Returned Soldiers' Dinner
The annual dinner arranged by the Cessnock branch of the Returned Soldiers' League will take place on Saturday. Mr. F. Dunstan, of the State executive, is…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1931
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Anzac Ball Visitors
Accompanying the Governor-General, Sir Isaac Isaacs; and Lady Isaacs, on their visit to Newcastle for the purpose of attending the Anzac Ball, will be Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →For Anzac Ball Funds League Auxiliary Dance
In ald of funds for the forthcoming Anzac Ball a social and dance will be held in the Memorial Hall to-night, by the Women's Auxiliary of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Affairs Abroad Economy in Britain Cost of the Dole Suspension of War Debts
Cable messages from England during the week make it clear that the gravity of the financial position is realised by all parties and sections of the community. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier's Funeral for Friendless Digger
Unable to trace any of his friends, Newcastle Returned Soldiers' League him decided to take over the funeral arrangements of a digger, who died in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Explosion of Magazine Portuguese Soldiers Killed Hongkong
Thirty persons, Including Portuguese, Chinese and African soldiers, were killed when a Portuguese powder magazine exploded at Macao…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Wounded Police Arrest Housekeeper BRISBANE
William Zunker, 45, farmer, of Burnett Heads, near Bundaberg, was admitted to hospital on Saturday, suffering from wounds to the head, neck, and shoulder…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maintenance of War Graves
The Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) said recently that a misapprehension had arisen regarding the amount placed on the Estimates for the maintenance of soldiers'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cessnock Returned Soldiers' Dinner
There was a big muster of returned soldiers at the second annual dinner arranged by the Cessnock branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' League held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →British War Pensioners
The Commonwealth Secretary of the British War Pensioners' Association (Mr. J. F. Dinnen), of Charlestown, received a letter yesterday from the Chairman of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tickets for Anzac Ball May Come Free From Air
Captain stan Preston. A.F.C., Newcastle's airman, will fly over Newcastle during the week-end, and while over the city will scatter dodgers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Fear Won't End War" Dean of Newcastle's Views "Venture in Faith"
The Dean of Newcastle (Very Rev. W. H. Johnson), speaking on War and International Peace, to-day, said that if those nations of the world…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returned Soldiers to Go Sydney
The Returned Soldiers' League has been informed by the Postmaster-General that he is unable to prevent the dismissal of a number of returned soldiers from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Exchange Will Aid Ex-service Men £40,000 Owing Says Spokesman Windfall to Soldiers
The secretary of the British War Pensioners' Association (Mr. Dinnen). who is at present in Newcastle, said that aa a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spain Renounces War Madrid, August 17
"Spain solemnly renounces, war as a national political instrument," states the draft Constitution. Others of 121 articles provide against the President becoming a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Service Homes Occupiers Improved Conditions May Be Granted
Important changes in the War Service Homes Act are expected by Newcastle Returned Soldiers' League as a result of the agitation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Zeppelin Lands in England First Occasion Since Great War Cruise Round Britain London
The German airship, Graf-Zeppelin, commanded by Dr. Eekener, flew to England from Friedrich[?]haven to-day, being the first…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Menace in Swamps Support of M.l.a. Will Be Enlisted
That the health of the people had to be safeguarded and that the council should continually press for the filling in of the swamps if it wanted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Office Contract Australian Tenderers' Success LONDON, August 18
The Australian Press Association understands stands that Australian tenderers have secured the Bulk of the War Office's valuable half-yearly contract for frozen beef…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Debts "Must Be Cancellation" Hope for Future Bank Director's Opinion LONDON, August 19
"I do not see a prospect of any permanent improvement in trade or unemployment, except through a drastic scaling down or cancellation of reparations and…
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