War Histories a Costly Work
Referring to the official war histories, the report of the Auditor-General, tabled, in the House of Representatives on Friday, says that in 1919 it was…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1932
653 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 33
War Debts Damage to World-trade
A cable from London states that at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Shipping the Hon. Alexander Shaw, acting chairman of the P. and O…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Career of Crime. Man Who Fought at Anzac London, Feb. 18
When Thomas Johnson was convicted at Salford of fraud on an hotelkeeper, the police revealed that he had had a remarkable career of crime. He ran…
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At Christmas time the women of India urged that gifts of tools would have a better influence on children than toy soldiers, guns, battleships…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To the Returned Soldiers of Dungog and District
Comrades,—The Federal Executive of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League has launched an appeal to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Bridge Scout Function
The Scout war bridge party, held in the Soldiers' Club Rooms, last evening, drew a satisfactory attendance, but the committee would like…
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Lord Baden-Powell, interviewed on his 75th birthday, said that the boys born since the war were of a more norvous type than their fathers, and they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shot Down U.S.A. Airman War in East Shanghai, Feb. 24
Commander Shen, chief of the Chinese aviation forces in the Shanghai area, reported last night that Robert Short,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WARNED! Foreigners in China War Risks Shanghai, Feb. 24
Repeating previous protests against the use of the International Settlement as a base for Japanese operations against the…
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The proposal of a number or Canadian flying officers, who are being retired by the Air Force for reasons of economy, to organise two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Judge Rebuked Returned Soldiers' View
At a dinner organised by the Returned Soldiers' League at Rockhampton, Mr. Justice Bronuan criticised the appointment of the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Peace Gifts Instead of War Gifts
At Christmas time the women of India urged that gifts of tools would have a better influence on children than toy soldiers, guns, battleships and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Peace Army Call for Volunteers "War Wrong" London, Feb. 25
Miss Maud Royden Rev. H. R. L. Sheppard, Dean of Canterbury, and Dr. Herbert Gray, a Presbyterian minister, in a letter in the press…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Speech at Returned Soldiers' Dinner League Disapproves of Judge's Remarks
At a dinner organised by the Returned Soldiers' League at Rockhampton, Mr Justice Brennan criticised the appointment of the federal Assistant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →STUPID! Ending War Peace Army Sydney
"Absurd, 'futile and utterly stupid." This was how Brigadier General Lloyd described the proposal of Miss Maud…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldiers' League Special Anzac Day Effort
A meeting of the Singleton subbranch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia was held in the club rooms on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late News. the War Cloud. Significant, Move of Warships
A significant development in connection with the trouble between China and Japan is the announcement that the whole of the warships of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Settlers Want Land Laws Altered. "Placed on Business-Like Basis." the Burden of Back Interest
"That in view of inflated values on soldiers and civilian settlements when originally taken up, and the depressed value of all primary products to-day, and the large number of deserving cases asking for relief, the P.P.U. make strong efforts to have the Act or Acts revised, and placed on a business…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DESERTED Finnish Seamen War Fears Melbourne
Three members of the Finnish freighter, the Grovaberg, were charged at the City Court to-day with deserting the ship, and were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War and State Lottery Condemned the Methodist Attitude
War and gambling were condemned in strong terms, and the efforts of the League of Nations was warmly supported, in a report presented to the Methodist Conference in Sydney last night, by Rev. G. R. Holland, of the Social Questions'. Committee. The Report stated:—…
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