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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
1,028 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 52
Students of the Sydney University decided to-night to join the Universities of the British Isles in announcing their abhorrence of war, and in utilising…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr. Sanders, (U.A.P., Willoughby) asked the Chief Secretary if lie would consider the advisability of allowing returned soldiers to be given preference in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →There was laughter in the august House of Lords when Lord Elibank described some of his experiences with taxis and taxi-drivers. He declared that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The storm centre of the Rugby League dispute over the residential qualifications rule will be transferred on Monday night to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Lord Mayor of London is said to be the busiest man in the world. He is "On the go" at top pressure from morning tonight throughout his year of office. Yet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Reynolds News" publishes a queer story that Herr Hitler aspires to an Anglo-German alliance for the purpose of exterminating Communism and is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The employment "drive" for exsoldiers being conducted by the Returned Soldiers' League is still having good results. The Secretary of the local…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There are 800 unemployed returned soldiers in the Newcastle district badly in need of warm winter clothing and boots. The Commonwealth Government has sent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—As predicted, France defaulted on the June instalment of the war debt due to America. Thank goodness, another country is waking up to the fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The East Maitland sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, in a letter to East Maitland Council last night, protested against the proposal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. A. C. Willis, former Agent-General for New South Wales in London, addressing an anti-war meeting on the coalfields, said that war was going on all the time…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It is not often that Adamstown Council receives an offer from an organisation to do "something for nothing," so they lingered longer than…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The new loge setting et the Town Hall has created interest in the Anzac ball, to be held on July 4. The original plan has been completely booked out, and it…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →To-day's plenary session of the Rotary Convention heard a discussion on international affairs by the French delegate, Rotarian Maurice du Perrey, urging…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The State Government's contribution of £10,000 towards the Anzac Memorial Hall, which is now in course of construction in Hyde Park, Sydney, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Most of the riflemen at Anzac Range yesterday tried out the new high velocity streamlined mark VII, ammunition and shorter rifles, the use of which will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brigade manoeuvres round Fujiyama yesterday were suspended after seven members died and many others had become critically ill, owing to sunstroke…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The monthly meeting of the Newcastle sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League was held last night. The President (Mr. F. Forbes) presided over…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A large cartoon of a Digger, complete with wattle in his bat, welcomed dancers to the Town Hall last night on the occasion of the Anzac Ball. Coloured lights…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Although the Great War has been over for a number of years, the Digeers are sticking together. The membership of the N.S.W…
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