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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
1,068 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 54
The Memorial Hall at Belmont was tastefully decorated on July 21 with orange and lemon streamers, finished with wattle and gumtips, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day is the 18th anniversary of the entry of the British Empire into the Great War…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Total applications for the war Loan conversion so far received number 2,036,700, but this figure will be augmented by de: layed applications from holders, abroad…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir.—As was to be expected, the Returned Soldiers' League refused to give me a hearing on the matter of the "Diggers" camp. Evidently the trail is getting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An unqualified denial to the assertion of the president of Newcastle Returned Soldiers League (Mr. Forbes), speaking at the deputation…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The military atmosphere that has distiuguished the Anzac Ball in past years was again in evidence at the function at the Empire Palais last night. Scarlet-faced…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Yesterday, August 4, was the 18th anniversary of the declaration of war by Great Britain against Germany. The fateful day was August 4, 1914. Many people cannot…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Some people who went to the Anzac Ball last night had to go home without their overcoats. The coats were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Ministry of War has ordered the mobilisation of all classes of youths between the ages of 22 and 29 in anticipation of war with Paraguay, in the Chaco…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The total amount of the £2,000,000,000 British 5 per cent. War Loan converted up to the time of the cessation of the bonus offer is being awaited with much…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Eighteen years ago to-day Great Britain went to war with Germany. With the unveiling at Thiepv[?] and Arras last week-end, memorials to 100,000 men who [?] in unidentified graves in those two areas…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Following heated exchanges over the land annuities dispute, there was uproar in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The following radio message was sent to-day to Field-Marshal Sir William Birdwood, who is on board the Themistocles, by the State President of the Returned…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A move will be made at the annual State Congress of the Returned Soldiers' League in Sydney on August 17 to have a retrenchment preference…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lance Logan, one of Canda's strenuous senators is resigning and is facing a prosecution for the return of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All the Strange chivalry with which men fought the grimmest struggle the world has known—the war in the air on the Western Front—was resurrected when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WAR-TIME memories will be revived by Newcastle returned men at the first annual dinner of Newcastle Returned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Precautions were taken at the Central Criminal Court to-day to prevent demonstrations when the men arrested on charges arising out…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The annual reunion dinner of the Cessnock returned soldiers took place on Saturday night in the Drill Hall, under the auspices of the Cessnock branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Members of the Kurri Kurri branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial, League held a reunion at the Kurri Kurri Drill Hall on Friday night. There…
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