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The wars & local soldiers, 1931

983 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 40 of 50

War Debts Swift Move for Revision League Committee's Report (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, September 21

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 September 1931 · page 7

The Geneva, correspondent of the British United Press understands that the League's Finance Committee's report, which is to be presented to-morrow,…

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War Pensioners' Meeting British Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 September 1931 · page 5

Important business is to be discussed at the meeting in the Newcastle Memorial Hall next Tuesday of the newly-formed coalfields branch of…

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Imperial War Pensioners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1931 · page 4

The newly-formed Newcastle branch of the British Imperial War Pensioners' Association will hold a meeting in the Memorial Hall. Perkin-street, Newcastle,…

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War Service Homes Interest Reduction

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 September 1931 · page 5

War service homes occupiers in Newcastle have been informed that the rate of interest repayments on their homes has been…

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The War Menace

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1931 · page 6

Sir,—The Japan-Chinese situation is significant. It seems to be nothing more or less than a concerted move by international capital to attack Soviet Russia…

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Shot Down in Street Girl Dangerously Wounded in the Shadows Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 September 1931 · page 3

Shot down in cold blood in the shadows in Henry-street, Ashfield, last night, Miss Linda Lancaster, 27, a…

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British War Pensioners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 September 1931 · page 4

The Secretary of the British War Pensioners' Association is leaving Newcastle to-day to interview officers of the sub-Treasury branch of the Commonwealth…

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War Breaks Out South American Countries Lapaz (Bolivia), September 26

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 September 1931 · page 5

War in the western hemisphere is reported to-night with an eight-hour battle just ended between Bolivian and Paraguayan troops in a dispute over the…

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Demand for War Chinese Students Parade Foreign Office Wrecked Shanghai, September 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1931 · page 5

An attack by students on the Foreign Minister (Dr. Wang) at Hanking this morning is far more serious than was at first reported,…

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War Service Homes

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 September 1931 · page 6

Purchasers of War Service Homes at Cessnock have been advised by the Department that interest on their payments, retrospective from August…

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Fracas at Hotel Man Wounded in Head MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1931 · page 6

Following a fracas at a hotel in Fitzroy this afternoon, Charles Young, 43, of North Carlton, was wounded in the head by a revolver shot…

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Newcastle Branch Imperial War Pensioners Pension Problems

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1931 · page 4

Several new members were present at the meeting of the Newcastle branch of the British Imperial War Pensioners' Association in the Memorial Hall,…

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War Pensions Tribunal to Sit Newcastle Claims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1931 · page 4

There will be a further sitting of the War Pensions Entitlement Tribunal in Sydney next month. Many claims have been lodged by men…

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Questions in Commons French War Debt. London, September 29

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1931 · page 8

In the House of Commons, the Chancellor (Mr. Snowd[?]n) informed Mr. Kirkwood that the French war debt to Britain at the date of the funding of the…

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Soldiers' Orphans Need Jobs Legacy Club Forming to Assist 55 Names on List

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 October 1931 · page 4

With the formation of a Legacy Club in Newcastle almost assured, the problem of finding employment for the children of…

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British War Pensioners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 6

As a well-attended meeting of the British imperial War Pensioners' Association yesterday the report of an accountant's investigation into the rates of exchange…

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Foreign Films Soldiers Demand Improvement "Unsuitable for Children" Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 9

Commenting on the failure of Australia to give adequate preference to Australian and British films, the State President of the Returned Soldiers' League (Colonel…

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Soldier-husband Returns From War Warsaw. September 1

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 October 1931 · page 5

The sudden reappearance of her husband, whom she believed to have been killed during the great war. has driven a Polish woman mad…

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Questions War Service Homes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1931 · page 8

Mr. Gullett (Henty) asked the Prime Minister whether he would order a partial inquiry into the question of war service homes. He stated that 995 homes…

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Federal Session War Service Homes Occupants' Plight Mr. Gullett Urges Action CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 8

Mr. Gullett (Henty) moved the adjournment of the House of Representatives to-day to discuss "the serious financial position of many occupants of war…

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