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The wars & local soldiers, 1932

1,068 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 54

War Service Horn

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 7

War Service Homes proceeded against Horace Mitchison, of Mayfield, at Newcastle Summons Court to-day in a tenancy matter. An…

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Flying Lecturer— Restoring War Area

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 10

NEARING the exciting finish of the Burston Double Handicap Steeplechase at Lingfield (Eng.)…

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War Condemned Methodist Attitude State Lottery Denounced Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 5

War was condemned in strong terms, and the efforts of the League of Nations was warmly supported, in a report presented to the Methodist Conference…

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Husband Slays Children Was Prisoner of War in Germany Had Mental Trouble London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 8

"He never told me the story until he went to see the police, where he was taken prisoner, then I heard it 20 times," was…

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War Prisoner "Terrible Treatment" Evidence at London Inquest London, March 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 9

At the inquest on Emile Chatenet, the theatrical costumiere, and his three children, who were found shot dead in their beds, a verdict was returned that the…

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Returned Soldiers' Auxiliary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 2

The Women's Auxiliary of the Returned Soldiers' Imperial League held its first meeting of the year yesterday, at the Memorial Institute, Perkin-street. The…

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Returned Soldiers Meeting of League Anzac Day Arrangements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 13

The monthly general meeting of the Newcastle sub-branch, of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League was held in the Memorial Institute on…

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Boer War Veterans

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 8

A reunion dinner of the First Australian Horse (South Africa) will be held at Adam's Tattersall's Hotel, Pitt-street, on Tuesday evening, March 22. Mr. H…

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When King George Warned Churchill Information Gleaned From Berlin Germany's Intentions to Make War Kaiser Curbed London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 8

Because he was sure that the Kaiser, an honorary Admiral of the British Navy, would strut and take…

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General Cable News New Zealand Soldier's Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 11

London, Thursday—The British Legion paraded, bearing the Legion standard and the Anzac banner at the funeral of Private John Lewis Boyd, of the Auckland…

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Cause Unknown Returned Soldier's Death SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 6

Mystery surrounds the death in the Gulgong Hospital on Tuesday of Thomas Boyle, 37 a returned soldier. The contents of his stomach have been…

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Forecast War Letter to King in 1911 Striking Comments Ex-Kaiser and Navies (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, March 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 8

One of the most striking papers published in the seventh volume of British documents on the origin of the war is a letter sent by King George on October…

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A London Letter a Call to Youth—Britain's Lead in Disarmament—a New Transmission Wonder—the Oldest Soldier Passes. LONDON, January 19. Policy to Assist Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 5

"At the moment Great Britain is not a country in which it is easy to accumulate capital or attractive to invest it," declares the Federation of British…

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Britain's Oldest Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 5

Troop Sergeant-major John Stratford, Britain's oldest soldier, who died this week at his home at Wolverhampton, attained the age of 102 on July 23 last,…

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Jewish "Mystery Man" in China Has Jew Usurped The Peacock Throne? Morris Cohen "War Lord" Virtual President of China Romantic Tale London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 8

The real "war lord", of China and its virtual president, is none other than Mr. Morris Abraham Cohen,…

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Mr. Hughes, M.H.R., fOR Anzac Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 8

Mr. Hughes, M.H.R., has been invited as guest of honor at the Anzac Ball, to be held in Newcastle on August 4…

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War Service Homes Proposed Amendment to the Act League Protest

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 1

Trenchant criticism of the proposed amendments to the War Service Homes Act shortly to be…

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Governor's Visit Legless Soldier Smiles Again Cruel Fate

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 6

Fate has dealt cruelly with Sergeant Henry Melham, who served with distinction with a British unit…

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Armaments and War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 6

Though the Disarmament Conference has been overshadowed by the discussions by the Council of the League of Nations and now by the…

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Wallsend Soldiers' Monument Dilapidated State Criticised

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 8

Criticism of the dilapidated state of the soldiers' monument at Wallsend was made at last night's meeting of the local sub-branch of A strange bedfellow.—Found in his bed by a tenant on the second floor of a block of flats at Mosman…

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