldiers. The Ministry declares that it is buying up…

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Returning Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 7

Mrs. R. A. O'Sullivan, of 162 Darbystreet, has been advised that her son, Private H. R. W. O'Sullivan (Pooy), is returning to Australia by the troopship…

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Soldier' Settlement Poultry Farms at Kurri

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 1

The Weston Estate at Kurri Kurri has been subdivided into 5[?]locks and set aside as a soldiers' settlement area. The average size of the blocks is six…

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Motor Buses' War Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 5

King George, at the Palaco, inspected the London motor omnibus B43, which served on the Continent throughout the war, and is now plying again in London…

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The Supreme Council. the War Criminals. Case of the Kaiser. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 5

The Supreme Council eat for six hours on Friday. It Is believed in London that for the last three weeks no American representative has attended the Council…

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Waratah Soldiers' Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 6

Sir,—At a meeting of the Waratah Soldiers' Memorial Committee, which was by no means a representative gathering of the citizens of Mayfield and Waratah, the…

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Returned Soldiers' Badge. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 5

Military Orders issued yesterday contain a notification that the conditions governing the granting of the Returned Soldier's Badge have been widened, so…

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Here and There Hamilton Soldiers' Welcome

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 1

The Hamilton Soldiers' Presentation and Welcome Home Committee will meet in the council chambers tonight to finalise arrangements for the…

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Desperate Soldier Sequel to a Raid LONDON. Sunday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 1

Scotland Yard reports that while three detectives, beaded by Sergeant Cooper, were raiding a house in Pimlico they encountered, therein an…

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Welcome Home Gratitude to Diggers

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 3

Private Cecil J. Gilbert, who enlisted with Captain Carmichael's Thousand, and left for the front about three years age, was welcomed home…

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Waratah. Soldiers Welcomed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 5

The last of a series of welcomes to returned soldiers of Waratah was given in the school of arts hall last evening, when there was an enthusiastic gathering…

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War Feelings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 4

The war was to end war. An impression seems to prevail that it was also to end war feelings. That would be possible only by ending Human Nature. Europe has…

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The War Criminals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 5

The Supreme Council has issued its reply to the German Note of January 25, which set out that grave political and economic consequences were likely to…

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Tighe's Hill. Soldiers Welcomed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 5

Mr. T. Armstrong presided over a welcome home to soldiers last night in Tighe's Picture Palace. The ladies of the welcome home committee set out the…

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Waratah-mayfield Soldiers' Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 3

Sir,—I was rather surprised to read in your issue a letter signed by Mr. Ford complaining of the apathy shown by the citizens of Waratah in attending and…

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War Memorials Advisory Board Appointed

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 1

The desire to commemorate worthily the services of those who gave their lives for their country in the great was is finding expression in the…

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Hamilton. Presentation to Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 5

Presentations were made to a number of Hamilton returned soldiers at a banquet held in their honour last night in the Mechanics' Institute, which was…

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District News. Waratah. the Soldiers' Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 5

A meeting, convened by the Waratab Soldiers, Memorial Committee, was held in the Mayfield Methodist School Hall last evening, there being a large and…

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Another Street Pest Not a Soldier Misplaced Sympathy

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 4

Thomas O'Donnell (26), a crane driver, who admitted before Mr. Butler, D.S.M., this morning his guilt in respect to a charge of offensive…

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Double Divorce Man's Complete Change Soldier's Homecoming

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 3

The story of the wrecking of two homes, because a husband thought his wife did not know how to dress, was told hi the Divorce Court, before…

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