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

New England · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1924

244 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 13

Nonster Naval Gun New Battleship Armament. Lessons of the War

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 7

There is in process of manufacture at Sheffield, Newcastle, Glasgow, and Woolwich Alscual for the two new British battleships, authorised at the…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

War Service Homes Commission Losses to June Last, £1,628,988 Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 4

Losses amounting to £1,628,895 have been incurred by the War Service Homes Commission to June last year…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Helping Returned Soldiers. Armidale Jockey Club's Efforts. Cost of Conveniences Considered

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 7

The Armidale and New England Jockey Club Committee, during the war, established a fund to assist special cases of distress among returned…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Sequel to Dance Soldier's Body in Bushes

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 8

Remarkable evidence by a girl of quarrel between two men at a dar was given at Aldershot Police C[?]recently…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

CORRESPONDENCE. [We do not identify our selves in any way with the opinions expressed by correspondents.] "Contemptuous Treatment." a Soldier's Complaint. (To the Editor.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 4

Sir,—As a returned soldier permanently incapacitated and not altogether unknown to the people of Armidale, [?] beg to draw attention to an instance of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

War Pension Frauds Young Couple Charged. [?]

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 4

War pension frauds amounting [?] nearly £500. were charged against Nicholos Peters and Olive Peters, a young married, couple in the City…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Young Girl Wounded. Examining Revelver

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 4

Clarice Copp, aged 14, was, with two boys near her residence at Dulwich [?], one of the boys produced a revolver, and while they were…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Embers of War. and the Peace of the World

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 2

Mr. R. Macdonald, England's first Labor Prime Minister elect, in his speech at the Albert Hall, London, said he wanted to go to office with…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Rabbit-Proof Fencing. Advances to Soldiers. Limits Laid Down

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 4

Mr. A. E. Moeller, President of the Tamworth District Soldier Settlers' Association has received the following letter from Mr. E. P. Fleming,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Making Machine Guns. What War Costs

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 4

General plans have been completed for additions to the Lithgow Small Arms factory, to cost £65,000. It will be devoted solely to machine…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Reckoning Federal Government's Dilemma. War Gratuity Bonds. Melbourne

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 4

The Federal Government this year will have to redeem £20,000,000 given to soldiers as gratuity bonds. Financiers are concerned as to how the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Soldiers Memorial Final Meeting of Committee. Credit Balance of —148

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 4

A meeting of the Soldiers' Memorial Committee was held on Friday last. The Mayor (Aid. Morgan Stephens) occupied the chair, and there were…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Telegrams. [Through, our Sydney Representatives.] SYDNEY, Thursday Afternoon. Awful Tragedy. Mandman Runs Amok. Three Killed and Two Wounded

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 4

There was a sensational tragedy in the Melbourne Botanical Gardens, last night, when a man, armed with a gun, ran amok, and shot Mrs. Helen…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Armidale Soldiers' Memorial

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 6

At a formal meeting of the committee of the Armidale Soldiers' Memorial, the Mayor presiding, it mas decided to at once have the names blacked in,…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Returned Soldiers. Annual Meeting of League Building a Home. Agreement with Literary Institute Approved

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 10

The annual meeting of the Armidale branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia was held on Friday night…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Soldiers' Graves. Federal Headstones. MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 5

The Federal Government has decided to invite tenders tor the erection of headstones on sailors and soldiers. graves in New South Wales…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

War Service Homes. Expenditure to Date

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 4

According to the Federal Public Works Department the amount expended on wax service homes up to November 30 was £18,124,970. Houses were…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Sailors and Soldiers' Graves. Headstones to be Erected

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 4

The Federal Government has decided to invite tenders for the erection of headstones on sailors and soldiers' graves in N.S.W…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A Woman In the Case Man Seriously Wounded. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 4

During a dispute in Argyle Cut, early this morning, between George Howard, off the mail steamer "Sonoma," and another man, over a girl, a…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Japan and America Threat of War. 6 If Exclusion Law Passed (Reuter). Tokyo

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 4

The House of Peers was the scene of a double sensation when Baron Sakatani ex-Minister of Education, supplementing Count Matsui's recent…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →