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The wars & local soldiers, 1934

1,024 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 52

To Honour Dead Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 August 1934 · page 8

At the request of the local sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, the Brighton Council (Victoria) has decided that the flag at the Town Hall shall be…

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Toronto Returned Soldiers' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 August 1934 · page 10

Mr. A. Chapman, President of the Toronto Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League, presided over a good attendance of members in the School of Arts Hall…

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Peace or War?

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 August 1934 · page 2

[?]—Will humanity, in the mass, ever [?] the pathway to universal peace? Is p[?] attainable at all? Can peace be compulsorily got without war? Is it an eternal…

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Dean on War a Compromise and Christianity "Total Disarmament Is Impossible"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 August 1934 · page 6

The Dean of Newcastle (Very Rev. W. H. Johnson) preached in the Cathedral yesterday morning from the text, "They who take the sword shall perish with the…

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Sydney Taxi "War" No New Developments To-day's Conference Awaited Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 August 1934 · page 8

There were no developments yesterday in the taxi "war" pending a conference between representatives of the rival companies to-morrow…

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Library for War Blinded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1934 · page 3

The only library in the world for those blinded in the war is in Berlin. It is in the house of Fran von Hine, and comprises six rooms with over 7000 books in Braille…

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"War" Ends Uniform Taxi Fares SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1934 · page 4

The taxi "war," which broke out in Sydney last week, following the action of one company in reducing charges, ended this afternoon, when a conference of…

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Head Shot Off Body Found in Bed Victim Was Ex-soldier Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1934 · page 5

Startled by the sound of a gunshot relatives with whom he was staying at Muldvic Creek, near Dorrigo, entered the room occupied by Albert Edward Moore, 56, this…

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Incapacitated Soldiers Deputation to the City Mayor Light Jobs Wanted

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 August 1934 · page 3

An appeal on behalf of incapacitated soldiers in the Newcastle district is to be made to employers and…

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The Dean and War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1934 · page 3

Sir,—As a member of the Society of Friends, and President of the Newcastle Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, I wish to…

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The Bread War SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 August 1934 · page 11

Shopkeepers were still selling bread at 31d a loaf to-day, but the war is being carried on with less rigor owing to the approach of the…

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Mayor's Sympathy Incapacitated Ex-soldiers Deputation Seeks Help

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1934 · page 5

Urged by a deputation representative of the Newcastle Incapacitated Soldiers' Association to use his influence in the interests of disabled returned men in the…

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Rabbit Shooter's Mistake Man Wounded at Woolongong Wollongong

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 August 1934 · page 8

George Dryden, when shooting rabbits near South Beach, Thirroul, yesterday, saw a movement in some grass and fired his gun…

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South Africa to Pay, War Debt Cape Town

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 August 1934 · page 1

Following negotiations in London, the Union Government has decided to pay off the whole of the balance of the South African war debt to…

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Soldiers' Annual "Hop-over" Glimpses of the A.I.F. Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 August 1934 · page 12

This group, photographed at their annual A.I.F. Ball, includes the secretary of the Ball Committee (Mr. Peters), Mrs…

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Man Wounded in Shooting Gallery Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 August 1934 · page 2

The condition of William Morgan (29), of Park-road, Auburn, who was shot in the chest in a Campbell-street shooting gallery last night, was…

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Cessnock Returned Soldiers' League

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1934 · page 13

Reference was made at the last meeting of the Cessnock sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League to the departure of Mr. A. A. Goodall from Cessnock. He…

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Soldiers to Pray for Peace London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 August 1934 · page 1

Thousands of ex-soldiers from 23 countries, including 20,000 Frenchmen, will make a pilgrimage to Lourdes in September to…

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Ex-soldiers' President on Tour Congratulates Tamworth Tamworth

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 August 1934 · page 9

The State president of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League (Mr. L. A. Robb) arrived in Tamworth this morning and was…

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The Dean and War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 August 1934 · page 9

Sir,—When on June 22 I stated in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" "The Church as a body has and still does approve of war," the Dean of Newcastle rushed into…

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