Enlisted in Broken Hill
Lieut. John Joseph Graves, who died in the Royal North Shore Hospital recently and who was caretaker of the Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1937
235 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 12
Bible Comes Back Given Soldier 20 Years Ago Surprise for Mother Port Pirie
QN December 20, 1915, Pte. Edgar W. Parham, home in Port Pirie on final leave before going overseas to fight, was handed by his mother…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Impression of the Landing Returned Men In Broadcast
FROM the studio of 2BH "The Barrier Miner" broadcasting station last night, the Returned Soldiers' Association presented a sketch, "Au…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Day References To The Day Made In Churches
YESTERDAY special references were made in the Broken Hill churches to Anzac Day. At the special Sulphide-Blende…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Major-General Sir Charles Rosenthal, in an Anza Day address at Arncliffe, said:war comes again make no mistake…
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AN IMPRESSIVE SERVICE was held at the Fallen Soldiers' Memorial at dawn yesterday. Later in the day relatives and friends of fallen men paid respects by placing wreaths at the base of the memorial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Service at Silverton
An Anzac Day service was held in the Methodist Church, Silverton, on Sunday afternoon, when the Rev. C. W. G. Smith preached to a fair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barrier Miner Tuesday, April 27; 1937. the Two-fold Purpose of Anzac
WITH the entry of Australia into the Great War 22 years behind us, there is a gap which makes the horrors of war years something…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Day March London Thrilled By Australians Impressive Speeches London, April 26
To inspiring music by the Grenadier Guards' Band, the coronation contingents marched from St. Paul's (after the impressive…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Rioting In U.S. Strike 50 Wounded by Rifle Eire New York, April 24
AT least 50 persons, including several women, were wounded by rifle fire and in other ways in a fight between union strikers, non-union workers, deputy sheriffs, and State police at a camping factory at…
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A Comlined Anzac Service was held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Sunday forenoon last, a good attendance of the public being present. Addresses were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"The Miner " Motor Section Topical Motoring Notes Conducted by "Transmission" Petrol Shortage In Australia What Another War Might Do
WHILE the world race for armements is front page news, not only overseas but also, in the Common wealth, little is said in Australia of any precautionary measures being taken to safeguard this country from a devastating petrol shortage in the event of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Submerge Elections" Alderman Hits At Govt. War Scheme Sydney
ALDERMAN Lamb, at a meeting of the Auburn Council last night, described a so-called secret communication to 320…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rebels Bomb Towns Spain's War Fluctuates London, May 17
BOTH sides in the Spanish civil war claim successes in the fighting around Bilbao, but the crushing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Welcome Home to Airmen Japanese Record Breakers (Special to "The Miner.") TOKIO, May 21
POURING rain did not deter the thousands who exuberantly sante, cheered and waved flags when the "Divine Wind" arrived to-day to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coronation Soldiers on Continent (Special to "The Miner.")
BRUSSELS, May 23—After having landed at Boulougne where the scenes were reminiscent o[?] war time, members of the Australian coronation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Basque War Widows Tragic Refugee Camp Sight (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON May 25
IN deep mourning and [?], a group of war widows to-day presented the saddest spectacle at the Basque refugee camp at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →King and Queen See Ex-soldiers
LONDON, June 1.—The King and Quen chatted to disabled ex-soldiers when they attended a Coronation party organised by the "Not…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Barrier Miner Friday, June 4, 1937. "War-mongering" and Political Bias
IT is difficult to believe that every Broken Hill union was represented at the B.D.A.A.L.P. meeting on Monday when a resolution was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Position of Dominions To Be Outlined At Conference (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, June 2
BRITAIN'S foreign policy on the most delicate problems, including the possible position of the Dominions in the event of Britain being…
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