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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1923

503 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 26

Second Prize to a Blind Soldier

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 December 1923 · page 2

France, 1323. Pink with the daisies every field is starred; The enestnut flowers…

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Mustard Gas in the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1923 · page 7

The War Inventions Commission yesterday heard the claims of Dr. Levenstein and Professor Green regarding mustard gas…

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Soldier Settlers' Relief. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1923 · page 6

In the course of an interview in Sydney last night. Mr. Wearne, the Minister for Lands, said the Government had decided to provide £50,000 for the relief of…

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Pinkerton Dead American Sleuth Civil War Service VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 December 1923 · page 1

William Allan Pinkerton, head of the well-known American detective agency, has died. He lived in semi-retirement in California of recent…

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Preventing War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1923 · page 3

A report from Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., reads: War can best be prevented and the advancement and prosperity of the workers…

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Australia's Debt War Loan Terms Address to Bankers (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1923 · page 5

A dinner was given last evening in honour of Mr. S. M. Bruce, the Prime Minister of Australia, by the Westminister Bank. The company included the Duke…

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Soldiers' Passes

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 December 1923 · page 5

The train and tram passes for 1924 for incapacitated soldiers in the Newcastle district will be issued upon production of the parses for 1923 at the office of…

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Secret Press Belgium's Record War Work Honored LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 December 1923 · page 1

A unique tribute to Belgian journalists was paid when citizens of all classes assembled in large numbers in Brussels to honor the clandestine…

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Soldiers' Children

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 December 1923 · page 4

On Friday afternoon the children of returned and deceased soldiers are invited to Anzac Memorial Hall, where they will be entertained at a Christmas tree…

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For Soldiers' Children

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 December 1923 · page 8

The Christmas tree fund presents will be distributed to soldiers' children at the King's Hall on Friday afternoon. Children under twelve years of age are…

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Christmas Cheer for Soldiers Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 December 1923 · page 5

Sir George Fuller, the State Premier announced to-night that the Government had decided to vote £100 to provide Christmas cheer for returned soldiers…

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Stable Submarine German Professor's Claim Would Have Won War British Opinion Not Alarmed LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 December 1923 · page 3

I have at last succeeded in solving the most baffling problem of all in naval warfare, namely, the stabilisation, of submarines." said Professor Oswald Flamm, of the Technical University at Charlottenburg, to the Berlin correspondent of the "Daily News."…

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Soldiers' Children. Toy Distribution

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1923 · page 4

The appeal launched to raise fund to provide Christmas toys for the children of deceased and returned soldiers was brought to a successful conclusion…

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Disabled 'Soldiers' Passes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 December 1923 · page 4

Newcastle district disabled soldiers, who have been granted free travelling concessions, can obtain the rail and tram passes for 1924 at the office of the…

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Soldiers' P[?]

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 December 1923 · page 3

Disabled soldiers who have been granted tree travelling concessions can obtain the rail tram passes of 1924 at the office of the Returned Sailors and…

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Australian Jilted Soldier's Revenge Girl And Mother Shot LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 December 1923 · page 1

It is reported from Paris that Lea Smette, daughter of a cafe proprietor in Dunkirk, Jilted Frank Joseph Martin, 36, an…

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War Widow's Divorce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1923 · page 7

The Vienna correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that the memory of a dead husband secured for a married war widow a divorce…

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The Next War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1923 · page 10

According to European experts, or those claiming to be experts there ware many preparations being made for another world's war, and the most…

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Kaiser's Comments Mostly Irrelevant German War Documents LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 December 1923 · page 5

"The Times" correspondent in berlin says that it is frequently asked why the editors of German diplomatic documents now being published have…

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Inheritance of War Soviet Allegations British and Afghans LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 December 1923 · page 1

"The Times" special correspondent at Riga says that the Soviet press is persistently asserting that Great Britain has issued an ultimatum to…

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