Quiet Departure Soldiers Leave Newcastle Humorous Incidents
Nearly 500 returned soldiers left Newcastle in three special trains early last night to attend the Anzac celebrations in Sydney to-day, With those who left the…
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Nearly 500 returned soldiers left Newcastle in three special trains early last night to attend the Anzac celebrations in Sydney to-day, With those who left the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Premier (Mr. B. S. B. Stevens) announced to-night the names of the members of the board which has been set up by the Government in accordance with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London, April 23.—Lord Tweedmouth, aged 61, who had a distinguished career as a soldier in the Second South African War and the Great War, died in a nursing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The scenes at the Monument at the Newcastle Post Office, where many hundreds of people congregated after the celebration in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE MAYOR OF NEWCASTLE (ALDERMAN CHRISTIE) places a wreath on the Soldiers Memorial in memory of those who fell at Anzac…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →M. A. Phillips, of Cleary-street, Hamilton, a returned soldier, collapsed and struck his head on the footpath at the corner of Scott and Bolton streets…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Twenty-five thousand country Diggers have poured into Sydney.—News item. Old soldiers never die—they never die, never diel…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A special Anzac Day service was held in the Newcastle Synagogue yesterday [?] which Rabbi Morris officiated. Solemn prayers were offered for the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Anzac Cup which is presented for competition each year among the militia units taking part the Anzac Day march, was won yesterday by the 2nd Cavalry…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir Ian Hamilton, the "Grand Old Man of Gallipoli," to-day drew a comparison between the landing at Gallipoli and Homer's "Iliad." SIR IAN was speaking at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Impressive crowds of Newcastle and district residents gathered yesterday to pay tribute to the memories of Anzac. The top picture shows a section of the immense concourse which occupied the full width, and a considerable length of Hunter-street, adjacent to the Memorial Monument in front of the Post-office, for the formal observance there; the photograph was taken just as the crowd began to disperse after the ceremony. The lower picture shows a portion of the gathering in King Edward Park, at the united Church service…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Aero Club played its part in the Anzac commemoration. The club's aeroplane, Mystrel, piloted by Captain H. S. Preston, a former officer of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"From the blood-stained sands of Gallipoli arose the spirit of Australian nationality said Rev. J. T. Walsh, in a special Anzac Day sermon at St. Mary's…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Before placing a wreath on the Belfast Cenotaph to-day. Mr. Lyons made feeling reference to the Anzac celebrations in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Day was commemorated in London by a special service at St. Clement's Danes Church, while wreaths were placed on the Cenotaph and other war memorials…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"There are many who are seriously suggesting that the war should be forgotten, and who are growing suspicious of all such celebration as this detecting in them…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The statement that nations as well as individuals had the right of self-defence was made by Rev. Dr. Rumble at the conclusion of a solemn Requiem Mass as St…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In the course of an address at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church yesterday, Rev. G. Nesbitt said they were met on the 20th anniversary of Anzac not on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"The whole Australian nation will be celebrating Anzac Day to-day," said the Prime Minister of Australia (Mr. J. A. Lyons), before…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The failure of the Federal Government to recognise the national character of the Anzac Day observance at Canberra was mainly responsible for only 140 returned…
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