Returned Soldier Drowned
"It would be funny for a chip like me to go in here and drown." Patrick O'Brien (32), of Footscray, Victoria was said to have made that remark…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1925
390 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 20
Several Shots Fired in Turkish Assembly Two Deputies Wounded. (Reuter's Message.) London, February 10
Reuter's Constantinople correspondent reports:— The corridor of the chamber of the National Assembly was the scene of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A General Wounded in Turkish Assembly Heated Debate Follows (Reuter's Message.) London, February 11
Reuter's Constantinople correspondent reports:— Further inquiry into the shooting incident in the corridor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rioting at Marseilles Two Killed and 100 Wounded During Demonstration (Reuter's Message.) London, February 11
Reuter's Marseilles correspondent reports:— Two persons were killed and 100 injured during a Communist…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Allies War Debts Italy Supports France. (The "Times" Message.) London, February 11
The Rome correspondent of the London "Times" reports: — Italy agrees with France that payment of war debts ought to be wholly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British War Pensions £600,000,000 Spent Since 1917 (Reuter's Message.) London, February 10
Speaking at Lewisham, London, Mr. G. C. Tryon, the Minister for Pensions, said that Britain's expenditure on war expenditure since 1917 had amounted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The British Army Use of Territorials in the Event of War. (Reuter's Message.) London, February 12
Sir L. Worthington-Evans, Secretary for War, addressing the Country Territorial Association's Council, made the important announcement that in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Waterside Workers and Returned Soldiers Preference Abolished
The Waterside Workers' Federation at a meeting decided that in future returned soldier members must forego their rights with regard to preference,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British War Pensions £600,000,000 Spent Subce 1917 (Reuter's Message.) London, February 10
Speaking at Lewisham, London, Mr. G.C. Tryon, the Ministe for Pensions, said that Britain's expenditure on war pensions since 1917 had amounted…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Melbourne to Sydney in a 40-Foot Cutter Returned Soldier's Feat
Without any fuss or public reception, Mr. A. O. Tubb, a former lieuten[?]nt in the A.I.F[?]and a brother of Captain Frederick Tubb, the Lone…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers' Pensions a Protest From Sydney Receives Local Support
The following circular from Mr. C. Cope, of Sydney[?]regarding the harassing of returned soldiers receiving pensions by p[?]dical medial…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bolshevist War on Religion "Campaign Against God"
The "Times" of January 1 publishes the following from its Riga correspondent:— The Bolshevists mobilised the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Memorial Unveiling Ceremony to Be Held in April Souvenir Being Prepared
Mr. James Cole, honorary secretary of the War Memorial Committee, returned on Saturday after visiting Sydney and Melbourne. While away Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder of N.Z. Soldier Trial of the Accused Likely to Be Delayed (Reuter's Message.) London, February 15
Reuter's Cologne correspondent reports:— Franz Swaboda was again remanded on the charge of murdering Private…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Preference to Soldiers Breaches of Act Alleged Sydney
The Soldiers Waterside Workers' Union is suing the stevedorine companies for failing to observe the Preference to Soldiers Act…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Meets His Death While Playing at War Shot by Another Lad[?] Sydney
A tragic shooting affair took place on a farm four miles from Auburn yesterday, where Milton Edward John Willis (14), the victim, was spending…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British War Pensions Cost to March 31 Next Over £600,000,000. (Reuter's Message.) London, February 17
In the House of Commons, Mr. G. V. Tryon, Minister of Pensions, mentioned that by March 31 Britain should have spent £600,000,000 on war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Civil War in China Spasmodic Fighting in Kwang Tung Province (Reuter's Message.) Shanghai, February 17
The spasmodic fighting which has taken place in past years in the Kwang Tung province between the Sun Yat Sen-ites and the followers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Memorial Some Soil From Belgium for N.Z. MEMORIAL (The "Times" Message.) London, February 18
The Belgian Government promptly responded to the appeal of the inhabitants of Wanganui, made through the Belgian Consul at Auckland, for a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shipping an Alleged Breach of Soldiers' Preference Act. Case Is Adjourned. Sydney
At the Central Summons Court yesterday Arthur Leslie Mason, of Chiltern-road, Willoughby, proceeded against the Austral Stevedoring and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →