Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

Murray · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1931

189 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 10

Marshal Joffre Dead. Great Soldier Passes. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 2

Marshal Joffre died this morning. There is general mourning throughout France at the great leader's death…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Man's War Against Insects

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 17

"All problems connected with typhus plague, yellow fever, malaria, and so on, show what the dominion of the insect world is at this moment,"…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

Official History of the War Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 5

The total expenditure on the nine published volumes of the A.I.F. History of the Medical volume, was more than £80,000, but…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Tributes to War Dead Why "No Wreath" Decision Was Made

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 35

"As there would appear to be some misapprehension as to the scope and intention of the suggestion made by His Majesty's Government to other…

Continued on Trove, page 35 →

A Bad War Time Mistake. Revealed in New Novel. British Gunners Attack British Submarine. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2

Misreading a submarine's title caused British gunners to kill 19 of the crew of a British submarine, and they received congratulations on…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Marshal Joffre Death Announced Famous French Soldier Paris

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 11

Marshal Joffre died this morning. His weakened pulse at daybreak indicated that the cud was near. His wife, daughter, and son-in-law. assembled at…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Fined £150 Alleged Possession of Cocaine Returned Soldier Before Culcairn Police Courts

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2

At the Culcairn police court on Monday, George Marshall, 35, a returned soldier and an ex-chemist, eas charged with having…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Prime Minister Welcome Home at Melbourne Australia's Obligations Will Be Met

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 11

The Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) was warmly greeted by a large number of his supporters at Speneer-street station, Melbourne, when, accompanied…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Escapee Wounded by Bullet

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 47

Wounded by a police bullet while making a second dash for freedom, John Horace Hayes, 45, who escaped from Yantala Gaol (S.A.), on April 9…

Continued on Trove, page 47 →

"All Quiet on the Western Front" a Story of Youth in War Austral Pictures To-morrow Night

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

The screen version of "All Quiet on the Western Front," the sensational novel which has been translated into many languages…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Who's for Australia? a Great Soldier

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 1

Marshal Joffre died as nobly as he lived. Great men in their dying are an inspiration to those who are living. Dying on the verge of eighty, he…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Cancellation of War Debts

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 34

No official suggestion that war debts be cancelled has been made to the United States Treasury either directly or indirectly. The general feeling in…

Continued on Trove, page 34 →

Sydney Beer War. Brewery Granted Injunction

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 6

Richmond beer which is browed in Melbourne, has threatened to become popular in Sydney. On Tuesday, Sydney brewers took…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Soldier, Rest

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 20

SOLDIER, rest! Thy warfare o'er, Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking; Dream of battle fields no more…

Continued on Trove, page 20 →

Italian Alpine Soldiers Engulfed in Snow. Twenty-one Perish. ROME

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 2

A company of Italian Alpine soldiery, partaking in manoeuvres on the Piedmontese Alps, at South Modane. were engulfed in an avalanche, with…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Returned Soldier Suicides At Forest Reefs

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 2

James Lowrie (74), a returned soldier, committed suicide at Forest Reefs, near Millthorpe, last night, by blowing off the top of his head with a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

What the War Cost Australia

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 1

Some of the losses and disabilities caused by the war were graphically shown in the course of an address by Mr. Scullin, Federal Prime Minister…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Departure of Mr J.h. Killip Presentation by the Returned Soldiers' League

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 2

On Friday night Mr. Jas. H. Killip, headmaster of the Hay War Memorial High School, who has been promoted to Armidale, together with Mrs…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

America’s Part Is the Great War. General Dawes Enlighten

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 11 February 1931 · page 3

Some truth about America’s [?] in the Great War were told by General Dawes, who entertained the members of the American…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Alleged Housebreakers Wounded by the Caretaker. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 1

When two men who were allegedly breaking into the Pratten Park bowling Club premises early this morning, refused to surrender, when called…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →