Soldiers As Essayists
Captain Bertrand Stewart, a London solicitor, who was killed in the battle of the Marne on September 19, 1914, while serving on the cavalry division staff,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1929
830 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 42
The Wool War Publicity Campaign To Extend Newcastle's Fight
Encouraged by recent indications of growing interest overseas in Newcastle's progress as a wool export centre, the Secretary of the New…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Resort to War
"The great task is to eliminate war, not only from language, but from thought and action as well," said Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, in an interview reported in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Social Gossip Anzac Ball 1000 Dancers at Palais Royale Governor Present
Never has a more brilliant scene been witnessed in Newcastle than at the Anzac Ball last Thursday night at the Empire Palais Royale, when 1000 dances gathered. The scene was made mere attractive by the wearing of uniforms, the bright red jackets and the more sombre…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Romance of a Bell Story of the Great War
Bells have always been endowed with the spirit of romance. There are legends of Japanese bells which would not ring when they were stolen from one temple…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Soldier Settlements Political Control Condemned Brisbane
Hopes that the costly Jessons would be assimilated and not be forgotten in the future, were expressed in the annual report of the Land Administration Board…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →International Armed 'Plane Fleet to Subdue War! in Cause of Peace Millionaire Suggests 'Air Force for Control by League Menace from Skies for Warring Nations LONDON
A great fleet of armed 'planes, powerful enough to subdue any nation—but in the cause of peace, not of war—may become an accomplished fact if the League of Nations. regards favorably a proposal which will shortly be placed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Social Gossip Officers' Ball Naval and Military Function War Settings
Bairnsfather's "Old Bill,", gazing in wonderment over a trench of sand bags, was the most admired figure at the ball given by officers of the Royal Australian Naval Reserve and Australian Military Forces at Tyrrell Hall last Tuesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rhine Evacuation Army Commander Home War Office Discussion London, September 16
General Sir William Thwaites, Commander in Chief of the British Army on the Rhine, to-day visited the War Office, and had consultations regarding the evacuation…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers' Memorial Proposal to Council Library Project Sequel
Newcastle will, at the same time, secure an impressive soldiers' memorial and civic free library if proposals under consideration by the City Council are…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War in Palestine? Jerusalem, September 18
Ibn Saud, King of the Hedjaz, has left Riadh, the capital, with 20,000 or 30,000 of the best fighters to snake war against hostile tribes. News of a clash is eagerly…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Notorious Pirates Japanese Ship Attacked Indian Guards Wounded Hongkong, September 22
After no signs for a year, the activity of the Bias Bay pirates, led by an English speaking woman, aged 25, attacked the Japanese steamer Deli Maru between…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Lighter Side War in China Without Bloodshed
Those who have known the Chinese best, though often excerating their unaccountable perversity, are the most sincere in regretting that encounters…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Too Old for War French Thought Too Young LONDON
If a man is as old as he looks, than the Victorian Agent-General at least in French eyes, is a mere boy instead of the man of mature years that he is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ordered to Safety Britishers in China War Zone Rebels Sink Steamer Shanghai
Chinese news agencies report that British and American residents of being have been ordered by their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MISSING Historic War Film LONDON
The War Office's 20-reel film of the Battle of The Somme, the most historic film over taken, is missing (says the "Daily Mail")…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Distressed Sailors and Soldiers' Fund
A substantial contribution to the Returned Sailors rind Soldiers' Benevolent Fund was the sum of £150 handed over by Major Thompson, the proceeds of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"An Undesirable" Mr. Macdonald Arrested War Incident Revealed London, September 24
A new wartime episode in the life of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald is related in Hessell Tiltman's book: "Labour's Man of Destiny."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Civil War Threatens Chinese General Rebels National Forces Beaten Shanghai, September 24
A serious blow was dealt to national forces operating against the rebel general, Chang Fah Kwei, in the vicinity of Ichang on the upper Yangtse, resulting in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Don't Care" Get War Before the Court His Flower Name "Please Yourself About It"
Get War, a Chinese, of Mayfield, who said he didn't know and didn't care, and who possesses a flower name a schoolboy name and…
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