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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
1,068 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 54
Captain Albert Jacks, V.C., M.C. and Bar, the first Australian to win the Victoria Cross in the late war, died in Caulfield Military Hospital to-day. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Though he had only just recovered from a relapse caused by war wounds, James Harold Strickland went to the rescue of Rita O'Connor, who was being carried out…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Goats at Cardiff again came into the limelight to-day, arising out of a case at Newcastle court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Remarking that there appeared to be a "goat war" at Cardiff, the Magistrate dismissed the information in the case in which Henry Gay, Cardiff, was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Prince of Wales is taking a personal interest in the case of a British returned soldier now living in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Members of the British Imperial War Pensioners' Association are hopeful of the attendance of the Governor (Sir Philip Game) at their reunion and church parade…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Anzac Issue of Roveille, the official organ of the Returned Soldiers' League, which is to be published towards the end of March, will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—I have read with interest the utterances of Mr. Clark regarding the matter of reductions in soldiers' pensions. It brings vividly before one's mind the war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In a State of semi-consciousness and assisted by two men, Elsie May Chown, 16½, staggered from a tonement house in Dick-street…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anglican Bishops and Free Church leaders, through the Council of Christian Ministers, have appealed to all Christiana to urge the cancellation of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Anzac issue of "Reveille" the official organ of the Returned Soldiers' League, which is to be published towards the end of March, will be a notable…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—In the "Newcastle Morning Herald" of January 13 there appeared a letter relative to the burial of soldiers, drawing attention to the fact that assistance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Only members of the Waterside Workers Federation and 52 returned soldier volunteers were working on the wharves to-day, following the ban issued…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Federal Government has decided to validate regulation 17 of the War Service Homes Act, which was held by the Supreme Court of Victoria to be invalid…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Leave him alone, he is a policeman," were the words John Francis Sweeney heard as he ran to the assistance of Constable Durham, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—In a recent issue of the "Newcastle Morning Herald" a statement is made by G. H. Shaw, Hon. Secretary Newcastle branch R.S.S.I.L.A., that the "State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Defence Department issued a statement to-day showing that the strength of Australia's militia army is 27,954 officers and men. The largest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A new party has entered the bread "war" with the Master Bakers' Association. It is called the West Australian Co-operative Bakers, which, with a flour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Gorman miner who has just returned to this town after spending a year working in Soviet Russia has given me an account of his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fearing that China may make a formal declaration of war on Japan, owing to the situation in Shanghai, and that Japan would, in that event, declare a blockade of the coast of China with its inevitable…
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