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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
1,377 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 69
"We have not grasped the lesson of the war that warfare has been speeded up," said General Sir Ian Hamilton at the inaugural dinner of the Diggers' Abroad…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Major Louis Lespiuasse, the only man who knew the identity of France's Unknown Soldier, has died. Now the secret is sealed forever, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →There was a touching scene in Hunter-street yesterday afternoon when many wreaths were placed on the Soldiers' Monument. The ceremony took place…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Mayor of Greater, Newcastle (Aid. A. Griffiths) to-day 'received a telegram from the secretary of the New Zealand contingent of Anzacs…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Many Spanish refugees have found peace from war and horror in France. Sisters of Charity bring temporary forgetfulness with kindness and food…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Headmaster Wanted: Portion of the main block at King's School, Parramatta. No headmaster has been appointed to succeed Rev. C. T. Parkkinson…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Due to the contingents that left Newcastle to take part in the Sydney observance, the number of Diggers who marched in the Anzac Day procession at Hamilton…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →One of London's greyest days and a slight drizzle marked the observance of Anzac Day. The Australian cricketers, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Comparing the speed of war 'planes in 1918 with those of the present day, Britain's Under-secretary for Air (Lieutenant Colonel Muirhead) recently announced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is no truism to assert that we live in a time that, politically, bears many resemblances to the years that preceded the Great War; there are the same…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →More than 750,000 people saw Australia's greatest Anzac March, a stirring feather of the end of the 150th anniversary celebrations. In the procession, which was seven miles long, were 40,000 Diggers,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →There were grave reasons for believing that the next war would not be a capitalist struggle for possession of raw materials or markets, but a conflict of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—A few days ago, while reading the "Newcastle Morning Herald,' my eye caught the news concerning a meeting held by the Hamilton sub-branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Government's reply to the charges of muddle and delays will be an early announcement of a revision of the expansion…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two days ago Digger H. C. Nagle, of Popran-road. Adamstown, marched in the Anzac Day procession in Sydney, paying his last respects to comrades…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The "Digger" who died last night in Sydney Hospital from a fractured skull has been identified as John Tulloch Dodds (62), a traveller, a native of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the course of his Budget speech to-day the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Simon) astonished the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The British mission, headed by Commodore Weir, arrived to-day to negotiate the purchase of American military aircraft, states the Washing to correspondent of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Ald. A. Griffiths) said yesterday that he wished to express on behalf of the council thanks to the 60 car owners who lent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At a meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council held last night, Cr. W. Bailey mentioned that the returned soldiers who were trustees of an area of ground…
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