A War Incident Recalled
In all the air raiding over London during the war the Houses of Parliament were hit only once. A fragment of shrapnel fired by British…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Murray · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1930
193 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 10
The Samoan Unrest. War Sloops Leave New Zealand
AUCKLAND, Thursday Night. The war sloops, Veronica and Laburnum, will leave Auckland, to-day, Although their destination is not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Returned Soldiers' League Something About Its Objects and Activities. an Open Leter to Returned Men
The Hay Sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia is desirous of enlisting the support of every…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attack with Razor Sleeping Men Wounded Sensation at Barham
Late-on Saturday night there was excitement at Barham when it was reported that a man had his throat cut and that another man had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shooting Affray Man and Wife Wounded
A man and his wife and their former boarder were wounded in a shooting affray in Georges River Road, Enfield, and all three, are in hospital, one in a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Advances to Settlers Returned Soldiers' Requests
Representatives of the Returned Soldiers' League (New South Wales branch) waited upon the Minister for Agriculture last week and urged that…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Settlers‘ Advances Returned Soldiers' Requests
Representatives of the Returned Soldiers’ League (New South Wales branch) waited upon the Minister for Agriculture last week, and urged that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death Bate of Returned Men 6000 a Year
Reference is made in the annual report of Bendigo (Vic.) branch of the Returned Soldiers' League to the necessity for guarding the welfare of…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Retrenchment in Post Office. Married Returned Soldiers' Affected. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon
Thirty returned soldiers employed by the Postal Department, at the Central Square office, Sydney, have been informed that their services…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier with Bullet in His Heart. Lives Six Months. LONDON
The official report on the health of the army reveals a remarkable case of a bullet lodging in a soldier's heart six months before causing death. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Pensions 272.631 Recipients £80,904,984 Expended
Expenditure of war pensions, from the inception of the scheme in 1916, to June 30, 1929, amounted to £80,904,984, according to the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Returned Soldiers Dismissed
Thirty returned soldiers employed by the Postal Department at Central Square, Sydney, have been served with notices of dismissal, to take effect from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hay War Memorial High School the School Re-opens. Some Interesting and Progressive Developments
The School re-opened on Tuesday last and shows promise of having a record enrolment. Classes are filling up rapidly and fully justify the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Military Enlistments Highly Satisfactory
Figures made available by the Adjutant-General of the Australian military forces (Brig.-General T.H. Dodds) show that up to January 31 there…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Crate of Grenades Explodes. Soldiers and Workmen Killed. ATHENS
A number of workmen and soldiers were killed when a crate of hand grenades was dropped when being removed from a lorry at the munitions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers’ Gymkhana Annual Sports on Easter
More than forty sporting men and Diggers of Deniliquin attended a meeting at the Soldiers’ Club rooms on Friday night last to make preliminary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tractor Trial at War. Racnabeal
Under the [?] Executives of the [?] Tractor Owners [?] Sir Keith Smith [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Gunea Transport Development Phenomenal Growth Since the War
The phenomenal development in the volume of motor transport in the Mandated Territories and Papua was outlined on Saturday last by Mr. J. B…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Advance Australia News Service Dangers of War
THE course of the disarmament conference in London brings us face he face with the fact, however much we dislike it, that the world in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Fatally Wounded by Pea Rifle. Maryborough (Qld.)
After shooting a bird with a pea rifle, William Barker (17), hit it on the head with the butt of the rifle in order to kill it. The weapon…
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