War Wrecks Work of the Red Cross
No fewer than 2457 T.B. soldiers are registered on the books at the Red Cross, and most of these have been helped either with sanatorium…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1927
657 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 33
France Keeps Cool German War Guilt Denial "Say Nothing" London
President Hindenburg's speech at the unveiling of the Tann[?]berg memorial, in which he den[?] Germany's responsibility of the…
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Sir.—May I be allowed to disagree with your editorial regarding Germany's war guilt. I fail, to see how it is possible to place upon the shoulders of the German…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War on Civilians
"Is it as certain as it is almost always assumed to be that the next war will see a promiscuous massacre on non—combatants, men, women, and children?" asks…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tragedy of the War
Another tragedy of the war is revealed in the existence in an asylum of three French soldiers, who are known merely by numbers. Their identity has been a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Relies GOULBURN
Mr. W. C. Savage, who was a sergeant in the First Battalion, A.I.F., has presented a Mauser pistol and German soldier's wallet to the war…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Keeping Calm Franco-German Leaders Cautious War Guilt Speech Foreign Ministers Try to Shelve Risky Subject
The Foreign Ministers of France and Germany are both afraid lest the question of war guilt should cause bitterness between the two countries. While International cynics are inclined to sneer at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wallaend Soldiers' Monument
At a cost of £10 15s. Wallsend Soldiers' Monument is to undergo extensive repairs. The council decided, at its last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Service Homes Canberra
The War Service Homes Commission report that the year ended in June last states that the building costs had increased, particularly in New South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Air Victors Rain Spoils Welcome Home National Heroes "Great Britain Must Develop Her Seaplanes"
Torrential rain reduced the numbers, but did not damp the enthusiasm, of those who welcomed home the victors in the Schneider Cup race. At Lieutenant Webster's request his fiancee stayed at home…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →France's War Debts
"Le Temps" states that a member of the Finance Committee of the French Chamber of Deputies, during a meeting on Wednesday, pointed out that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germany's War Guilt
M. Briand told his colleagues in the French Cabinet a curious story based on a conversation with Dr. Stresemann, the German Foreign Minister, with reference…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vatican Seems to Believe in German War Guilt Pope Praises Allies Departure from Neutral Attitude Speech on War Condemnation of German Aggression
Has the Vatican abandoned the neutral attitude it maintained throughout the war? According to French papers the Pope in a speech to American Legionaries voiced remarkable approval of the Allies'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Migration of Soldiers
Sir Granville Ryrie, the High Commissioner, has joined the council of the Empire Service League, of which Field-Marshal Earl Haig is president…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chinese War Nationalists Mutiny Drive' on Pekin Shanghai
The shansi province, which hither to has not been embroiled in the war, has thrown off its neutrality, attacking the Northerners. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chinese War Northerners' Reverse Pekin in Danger Shanghai
A serious reverse bas been sustained by the Northern forces, and it now looks as though the intervention of the Shansi province may threaten…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wounded Boxer Chambers Improving SYDNEY
The condition of Billy Chambers, the well-known lightweight boxer, who was shot in the abdomen at bis residence, Barcom-avenue,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Chinese War Shansi Army Advancing on Pekin (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI
Advices from Pekin declare that the capital is panic-stricken as the result of the reverses suffered by the Fengtien forces at the hands of the Shansi army…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Limbless Soldiers' Appeal
The committee of the Limbless Soldiers' Aquatic Club and Provident Fund Appeal is composed of many leading citizens of Sydney. This appeal is a worthy one, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Chinese War
Fierce fighting is reported between the Shansi and Fengtien forces, the former attacking the Kinhai railway region. The Shansi force is estimated at 60,000…
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