Big Granite Block Sydney War Memorial SYDNEY
Seventeen tons of granite in one piece was hauled into Martin-place to-day, and placed in position. This piece will form the main section of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1927
657 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 33
British Soldiers Newcastle Reunion League
The British Forces Reunion League held a roll call at the Trades Hall on Saturday night when the following officers were elected:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newspapers Increased Sales Thrice Pre-war Value
Over three hundred delegates from all parts of Britain and from Ireland attended the annual conference of the National Federation of Retail…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Chinese War Silanghai
Personally led by General Chiang Kai Shek, the Nanking Government's armies have staged a come-back, and have recaptured Hisuchowfu, the most important…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Canadian War Story Nine Years' Silence Broken
Sir Arthur Currie, commander of the Canadian Corps, recently broke almost sine years' silence in an interview in a Toronto paper which furnishes interesting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Prince of Wales Dedicates an Altar to Fallen Soldiers (Australian Press Association.) OTTAWA
Accompanied by Prince George and Mr. Balwin the Prince of Wales yesterday dedicated an altar in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Inquiry Wanted Dartbrook Soldiers' Land MUSWELLBROOK
The Muswellbrook returned soldiers have carried a resolution for insertion in the State Congress agenda paper, urging an injuiry into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Our Heritage" Soldiers' Memorial Wreath
"When 60,000 of the 413,000 of our gallant Australians laid down their lives in the Great War, they left us an heritage of freedom not to be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Freight War
It is reported from Capetown that fresh interest has been given to the freight war by the arrival of the first opposition ship at Table Bay, full on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chinese War Battle for Shanghai Expected Shortly (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI
Reports which hove reached British headquarters, confirm the rumours that the Red troops from Hankow are executing a circling movement overland towards'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' League Requests Melbourne
A d[?]tation from the Returned Soldiers' Leag[?] waited on Mr. Marr, the Minister for Repatri[?]tion, and urged increases in widows and orb[?] pensions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Soldiers' Film
Disabled an medalled ex-soldiers took part yesterday in an episode in the film, Land of Hope and Glory," showing the unveiling of a village war memorial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Selection War Two Labor Candidates?
So determined are Newcastle district electoral council that it is expected that they will continue to defy the A.L.P. executive if to-day's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Driven Back the War Against Rabbits Are They Assets?
Rabbits are being pushed further afield. Twelve months ago one could shoot thousands of them, all within a day's car run of Sydney, but poisoning and consistent digging-out have done much towards the eradication of "bunny,"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Got a Hiding Fortunes of War Change in China Marshal Sun's Win Nationalist Flag Hauled Down in Shanghai
Once more it looks as though Shanghai may change hands. Chiang Kai-Shek, the Nationalist leader, has been severely beaten by Marshal Sun Chuan-Fang, the former war lord of the five Yangtse provinces…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldiers Speech by Dr Page. Sydney
"There has been actual expenditure in repatriation and war charges since the war of a total sum equal to the whole of the cost of war while it was in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To Our Glorious Dead Impressive Ceremony Soldiers' Cenotaph Unveiled Sydney
The Cenotaph erected in Martin Place, Sydney to the memory of the men who paid the supreme sacrifice in the Great was to-day dedicated by Mr. J. T…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Settling War Debts LONDON
An agreement has been signed, defining the terms of settlement of the Serbo-Croat-Slovene war debt to Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Chinese War Northerners Advance Seizure of Munitions (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI
Reports received this afternoon include the capture of Pengpu by the Northerners, who are pressing forward to Pukow, which is the Yangtse terminus of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Returned Soldiers Conference in Sydney Sydney
The annual conference of the Returned Soldiers' League was opened in Sydney to-day by Mr. Lang, the State Premier. He said that the league had been able…
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