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The wars & local soldiers, 1929

830 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 42

"Water War" Matter Deferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1929 · page 8

There was an echo of the "water war" in Fairfax-street, Speers' Point, at the meeting of the Lake Macquarie Shire Council last night, when a letter was…

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War Over Cow Pound Officer Protests "Vile" Language

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 July 1929 · page 5

At the last meeting of the council East Maitland aldermen had a complaint from the impounding officer in which he stated that a woman had…

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Germany's Black Day When the A.I.F. Triumphed War Celebration

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 July 1929 · page 4

On August 7, 1918, Sir John Monash sent his famous message to the Diggers: "For the first time in the history of this Corps, all five…

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Wool War Support from Manilla Sales at Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 7

Woolgrowers of the north and north-west of the State continue to support solidly Newcastle claim for her right as a wool-selling centre. According to a…

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War Danger Trades Hall Protest Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 8

If the Labour Council and anti-Imperialist war organisations can bring it about, there will be a general strike in the event of war breaking out in the Pacific. A…

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Romance Ends Belgian War Bride's Story Got a Divorce Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 7

After the Armistice, Jeane Marie Cockelberg, a pretty young Belgian, lived in a world of romance, for she had met and…

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Sad Memories Battlefield Cemeteries the Horrors of War Australians Impressed (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, July 31

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 9

The Australian war graves pilgrims spent a most interesting day in inspecting war graves stretching from Amiens to Lille. The day was dull, and showery, but…

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Soldier Settlers State's Big Loss Farmers' Bad Times Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 8

Reference to the hardships which men on the land have to face, and also the big ions sustained by the State in placing returned soldiers on farms, was made by…

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"The Coal War."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 7

Sir,—I have read the article by "Detonator" on the above subject in the issue of the "Newcastle Morning Herald" of Saturday, July 27. In some ways it is an…

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War Graves Pilgrims in Belgium

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 1

BRUSSELS. Friday.—The war graves pilgrims to-day visited Waterloo. They will arrive in London on Monday, and will be welcomed by Sir…

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CHINA Post-War Position Japanese Demands

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 4

One of the most interesting of the lectures in the series. "The China of This Decade," was delivered by Miss E. M. Hinder, B.Sc., in the Newcastle…

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War Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 6

Yesterday was the fifteenth anniversary of Great Britain's entry into the Great War, which resulted in the death of 8,543,500 soldiers of all nations, and the…

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ANTI-WAR Communists Demonstrate No Imperialism "Hands Off Soviet Russia" SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 7

A few hundred trades unionists u.ad representatives of peace societies assembled in Eddy-avenue, near the Central Station, this afternoon. Forming into line, they…

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GOLF T.B. Soldiers' Cup Preliminary Round

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 10

The annual competition for the T.B. Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Cup was played on the three links of the Newcastle district on Saturday afternoon. It as…

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50 Holiday-makers Drowned in Ostend Harbor Crash Thanksgiving Service Scouts Ankle Deep in Mud Many Collapse Fifteenth War Anniversary LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 1

Despite the almost continuous rain, which left the paths almost ankle deep in mud and slime, the great thanksgiving service of the Scouts' Jamboree was brought to an impressive climax when the scouts of all nations…

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Death From War Wounds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 4

The effects of wounds received in the Great War resulted in the death of Mr. Frank Sydney Alderson, a prominent resident of Ashbury on Saturday…

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British Claimants for War Damages Anxious London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 1

British claimants for war damages in Turkey, finding that Paris Reparation Commissions Funds enable payment of only 52½ per cent, of their…

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Another War Is It Inevitable? Uncertain Answers Human Nature Unchanged (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, August 4

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 5

The 13th anniversary of the outbreak of the World War finds some of the leaders of thought doubting whether the world has means ready to settle…

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Returned Soldiers' Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 4

Mr. Ball (Minister for Lands) will to-day open the State Congress of the Returned Soldiers' Leage in Sydney. It is expected that about 150 delegates from…

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Soldier Settlers Area of Land too Small? Justice Pike's Report Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 4

It is understood that the findings of Justice Pike, who was recently appointed by the Federal Government to inquire into soldier land settlements, are of a very…

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