Tennis Ball War
The "Daily Express" states that a great tennis ball war is raging between manufacturers, affecting South Africa, the Riviera, and England, with reverberations in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1926
533 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 27
New Cruisers Britain Must Renew War Worn Ships Ministry's Policy 'We Are Falling Behind Foreigners in Naval Building'
That Great Britain could not afford to cease warship construction while other nations were building up-to-date war vessels, was emphasised by the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. W. C. Bridgeman). He pointed out that many British vessels used during the war were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldiers' Appeal Meeting in Newcastle
There was a good attendance at a meeting at the Newcastle Council Chambers last night, convened by Alderman H. P. Cornish, the Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Statistics
Interesting war statics have been drawn up by the president of the French Statistical Society, which reveal the killed and missing of the chief belligerents…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Limbless Soldiers' Appeal Melbourne
Mr. Bruce, the Prime Minister, was interviewed to-day by a deputation representing the Commonwealth Limbless Soldiers' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Council of War Abdel Krim Worried LONDON
A semi-official communique states that violent storms with heavy rain have occurred along the whole of the French front in Morocco, Says the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lowest Since the War British Food Costs LONDON, Wednesday Night
Consumers are expecting lower prices from the Food Council's investigation. "The Sun's" inquiries show that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Rescue Thrilling Story Modest Hero Grateful Mother's Thanks
The story of a brave rescue by a British soldier in Belgium in 1915, during a German advance, has just been revealed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A War Film
Turbulent scenes were witnessed in Dublin during the first exhibition of the Great War film, "Ypres." Several armed men raided a cinema in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Those War Losses
Probably they have been better made up than reported—the figures by the French Statistical Society. As reaching us they are that the killed and missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →World War's Effect Japs' Respect Destroyed Western Civilisation Tokio
A parade of 50,000 people in Tokio, great parades in other cities, and services in every Shinto shrine in Japan, testify to the success of the organised…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Victim of Vendetta" War Leader Bankrupt Underhand Libels London, Friday Night
Brigadier-General crozier has been declared bankrupt. He commanded the welsh Brigade during the war, which war nicknamed the welsh…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tennis War French and American Press Squabble Cat and Dog Fight "U. S. A. Journals Trying to Break Lenglen's Nerve"
French and American newspapers are at war over the impending tennis match between Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills. The Americans say that the rain has been a disadvantage to Miss Wills, as she needs practice, but that it has benefited Suzanne Lenglen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Hall Social
The annual-smoke social and reunion of the members of the Newcastle Naval, Military and Veterans' Association aws held in the Anzac Hall on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Homes. Successful Settlement at North Sydney Not Like Newcastle Neat, Solid and Cheap Houses for Returned Men
Experiences in the Newcastle district on the building of"Job lots" of war service commission homes for returned soldiers were not the happiest advertisement for the department. In the past year or two, however, it is claimed that the department has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War on Mosquitoes Health Officer's Advice
Dr. Wallace, Medical Officer of Health for Hunter district, said to-day that, as usual in such outbreaks, the epidemic had developed with great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dengue Fever Two Hundred Sufferers at Stockton Hot Weather the Cause Health Officer Advises War on Mosquitoes
A Stockton chemist who has been kept busy during the last few days dispensing prescriptions, estimates that about 200 residents of the northern suburb are suffering from an epidemic of dengue fever. This is a tropical disease caused by the bite of the stegomyia Fasciata, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Graves Fund
The credit of being the first to pay its contribution in connection with the War Cemeteries Endowment Fund goes to Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Legacy Inherited Father's Wound LONDON
A shoemaker, Henry Jayes, 28, shot himself. He was worried because his daughter inherited a replica of his war wound, in an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier and Burglar
Wilfred Macartney, who was found guilty of breaking and entering a store in the West End, and who has had an [?]ing career, was sentenced to nine…
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