War on Society
Paul Lempriere, who stuck up the West Perth Post Office and fired several shots at his pursuers on January 17, pleaded guilty at the Perth Sessions…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1924
143 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 8
Hay War Memorial High School. Scholarships Recently Awarded
The following scholarships have been awarded to pupils of the Hay War Memorial High School, on the results of last leaving certificate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French War Ministry. Denies Rumour About Guns Commanding the Channel. LONDON
The "Daily Express" Paris correspondent says the French War Ministry denies they have guns which range ninety miles placed on two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Snakebite. at Urangeline Soldier Settlement
Mr, John Gibbs, one of the soldier settlers on the Urangeliac solider settlement, was fatally bitten by a tiger snake on Monday evening on one of his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →lATEST Cables. British Soldiers in Ireland Fired On. By Alleged Free State Officers. Two Men Killed and Several Wounded. LONDON
Four men dressed as Free State officers drove to the pier at Queenstown in the evening, and opened fire with machine guns on about 50…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shooting Affray at Abbotsford. a Man Seriously Wounded. SYDNEY
Frederick Tremble, 37, was severely wounded in a shooting affray in the street at Abbotsford yesterday afternoon. The police have arrested…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News by Cable. Irish Outrage. British Soldiers Shot. Machine Gun on Motor Car. London. March 22
Pour men, wearing Irish Free State uniforms, poured machine gun fire from a motor car into a party of British soldiers who were landing at Queenstown…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →A Novel Suggestion. Dissatisfied Soldier Settlers
An idea which has at least the virtue of novelty was put forward at a recent meeting of the committee of the Griffith sub-branch of the R.S.L,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anzac Day Holiday. No Race Meetings. SYDNEY, Monday Night
The Premier has announced that the hotels will close at 10.30 a.m. till 1 p.m. on Anzac Day. No race meetings will be held…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After War Strain
The first penalty of war is industrial and economic upheavel. Everything goes into the melting pot, to be reshaped in order to minister to the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Commission's Report on War Homes
In the report of the War Service Homes Commission for the year, ended June 30, 1923, which was tabled in the House of Representatives, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Soldier Settlers' Complaints
So that he might have first-hand knowledge of the condition of the soldier settlers on Happy Valley Estate, Mr. W. M'Ivor, director of land…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Little Boy Badly Wounded. Children Gain Access to a Rifle
A little boy named Hugh Neill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Neill, residing on Ulonga, was the victim of a serious shooting accident on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dissatisfied Soldier Settlers. Interview the Minister
Mr. Chaffey, Minister of Agriculture, to-day tried to convince the Returned Soldier Settlers' Conference that most of the complaints came…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Day
On Friday next, April 25. (Anzac Day) there will be a memorial service at the Band Hall at 11 a.m. The Rev. Geo. Nesbitt ([?] Church)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shooting Episode at Brisbane. Man and Woman Wounded. BRISBANE
A man and a woman were shot in a house in the Valley last night. Jas. Carn, 30, is alleged to have called at a house wherein were two women,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Settlers Demand Royal Commission
A deputation from the Returned Soldiers' League waited on the Minister for Lands on Wednesday, and requested the appointment of a Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Senator Addresses Soldiers But is Given a Bad Time
Senator Grant had a bad time in trying to address the Soldiers Congress last night. He indulged in the usual platitudes about rates and taxes,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldiers Deputation. Minister for Lands Says Some Useful Things
A large deputation from the Returned Soldiers' Congress, sitting in Sydney, this morning waited on Mr. Wearne, Minister of Lands, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Pensions
Giving evidence before the Pension Commissioner in Sydney recently, Dr. V. Benjafield, repatriation and medical officer, said that there were several…
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