Europe's War Orphans
Upon his return to Washington from a visit to Europe, Dr. Livingston Farrand, chairman of the Central Committee of the American Red Cross, issued a statement…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1921
847 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 43
Merry War Widows Home and a Dowry
What is the attraction of the war widow for the single man? War widows are marrying at the rate of 2000 per month, so that of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers at Walsh Island
Sir,—While admiring the fight put up by the deputation of union delegates from Walsh Island for the building of ships there, it is to be regretted that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sailors and Soldiers' Memorial
The hon. treasurer, Mr. Charles A. Earp, has been notified of the following further donation:—Amount previously published, £7053 17s 8d; Hamilton Red Cross Society,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hamilton Soldiers
The final presentation to returned soldiers who enlisted from Hamilton will be made in the local Mechanics' Institute to-night. "The Merry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Appeal Case
In connection with the appeal to the Supreme Court by the Maitland Soldiers' League against a magistrate's decision in respect to their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Menace of Another War
The possibility of another European war was discussed recently by Viscount Grey in a speech in Glasgow. "It is essential that there should not be another war,"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Still on Fiendish Hun Plans Damages to French Mines
In the mines of France and Belgium the owners are still looking for a different kind of mine—the explosive traps set by the Germans to kill or disable…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cost of Cottages Rise of £300 War Service Homes SYDNEY
"Cottages which would have cost £400 to build before the war, now cost £720 to £730, but there is a distinct downward tendency, and I expect…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hamilton Soldiers' Memorial Concert
"The Merrymakers," the combination of entertainers who have given a series of successful concerts in aid of patriotic funds, made their last appearance at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →False Declarations. Pension of Soldiers' Widows
Stringent action is now being taken by the Department of Repatriation in cases of fraud upon the department on the part of widows of deceased soldiers who have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers at Walsh Island
Sir,—I am glad that "J.W.F." has drawn attention to the dismissal of soldiers at Walsh Island. It may be partly true that certain preferences are given to returned…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Make Hamilton Grow Soldiers' Monument Merrymaker's Concert
The entertainment arranged by the Musical Merrymakers, in aid of the Hamilton Soldiers' Monument being erected in Gregson Park, held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Anzac Day. Melbourne
Referring to the suggestion that Anzac Day should be observed as a national day rather than a day of rejoicing, Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, said he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British War Estimates
Sir Worthington Evans, the Secretary of State for War, introduced the War Estimates in the House of Commons. The War Office, he said, was aiming…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Portuguese War Honour
A message from Lourenco Marques states that the body of an unknown Portuguese soldier is to be buried in a place of honour at the Pantheon, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Service Homes. Allotment at Newcastle. Sydney
The Federal Public Accounts Committee took further evidence to-day regarding the War Service Homes Department. Donald James Hutchings, Deputy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kurri Tragedy Digger's Throat Cut Gassed at the War
Albert Stevens (35), a single man, was found dead in a bedroom at the residence of his parents, Coronation-street, Kurri Kurri, late yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Great Calamity Victorian Bush Fires Returned Soldiers Suffer MELBOURNE
Anxiety regarding the bush fires, which have been burning in the Gippsland district, has been allayed. Nearly two inches of rain has fallen,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Service Homes
Two inquiries have been proceeding in New South Wales into the administration of the War Service Homes Act. The first was carried out by a committee…
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