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The wars & local soldiers, 1931

983 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 50

Report Called for Allegations of Extravagance Soldiers' Pensions Tribunal CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 6

The Assistant Minister for Health and Repatriation (Mr. J. McNeill) said to-day that the report of the Auditor-General had now been sent to the Soldiers'…

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Soldiers' Memorial Proposal For New Site R.S. League Undecided

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 4

The support of the League in a movement to have the soldiers' memorial removed from in front of the post office to a new site near the Town…

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Soldiers' Preference "Promise Not Honored" Protest to Govt

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 4

Declaring that the Government's promise that preference to returned soldiers would be given at Newcastle Labor Bureau, had not been honored,…

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Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 April 1931 · page 2

Sir,—As a member of the A.I.F., with four years and 207 days, and also 12 years' military Imperial service, I express the feeling of most "Diggers" when I deplore…

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Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 April 1931 · page 11

The Mayor (Ald. A. H. Hain) on Saturday placed a wreath on the Soldiers' Memorial, a tribute of respect to the memory of the men who fell in the Great War…

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Wyong Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 April 1931 · page 5

This notable day was celebrated in the Coronet Picture Palace, Wyong. The attendance was large, and deep interest was taken in the proceedings. At the close…

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Merewether Anzac Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 April 1931 · page 11

An impressive service in commemoration of Anzac Day was held in Park-street Methodist Church on Sunday night, when Rev. J. N. Bullen was the preacher. The…

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Right Hand Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 April 1931 · page 5

G. V. Hanson, 27, living at Steadman-street. Mayfield, a blacksmith employed at Cardiff Railway Workshops, sustained a severe wound on the right hand and a…

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Speers' Point Anzac Commemoration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 April 1931 · page 3

A combined church service in commemoration of Anzac Day was held in the Speers' Point picture theatre on Sunday afternoon, and was attended by…

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Hell's Angels At Lyric Theatre War in the Air

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 April 1931 · page 2

HELL'S ANGELS, declared to have taken nearly three years in the making and to have involved an overhead cost of 4,000,000…

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Preference to Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 April 1931 · page 5

Sir,—Now that Anzac Day is past and forgotten for another 12 months, and the local branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League has a few pounds in hand,…

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Of New South Wales Rival Union Gangs in Fierce Clash at Lee Wharf Newcastle Waterfront War Fists Fly Timely Arrival of Police Reinforcements Wharves Guarded Trouble Has Been Brewing for Two Weeks Between Rival Factions

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 April 1931 · page 1

Another short, fierce clash occurred between the Federation wharf laborers and the free laborers on Newcastle waterfront early this morning. Fearing that reinforcements from the rival factions would…

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Clergy Absent Concord Anzac Day Service SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 4

It was stated by the Mayor of Concord at last night's meeting that the reason local clergy did not attend the Anzac Day commemoration was because they had…

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WAR! Struggles We Miss

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 4

Can you imagine the war that goes on in a single drop of blood? Have you seen the Sleeping Sickness germ attacking the helpless Red…

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Soldiers Dismissed Commonwealth Departments Discussion in Parliament Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 6

To discuss the dismissal of 36 returned soldiers in the engineering branch of the General Post-office, and the dismissal of six limbless soldiers from various…

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Anzac Collections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 7

The collections at the Anzac commemoration ceremonies on Sunday totalled £13/10/9—£7/13/6 for the united service at night, and £5/17/3 for the Diggers'…

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Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 11

Sir,—I Should like to know how a certain butcher in this district was allowed to open and sell and deliver meat on Anzac Day…

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Man Wounded Kahibah Shooting Police Make Arrest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 9

Shot through the left buttock, Alexander. Shepherd, 43, an unemployed man, who lives at Kahibah,[?] was admitted to Newcastle Hospital last night…

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The Anzac Cup Field Gunners Jubilant Wednesday's Ceremony

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 8

The Anzac Cup will be presented to the winners, 1st Field Brigade Australian Field Artillery, on Wednesday next, at 8 p.m., at the Town Hall…

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Man Wounded at Kahibah with Pea-rifle Elderly Man Charged with Offence "Drinking Bout Brawl"

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 1

Alexander Shepherd an unemployed Kahibah man, of 43 years, is in Newcastle Hospital with a shot in his left hip. His…

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