Man Killed War Bomb Explodes Two Injured Sydney
After being kept as a souvenir for 20 years, a bomb which a returned soldier had brought back to Australia from the Great War…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1936
906 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 46
War Bomb Explodes After Twenty Years Man Killed and Two Injured in Coogee Tragedy
Twenty years after it had been made, a bomb which a returned soldier had brought back to Australia-as a souvenir of the Great War exploded in his home last night, causing his death and serious injuries to two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldiers' League Fortnightly Meeting
The Cessnock Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League held its fortnightly meeting on Wednesday night, Mr. G. H. Todd presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →TUG-O'-WAR Contest at Cessnock CESSNOCK
Eight teams competed in the tug-O'-war event organised for the funds of the Cessnock District Tennis Association. The final will take place in a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →How We Won the War
In one of a series of magazine stories told by one of the "Old Contemptables," a private in the Welsh Regiment tells of some peculiar orders…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tug-o'-war Event Exciting Tussles at Sports Ground. Pelton and Olympic Are Finalists
A crowd estimated to number 1000 attended the Cessnock Sports Ground last Sunday afternoon to witness the tug-o'-war event organised for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Returned Soldiers' League. Last Night's Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Returned Soldiers' Club was held last night, when Mr. Allan Peachey (President) presided over an attendance of 15…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldiers
The monthly meeting of the West Maitland subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' Leagne will be held this evening at the Club Rooms at 8 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death of Wounded Police Cadet Suicide Suggestion Scouted. Sydney
Lionel William Chapell, 20, a police cadet, of Hutchinson-street, St. Peters, who was found lying on the floor of a room at the C.I.B. headquarters last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thomas Blamed for British Budget Leakage Save China! "National Suicide" War Urged Canton, June 2
South and South-Western Chinese authorities have telegraphed the Central Government at Nanking, and also…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chinese Seek War with Japan Messages to Central Government. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) CANTON
The Southern and South-western Chinese authorities have sent messages to the Central Government at Wanking, and also to all civil…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Palestine Death Roll Grows Soldiers Attack Snipers
Several Arabs were killed at Haifa and Jaffa, Palestine, when soldiers and police vigorously retaliated against snipers over the week-end. Tear-gas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peace and War Value of Aviation Rotary Address
The value of the aeroplane in peace and war, and the need for every important district to have an aero club, were stressed by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Troop Moves Sino Japanese Tension Civil War Unlikely London, June 3
Reports from tho Japanese Domel Newsagency at Canton ragarding the movements of Chinese troops, are minimised by the Chinese officials of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Next Anzac Day
Anzac Day, 1937, is a long way off, but the date of its observance is already causing controversy. There is a difference of opinion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anzac Day Opinions Differ Falls on Sunday Sydney
Already there is a division of opinion among returned soldiers' organisations whether Anzac Day, 1937, should be commemorated on the Sunday on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Abyssinian War Not Over Yet!" Queenslander's Opinion
Catpain Arnold Wienholt, the Queensland station-owner and former politician, who has been acting as a war correspondent in Abyssinia, arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TUG-O'-WAR Don Athaldo to Appear
When the final of the tug-o-war is deeded on Sundiay afternoon, June 21, Cessnock will have an opportunity to see the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ex-soldiers' Death by Hanging. Worried by Failing Eyesight Sydney
James Lindsay Hogarth (52) was found hanged on the farm of his employer near Barmedman yesterday. Owing to war injuries his eyesight had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldiers Leagues to Confer
A conference of the Hunter Valley and Coalfields sub-branches of the R.S. and S.I.L.A., will be held at the Soldiers' Club, High-street, West Maitland,…
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