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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
1,395 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 70
The annual conference of the Australian Railways Union to-day carried a motion declaring that participation by Australia" in imperialistic wars should be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—"Peace, pence, when there is no peacol" In this expression is an admission of the futility of the League of Nations to maintain international peace…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Sir,—Surely the A.L.P. executive and Labour politicians must be super-optimists if they believe that they can support the war preparations, which are…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Newcastle Trades Hall Council decided last night to recommend the unions of the metal trades group not to allow their members to work on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →There is consensus of opinion that, should another world war come to pass, it will be more terrible and ghastly in its devastation of territory and loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wireless technical experts stated to-day that If either of the two American broadcasting companies were successful in broadcasting a running…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victor McLaglen is the first star to be signed by Darryl F. Zanuck for the new 20th Century-Fox Pictures. McLaglen became the screen's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Many impressive sermons and addresses in recent weeks have been followed by many earnest prayers for peace between the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cook's Hill (14) defeated Watratah Methodist (nil) in the third grade Rugby Union competition at Carrington. Parkinson (2). Skinner (1). Scott…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Emergency Committee of the Australian Council of Trade-unions to-day adopted the pamphlet issued by the Labour Anti-war Committee, representing…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →For seven long days, prior to the launching of the Allied offensive in 1916, the bombardment continued. Over 1,600,000 shells had been hurled into the German lines. What the enemy had suffered surpassed, by his own admission, all previous…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victoria's proposal that a world conference of ex-servicemen be held was advanced by a unanimous resolution of the International Federation of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Senator Huey Long, the picturesque Senator of the United States and leader of a new party who aspired to presidential honors, was wounded by an assassin. The Senator's bodyguard shot the man dead with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A crisis is threatened in the Labour party over the anti war activities of leading members of the party. A climax was reached this afternoon when the Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The bread war is still on in North Sydney, and in McMahon's Point a shopkeeper is offering bread free—-with a grocery order…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →After a fitful three days there was a general relaxation at Geneva at the week-end; The Conciliation Committee appointed to seek a settlement of the Italo-Abyssinian" dispute suspended its negotiations until Monday to enable Spain; Poland and Turkey…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Senator Huey Long, the constitutional dictator of Louisiana and a prospective candidate for the Presidency of the United States, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →With three bullet wounds in his body, Leo Gaffney, 24, of Cleveland-street, Redfern, was found by police to-night lying on the floor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The war clouds are lying low over Addis Ababa to-day—lower than they have been since I arrived here two months…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At a special meeting of the Toronto Returned Soldiers' Association, it was decided to forward to the Congress meeting a recommendation that in cases…
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