Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1923

503 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 26

Soldier Poultry Industry. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 July 1923 · page 6

Representatives of the soldier settlers at Campbelltown to-day saw Mr. Wearne, the Acting Premier, and requested that the concession of 33 1-3…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

H. G. Wells Famous Outline of History The Romance of Mother Earth To-day's Instalment.—no. 157. Europe and the Crusades. the Church's War on Heretics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 July 1923 · page 7

We have said that Innocent III. never seemed to realise that his ward Frederick II. was growing up. It is equally true that the papcy did not seem to…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Returned Soldiers and Sectarianism

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 3

Sir,—Mr. Skelton is reported as having at a meeting held at Dubbo made the statement that the thin end of the wedge of Roman Catholicism was being…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Shelter for Soldiers Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 5

Directly on his return from Queensland. Mr. Oakes, the Acting. Premier, looked into the question of finding shelter for returned soldiers who are…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

"On the Verge of War!" Ben Tillett Causes a Sensation Cowardly Statesmanship "Better if Germany Had Won" LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 July 1923 · page 1

Mr. Ben Tillett, in a sensational speech at the Transport Workers' Conference, declared that, though he was pro-French he regarded the Ruhr occupation as madness, due to statesmanship too cowardly to face economic facts…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

"Beggared Description" Squalor, Filth, Neglect Soldier's Home. Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 July 1923 · page 6

Occupying a one-roomed house at Peakhurst, was a returned soldier, his wife, two children, his sister-in-law and her infant child. When the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Fahmy Bey's Tragic Death Spendthrift Heir of Cotton King Income From War-time Fortune Beautiful Princess in the Dock LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 July 1923 · page 1

The glamor of Eastern romance is associated with Alf Kamel Fahmy Bey, who was murdered at the Savoy Hotel on Monday night. His father was a small cotton-grower, and grew enormously rich through the rise in cotton prices in war-time, until…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Returned Soldiers and Sectarianism

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 July 1923 · page 7

Sir,—In your issue of 10th instant Mr. P. Geoghan, vice-president R.S.I.L., Newcastle branch, writes regarding alleged statements of mine concerning the…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

War Gas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1923 · page 15

If the war had continued for another two years it is likely that poison gas would have become the deadliest weapon in use. This is made clear by a new…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Tuberculous Soldiers, Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1923 · page 4

Mr. Bruce, the Prime Minister, was interviewed to-day by a deputation representing soldiers' organisations, who urged that returned soldiers…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Garden of Memory Monument at Le Quesnoy Tributes to New Zealand Troops "Final Turning Point of the War" LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 July 1923 · page 1

Many New Zealanders made the outrage to Le Quesnoy, where thousands of residents assembled from all parts of the district for the double ceremony. Marshal Joffre unveiled a monument to soldiers who felt in the district, and Lord Milner opened…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Tuberculous Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 July 1923 · page 4

Mr. Bruce, the Prime Minister, gave a sympathetic reply to the deputation which waited on him in regard to the treatment of tuberculous soldiers. The…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Surgery Miracles Post-war Reconstruction LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 July 1923 · page 5

The Prince of Wales welcomed hundreds of the world's most famous surgeons, including Voronof, to the international surgery congress…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Federal Parliament. House of Representatives War Service Homes Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 July 1923 · page 9

In the House of Representatives to-day, in reply to Mr. Maloney (Vic.), Dr. Earle Page, the Treasurer, stated that the omission of the printer's name on the…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

No Good for England War On Capitalism Labor Scheme Lloyd George's Warning LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 July 1923 · page 4

The House of Commons resumed the debate on Mr. Snowden's motion condemning the capitalist system, and urging the public ownership of the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

War Service Homes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1923 · page 4

The complete reorganisation of the War Service Homes Department is a task which has to be faced by Mr. Stewart, the Federal Minister…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Britain's Food Supply in Time of War Dependence on the Navy (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 July 1923 · page 5

Lord Selbourne, in the House of Lords, asked whether, in view of the development of submarine and aerial warfare, the Government would refer the question…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

German Civil War Red Peril and 'White Terror' Bavaria the Pivot Communists Beat Big Drum LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 July 1923 · page 1

"The Times" Berlin correspondent states that the prospects of a civil war in Germany, due to the development of Communism, are being freely…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

War Office Meat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1923 · page 5

Mr. Gwynne, the Financial Secretary to the War Office, replying to a question in the House of Commons in reference to a recent corned beef…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The War and Crime

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 July 1923 · page 5

During the latter days of the war and immediately following the armistice, there were gloomy forebodings of a large increase in the number of offences…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →