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The wars & local soldiers, 1935

1,395 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 70

Parties Arranged Returned Soldiers' Auxiliary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1935 · page 14

A successful meeting of the Newcastle Returned Soldiers' Women's Auxiliary was held in the Memorial Hall, Perkin-street, yesterday afternoon. Mrs. R. G. Kilgour…

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Scientists' Part in War France Starts a New Corps Paris

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 8

The Chamber of Deputies without a division adopted a Bill creating a Scientists' Corps numbering 185 members…

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War Materials Ban French Textile Organisations Concerned LILLE (France), March 29

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 8

The ban on the export of war materials has caused consternation in textile areas. Local wool organisations have protested to the Government, declaring that the…

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Pensioned Soldiers and Relief Work

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 8

Representations have been made to the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner), on behalf of Returned Soldiers, who, because they receive…

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Uproar in Assembly Angry Taunts on Soldiers' Bill Member's Challenge Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 7

There were two angry passages in the Legislative Assembly to-day during the debate on the Soldiers' Bill…

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Anzac Anniversary Leave for Soldier Teachers SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 6

Recently the Government decided to grant free travel facilities to returned soldiers to attend the 20th anniversary of Anzac Day in Sydney on April 25. It was…

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Rugby Union Management Committee Anzac Day Programme

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 11

The interest in the coming Rugby Union football season was reflected in the big attendance at the meeting of the Newcastle Rugby Union Management…

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Anzac Day Parade Preparations for Newcastle Special Facilities

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 8

The Returned Soldiers' League expects that more than 8000 returned men and women will participate in the celebration of…

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Anzac Day Holiday Special Leave for Diggers in Employ of State Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 6

Special leave of absence will be granted to war veterans in State Government employment to enable them to take part in…

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Returned Soldiers Preference of Employment Council Appointments League to be Incorporated SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 6

A bill to provide for the incorporation of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League and to tighten up the law regarding preference of employment to…

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Soldiers' Pensions £130,000,000 Paid Annual Bill of £8,000,000 CANBERRA, April 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 8

Some interesting figures were given by the Acting Prime Minister (Dr. Page) at the opening of the annual conference of the R.S.S.I.L.A. at Canberra last…

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Wounded Pride Lovers' Quarrel

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 6

Dear Dorothy Dix,—I am still in love with a boy with whom I kept company for 12 months. We parted six months ago. after a little…

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War Service and Health Doctor's Claims Denied Canberra

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 8

Total disagreement with the statements recently made by Dr. C. A. Courtney, formerly principal medical officer of the Repatriation…

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War Clouds Pope's Condemnation "Foolish Show of Anger" Vatican City, April 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 7

"The damage caused by the Great War has not yet been repaired, but already forbidding clouds are obscuring the horizon," said the Pope, addressing the…

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Aid for Soldiers Returned Soldiers Younger Set

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 11

The Returned Soldiers and Sailors Younger Set at their meeting on Monday evening decided to hold a car drive to Redhead on Sunday evening, April 7. Cars…

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Returned Soldier Preference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 8

Mr. Stevens moved the second reading of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia (New South Wales Branch) Incorporation Bill…

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Work for Limbless Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 6

Following representations to the Premier (Mr. B. S. B. Stevens) about three weeks ago, by the Limbless Soldiers' Association, instructions were issued that…

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Coalfields Men on Anzac Day Trip

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 11

About 300 Cessnock returned men are expected to go to Sydney for the Anzac Day celebrations. The Cessnock branch is co-operating with the…

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Anti-war Protest Meeting Returned Soldiers Invited

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 8

A meeting of all returned soldiers' opposed to another war has been called for the Newcastle Council Against War…

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"Made Openly" Preparations for War Unrest in Abyssinia London, April 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 7

The "Daily Telegraph's" Addis Ababa correspondent reports that incidents at the frontier, posts are causing the wlidest rumours, which inflame the soldiery,…

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