War in China Successful Soviet Attack SHANGHAI, November 4
Harbin despatches indicate an increase in the intensity of Soviet attacks on the Northern and Eastern Manchurian fronts, with a medium of success…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1929
830 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 42
Transport War All-Australian Conference Monopoly Not Desired Melbourne
The first all-Australian conference of transport authorities was opened to-day by the Lord Mayor. Delegates from all States were present, and the chief…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Of New South Wales French Jury Upholds Right to Kill to End Suffering Son Acquitted Shot Mother to End Her Agony Fainted at Trial Soldiers With Bayonets Guard Court PARIS
Richard Corbett, charged with having shot his mother, who was suffering from an incurable disease, was acquitted by a jury. It was a sensational trial, during which women…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Buy a Poppy Governor's Appeal Help Soldiers
"I need not remind the people of New South Wales," says the Governor (Sir Dudley de Chair), in an appeal for Poppy Day, "that Armistice Day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shock for Children Father Fatally Wounded Adelaide
The death has occurred of Mr. H. B. S. Van Raaalte, fomer Curator of Adelaide Art Gallery. His two younger children were returning to their home on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£542 Paid Out Soldiers' Benevolent Fund
It was reported to a meeting of the Newcastle Sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League, last night that since the benevolent fund…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier Settlers Alleged Harsh Treatment Statement by Mr. Ball Sydney
Mr. Ball (Minister for Lands) stated to-night that in view of statements made that the soldier settlers on the Lacmalac Estate, near Tumut, had received harsh…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Buy a Poppy Big Newcastle Appeal for Soldiers Buy a poppy!
Every shilling given by Newcastle's citizens to-morrow will be something off the obligation which all owe to the soldiers and their…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Our Obligation to Our Soldiers Still Remains
TO-MORROW Newcastle citizens, in common with the rest of Australia, will be asked again to remember their obligations to their soldiers and their dependants. To-morrow is Poppy Day, when everyone will be asked to buy a poppy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War in China Nationalists Harassed SHANGHAI, November 7
The Nationalist troops are feverishly engaged in erecting extensive defence in anticipation of a general offensive by Kuo Miu Chun. The strongest entrenchments…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The War Office New Name Suggested London, November 7
Sir Herbert Samuel asked in the House of Commons to-night whether, in view of the signing of the Peace Pact in Paris last year, the name of the War Office…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A London Letter Temple Bar—The Chief Scout, a Soldier, and a Flea—The Wonders of Wireless—Soldiers and their Pets from Germany. LONDON, September 26, 1929. Pitfalls for the Prime Minister
The Prime Minister is off this week on his visit to the United States and Canada, and he leaves with the general good wishes of all parties for the success of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Distressed Soldiers Poppy Day Appeal
Under ideal weather conditions, Poppy Day was observed in Newcastle yesterday. Bands of patriotic workers engaged in the sale of poppies in aid of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Soldier Artists
The War Minister opened this week the annual exhibition of the Officers' Art Society, but war plays a surprisingly small part ill the pictures exhibited. Out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Lavishes Hospitality on Prince's V.C. Guests INDIA'S V.C. Subadar Singh Sees London War Heroes Feted Canadians Mobbed by Factory Girls LONDON
Tall and stalwart, with a blue-black beard, rolled in under his chin in typical Sikh fashion, Subadar Isha Singh, V.C. is at present looking at London in some bewilderment. His experiences apart from campaigning in Palestine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gang Warfare One Killed; Two Wounded Sydney Sensation Sydney
Calmy waiting on the opposite side of the roadway until several men emerged from the Strand Hotel, at the corner of Crown and William Streets, East Sydney, last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →St. Andrew's "War Made Difficult"
"When we think of all that has transpired in the process of the years, contrary to the ideals expressed by the prophet, we wonder sometimes whether he…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Sufferers Canadian List OTTAWA
Eleven years after the war the problem of treating disabled Canadian soldiers and ameliorating the conditions of their dependants by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Germany Dragged In" Expert on World War London, November 9
Mr. G. P. Gooch, joint editor of the British documents on the origin of the war, lecturing at London to-day, said: "I must say calmly, on the basis of all…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"War Is Doomed" General Smuts on League of Nations LONDON, November 9
In a lecture at Oxford to-day, General Smuts said that mankind within 10 years may make a step which may prove the greatest in history. It was little short…
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