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

Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1930

769 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 39

Not for War Boy Scouts' Training President's Denial

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 August 1930 · page 8

A spirited denial to the statement that the boy scout and girl guide movement was training boys and girls to go to war was given by the…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Gangster War Detroit's Death Tally Bootlegger's Wife Detroit

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 August 1930 · page 1

Detroit's 15th recent gangster assassination was recorded early to-day, when Cicero Mangipalli was shot five times by a short…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

New President Cessnock Soldiers' League

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 August 1930 · page 7

At a meeting of the Cessnock branch of the Returned Soldiers' League last night Mr. H. Edmunds was elected president in the place of…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Naval Honour Roll

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1930 · page 4

Long a feature of the old Naval Depot, the Honour Roll of men who had been associated with it is to be retained by Newcastle. In accordance with suggestions…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Afridi "War" Situation Still Grave Villages Attacked Prompt Aeroplane Punishment LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 August 1930 · page 3

The number of Afridis remaining in the Peshawar district has greatly decreased, and so has the main body of the tribal Lashkar (Afridi army) in the vicinity of the Khajuri Plain, according to the weekly official review…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Nation's Obligation Aid for Returned Soldiers Queensland League's Work Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1930 · page 5

The hope that Governments would honour their obligations to returned men who were feeling the effects of the economic depression was expressed by the State…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

War Office Appointment London, August 18

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 August 1930 · page 8

The War Office announces that Major-General Oldfield has been appointed General Officer commanding Malaya, with effect from February 1931, in succession to…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Journey's End Great British War Play Film Talkie—royal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 August 1930 · page 3

WAR plays are not popular; but there can be no doubt that the British production, Jon ney's End, which to being shown at…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Returned Soldiers Preference in Queensland BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 August 1930 · page 6

As a result of a conference between the committee of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia and the committee of the Government party,…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Returned Soldiers' League

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 August 1930 · page 9

Mr. H. Edmunds, who has been a consistent worker for the Cessnock sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, has been appointed President for the…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Three Uniforms Enlistment Fraud Volunteer Gaoled Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 August 1930 · page 7

The first prosecution under the new militia system took place in the South Melbourne Court yesterday when Alfred Gotts was sentenced to a month's…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

High School Boys Give Their War Cry

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 August 1930 · page 1

Healthy, happy and energetic, Newcastle has reason to be proud of her youths, a section of whom are shown in the above picture…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

"Declare Moratorium" "Repudiate All War Debts" Labour Conference Motion Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 August 1930 · page 7

A conference attended by representatives of the Trades and Labour Council, the Australian Labour Party, and the Unemployed Union, which was held in…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

BREAKAWAY Night Tennis War Now Mattland Dispute

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 August 1930 · page 6

Dimension has arisen in the ranks of Maitland tennis, players. Parties to the dispute are the Maitland and District Lawn Tennis Association and…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

A London Letter Battlefields Pars—Air Force Comrades—The King's Christmas Pudding—India House—Sherlock Holmes—Relics of Scott—Historic Relics—Holiday Trampers—Parks for the Nation—Earl's Advice to Son. LONDON, July 10, 1950. Pilgrims of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1930 · page 5

THE battlefields of France and Flanders are fast disappearing, and none will regret their passing. The poignant memorials remain in the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Newcastle Dancers at the Anzac Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 August 1930 · page 9

There was a large attendance at the Anzac Ball on Thursday night in Newcastle Town Hall (See description on pace 4)…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

The Anzac Ball Gay Uniforms and Dresses

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 August 1930 · page 4

Men in gay, red uniforms, and women in gayer dresses, military music from a military band, appropriate de orations, and an excellent supper, were…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Dungog Gaol Escapee Recaptured by Police at Clarencetown To-day War Victim Dead Kurri Girl in Air Raids Body on Railway Line

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 August 1930 · page 7

According to the police view, Ethel May Britten, aged 17, who as killed on the railway line at North Kurri on Saturday, was…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Milk War Amazing Offers Alleged SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 5

Offers of an amazing character are alleged to have been made to those milk vendors who are supplying the public with milk at prices below those fixed by…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Boolaroo Returned Soldiers' League

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 3

At an important meeting of the Boolaroo sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, Mr. R. Simpson presided. Correspondence was received from the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →