As It Would Have Been Had Radio Been in Existence in Boer War Days
It required the wit and ingenuity of Mark Makeham, the lyrical writer and composer, to do full justice to the diverting burlesque…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1934
1,024 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 52
Duke Happy Visit To Australia Keen Soldier Splendid Horseman and Shot (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, May 1
The following official message to Australia was issued from Buckingham Palace— "The Duke of Gloucester would like…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anzac Cup Presented to 1st Field Artillery
At the Drill Hall, Lindsay-street, Hamilton, last night, the Anzac Cup, donated by the Newcastle sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League was handed over…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Lang on War Empire for Peace of World SYDNEY
Speaking at the South Anbura Public School, the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. J. T. Lang), declared the one thing worth striving for was a continnous peace on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"A New Spirit" Germany Does Not Need War Chancellor's Claim Nation Now On Firm Ground (Australian Press Association.) BERLIN, May 1
"No matter whether they love or hate us, nobody can deny that we have awakened the German people and given them a new spirit, and a new…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Brisbane Weekly Notes Anzac Day
The difference of opinion between a well-known Brisbane clergyman and the officials of the Returned Soldiers' League, on the question of Anzac Day observance,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →With the Militia Presentation of Anzac Cup Northern Activities 1St Brigade, A.F.A.
The President of the Newcastle sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, Mr. G. H. Shaw, presented the Anzac Cup to the 1st Field Brigade on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Digger's" Request Asked to be Released Ex-soldier Judge Refuses Sydney
At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Frederick Haggerwood, 47, dealer, asked to be liberated on the grounds that he was a returned soldier, when sentenced to nine…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A London Letter New County Council—Spring Holidays—A Boer War Story—The Lynch Case—Cooking in the Army LONDON, March 26
The bland ignorance of innumerable Londoners about the way the capital's affairs were run by the London County Council—which has a budget larger than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Memorial Fund Only Half Subscribed Sydney
An amount of £7691 8s 11d has been acknowledged towards the Anzac Memorial Appeal for £15,000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Human Target" Wounded Again In Act SYDNEY
Morris Rooklyn, described as a "human target," suffered another wound in the course of his performance at the Bondi Theatre last night. In his act a military…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War in Arabia King Ibn Saud's Demands Abdication of the Imam (Australian Press Association.) CAIRO, May 5
Following the outbreak of war between the ruler of Yemen and Ibn Saud, the King of Sandi, Arabia, the British sloop Penzance transferred British-Indian…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Empire Soldiers' Conference
Tentative plans are being completed by the Returned Soldiers' League for the seventh biennial conference of the British Empire Service League, which, under…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Returned Soldiers No Free Hospital Treatment SYDNEY
The Acting Minister for Repatriation (Mr. J. Francis), replying to a request from the Returned Soldiers' League to the Federal Government, said that free…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Anzac Day Message Sent by Governor- General Germans Protest London
A protest against the Anzae Day message of the Governor-General. Sir Issac Issacs, has been made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Abolition of War Presbyterian Church Motion MELBOURNE
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church to-day, after a long debate, carried a resolution expressing abborrence of war in the following terms—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War in Arabia Contradictory Reports British Police Withdrawn Cairo, May 8
Reports regarding the Arabian campaign are flatly contradictory. The Yemenis claim a series of successes against the Wahabis, who are advancing on Sanda…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Payment in Full War Debts To America New Development President's Firm Attitude (Australian Press Association.) New York, May 8
The correspondent of the "Herald Tribune" at Washington understands that the "taken" payment method of meeting war debts has gone into discard with the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Machine-guns Out Gang War in Sydney
A big closed-in car cuts around the corner with a scream of tyres gripping concrete.... A sharp rat-tattat of spattering machine-gun…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yemenis on War Path Imam Plans Attack on Riyadh Aden
Reports from Sanaa announce that the Imam will lead an army of 200,000 Yemenis to attack the former Saudi capital. Riyadh, after…
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