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The wars & local soldiers, 1930

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

Chinese War Lord on Tour Has a Retinue Peking

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 December 1930 · page 8

Known for years as the "model Governor" of the model province of Shansi," and more recently leader of the Northern Nationalist Field-Marshal…

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Shot at Governor Lahore Students Arrested Police Inspector Wounded Calcutta, December 23

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 December 1930 · page 8

An attempt to assassinate Sir Geoffrey Demontmorency, Governor of the Punjab, was made this afternoon as he was leaving the Punjab University Hall at…

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Bank Hold-up Taxi Driver for Trial Wounded Man in Car Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 December 1930 · page 5

The hearing of the case in which Victor Hoare, 28, taxi-driver, was charged with having, in company with Patrick Coughlan, and other persons unknown,…

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Returned Soldiers' League

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 December 1930 · page 4

The Newcastle branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League conducted a Christmas tree and presentation of toys to 150 children in the…

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Badly Wounded by Knife in Street Row Babinda Resident Foreigner Arrested by Police Cairns

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 December 1930 · page 6

A sensational outbreak of racing feeling at Babinda on Christmas Eve led to a melee in the main street…

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Old Soldier Honored Warrant Officer Warren

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 December 1930 · page 8

"Old soldiers never die" is a true axiom. Warrant-officer Fred Warren, who has seen 22 years' military service, including a full period on the…

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Returned Soldiers' Passes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 December 1930 · page 6

Train passes for incapacitated soldiers will be available at the Returned Soldiers' League office on Monday and Tuesday afternoon, from 2 o'clock to 5 o'clock…

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War Message in Coin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 December 1930 · page 8

Cunning ways in which vital information was earrled through enemy lines during the war were revealed at the exhibition of war intolligonce at the Imperial War…

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Returned Soldiers' Pensions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 December 1930 · page 4

At the 15th annual Federal congress of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia, held at Hobart recently, the following resolution…

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