War Service Homes
The report of the War Service Houses Commission for the year ended June 30, 1928, states that the commission has provided a total of 32,961…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1928
418 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 16 of 21
City Council Sued by Returned Soldier Not Given Preference for Caretakership
Edward Percy Wilks proceeded against the City Council before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M., in the police Court to-day on a charge that the Council,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Debtors to Britain Claims Must Stand (Special to "The Miner.") Geneva, September 16
The,"Big Six" met in the room of lord Cushendun (chief British, delegate) to-day and discussed the evacuation of the Rhineland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returned Soldiers' League Government Regulations About Widows' Pensions
Recently Mr. J. R. Charlton, secretary of the Broken Hill sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, wrote to Mr. A. H. Dalziel, South Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Min and Woman Wounded on Station Near Nyngan Unknown Motive Nyngan
A man and a woman were shot in an affray on Gerar Station yesterday morning. The police state that Mrs. Mackay, cook on the station, heard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Benalla Tragedy Young Woman Shot Dead and Aged Father Wounded Police After Their Assailant Melbourne
A shocking crime has been perpetrated at Benalla, the victims being Harry Duell (75) and his daughter Alice, aged 30 years, who was shot…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Hostel "Dlning-room to Close
The dining-room at the Soldiers'. Hostel is to be closed following on a decision of the board of management of the sub-branch of the Returned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man and Woman Wounded on Station Near Nyngan Unknown Motive Nyngan
A man and a woman were shot in an affray on Gerar Station yesterday morning. The police state that Mrs. Mackay, cook on the station, heard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →City Council Sued by Returned Soldier (Continued from Page 1.) No Dishonest Action on Part of Council Decision of Magistrate a New Charge Made
Edward Percy Wilks proceeded against the City Council before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M. in the Police Court to-day on a charge that the Council,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →City Council Sued by Returned Soldier Not Given Preference for a Caretakership
Edward Percy Wilks proceeded against the City Council before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day on, charge that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German War Loan Frauds Stinnes Is Released on Bail of £50,000 Berlin, September 21
Hugo Stinnes a prominent financier, who was arrested at the beginning of the month on suspicion of having been concerned in swindles with war loan…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Bigamy and False Pretences Australian Ex-soldier Is Committed for Trial (A.p.a. Message.) London, September 24
Francis Baxter, alias James Reginald Goode (38), who alleged that he was a returned officer of the Australian Air Force under the former name, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jolting of a Cart Explodes Loaded Rifle Man Seriously Wounded Perth
While riding on a cart at Koojonup with a loaded rifle resting between his knees Roy Dunstan Bock (27) was shot in the left forearm and left side…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →National War Memorial Laying Foundation Stone Postponed Till Next Year Canberra
The date of the laying of the fohn, dation stone of the National Was Memorial, on Mount Ainslie has beer postponed until Anzac Day next year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barrier Miner Friday, September 28, 1928 Good Training for War
A few days ago—the day after the Federal Arbitration Courtrhad taken some steps intended by the Act to strike defeat into the hearts of people…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chinese Butchered 3000 Soldiers Who Surrendered Slaughtered by Nationalists Mowed Down in Hundreds by Concealed Machine Guns (A.p.a. Message.) Shanghai, September 27
The city is shocked by a report of the brutal buthchery of 3000 surrendered Chihli and Shantung soldiers by Nationalists while en route from Luncnow, where they surrendered recently, to Tongshan for the purpose of disarmament. By a prearranged plan the trains bearing the defeated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Intruder Wounded by Glen Iris Householder in Serious Condition Melbourne
Mr. R. Robinson, of Glen Iris fired at a man whom he saw acting suspiciously on his front verandah early this morning, and the intruder was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German War Secret Ludendorff and the End. (A.p.a. Message.) London, September 29
The "Daily Telegraph's" Berlin correspondent reveals a carefully guarded war secret to the effect that General Ludendorff on September 29, 1918,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shooting Accident Boy Wounded in Leg
Jack Noel Cakebread, of 523 M'Gowan-street, was admitted to the Hospital late yesterday evening, suffering from a bullet wound in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Day Premier of Queensland Favors Close Holiday Brisbane
In the Legislative Assembly on Friday the question of making Anzac Day a close and sacred holiday was raised on the estimates for the Chief…
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