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The wars & local soldiers, 1931

983 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 38 of 50

War on "Scalers" Special Staff Detailed Railway Campaign

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1931 · page 8

Experiences of Newcastle railway officials suggest that the seemingly ineradicable instinct of many people to obtain concessions to which they are not…

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Empire Trade Lord Jellicoe's Plea War Veterans Confer Toronto (Ontario), September 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1931 · page 10

Appealing for the same unity in time of peace as that which gave the Empire success during the Great War, Admiral Jellicoe sounded the keynote for…

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Waterside Work Preference to Soldiers Deputation to Mr. Brennan Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1931 · page 10

The Federal Attorney-General (Mr. F. Brennan) received a deputation this morning from the ex-Imperial Services Association in connection with the claims of…

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Soviet Menace War On Civilisation "Time for Action"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 September 1931 · page 4

"The time has come for us to demand action by Governments, to demand action by the Church, to demand that every man and woman who have accepted the…

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Grocer After War Austrian Archduke Dead VIENNA, September 4

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 September 1931 · page 5

The death has occurred of Archduke Leopold von Hapsburg, father of the Grand Duke Anton. Despite his close relationship with the…

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War Veterans Conference at Toronto Debate on Tariffs Support for British Films (Australian Press Association.) TORONTO (Ont.), September 4

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 September 1931 · page 6

The question of perpetuating the organisations within the British Empire Service League was discussed at to-day's vice League was discussed at to-day's…

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Youth Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 4

Unaware that it was loaded, James Mehan, 13, of Ash Island, was cleaning a pea-rifle yesterday morning. The weapon exploded, wounding him in the right foot…

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Veterans at War "Victorian Pensioners"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 8

The strange metamorphosis that overtook many an old and superannuated ship during the Great War is described in the "Fortnightly Review" by Mr. William…

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Pensions List Old Age, Invalid and War a Remarkable Total Canberra, September 4

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 6

In view of the rehabilitation plan, which includes a cut in pensions of all kinds, it is of interest to analyse the tables presented by Mr. Scullin, as Acting-Treasurer,…

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Air Defence Lessons of Air Force "War" FIGHTER v. Bomber London, July 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 September 1931 · page 8

Vital points in and around the sprawling sums of London, greatest of the world's cities and geographically the most vulnerable to air attack, were the object…

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Badges Not Worn Brisbane Waterfront Dispute Returned Men's Protest Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 5

The dispute on the waterfront at Brisbane was carried a stage further to-day, when returned soldiers, declining to wear the pasteboard badges issued at the…

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War Veterans

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 6

Sir,—The "Newcastle Morning Herald" of September 7 gives a report of the Congress of the British Empire Service League, now in session at Toronto,…

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Death Sentence on Youth Wounded Hotelkeeper Is Charge Keys Saved Constable Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 8

Sentence of death woo recorded by Mr. Justice Stephen, when Cecil Cowell, aged 22, a butcher, was convicted of having wounded Patrick…

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Convicts Riot Prison-made Bombs Used Guard Fatally Wounded Salt Lake City (U.s.), Sept. 9

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 9

One convict was killed and a guard fatally wounded and four others, including a warden, injured in an outbreak in the Utah State Penitontiary to-day…

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The Waterfront Trouble at Brisbane Unionists and Soldiers Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 9

The trouble that occurred yesterday, at the waterside picking-up place, when returned soldiers were refused admission through declining to comply with demands…

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Shooting Affray at Maroubra James Devine's Brother Wounded Police Court Sequel Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 September 1931 · page 3

Guy Neville Kingsbary, of independent means, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day, before Mr. Williams, S.M., with…

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Beyond Victory Bill Boyd War Drama Victoria Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 September 1931 · page 2

Beyond Victory, which is being shown at the Victoria Theatre, is a realistic war picture it is at the…

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West Wallsend Band's Welcome Home

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 September 1931 · page 2

On the return from the band contest at Maitland on Sunday night, the members of West Wallsend Band, after playing selections, was given an enthuslastie…

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Imperial Unity "Assurance of World Peace" Australian Soldier's View New York, September 14

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 September 1931 · page 5

Mr. Robb Mullen, an Australian delegate to the Empire Service League Convention to Canada, arrived here to-day, on route to Detroit, where he will be the…

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£100,000 Wanted for Relief British Soldiers in Australia

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 September 1931 · page 4

Asking that £100,000 be set aside out of the funds of the Edward Harkness Trust, for the relief of British ex-servicemen in Australia, the…

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