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The wars & local soldiers, 1935

1,395 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 70

Returned Soldiers Free Rail Passes Granted Anzac Day Service Sydney

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

So that every returned soldier can attend the Anzac memorial service in Sydney on Anzac Day, the State Government has decided to grant free rail passes. Every…

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British Road Toll 235,000 Total Likely Boer War Casualties Dwarfed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 11

If the casualties on English roads in November and December continued at the rate of the week ended November 10, the total for the year would be in the…

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Stockton Returned Soldiers' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 11

An effort will be made to form a sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League of Australian at a meeting to be held in the Elmbank Sports…

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Soldier with Dual Personality

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

Medical evidence suggesting that a soldier had a dual personality, and that he spent a week at Brighton without his other self realising it, was given…

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Soldier Dies in His Humpy Friend's Discovery

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 7

The story of the discovery of the body in his humpy at Whitebridge on December 31. of Robert Price, a returned soldier (62), who served with…

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Franco-Italian Pact Brings Hope To Europe Move For General Peace Greatest Move Since War the Pope Received French Minister First Since Napoleon Historic Meeting ROME

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 1

The agreement between Italy and France was signed this evening by Signor Mussolini and the French Foreign Minister, M. Laval, at the Palazzo, Venezia, the former's headquarters in Rome…

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War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 11

Sir,—I have been asked if I would have people believe that war has been carried on in this enlightened age, solely or chiefly for the financial benefit of…

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Europe's Fears of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 6

Mr. E. Hoest, a milliner of Oslo. Norway, who is at present in Melbourne, said that everyone in Europe was talking bout the likelihood of war, "Even in Norway."…

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War Pilot to Talk Feelings on First Time Aloft National Feature

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 10

In a series of talks programmed to begin on Tuesday afternon January 15 at 4 o'clock, through station 2FC a former…

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No Instability Among Children of War Ear Verdict of the Authorities London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 1

"The generalisation that war-time children lack stability of temperament has become fashionable, but it is wrong," says Miss Fround, secretary of the Women Teachers' Union. SOME of the bad unemployment…

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European Peace Franco-Italian Pact Changed Atmosphere "Greatest Move Since War" (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, January 8

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 7

The agreement between France and Italy was signed at Rome last night by Signor Mussolini and the French Foreign Minister (M. Laval). The…

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Toronto Returned Soldiers Meet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 2

Mr. A. Chapman presided at a meeting of the Toronto branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League, held in the School of Arts on Monday night…

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Sub-branch Formed Returned Soldiers' League First Meeting at Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 6

There as an enthusiastic gathering of returned soldiers in the Elmbank Sports Building last night, at a meeting convened to form a sub-branch of the…

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Returned Soldiers' Reunion Muswellbrook District Muswellbrook

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 6

Among matters discussed at this week's meeting of the Returned Soldiers' League, presided over by Mr. A. D. Bower (president), was a…

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War on Rats Queensland Canefields Success Anticipated Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 7

The war on rats that is being waged by the Queensland Health Department in the Northern canefields has caused the rodents in some instances to invade towns…

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Mexican Church War Seven Killed: Many Injured Mexico City, January 8

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 7

Seven persons were killed and four wounded in the State or Michoacan, and here five persons were seriously wounded, and 22 received minor injuries as the result…

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Cessnock Soldiers and Repatriation

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 7

Efforts to have repatriation business transacted at West Cessnock post office are being made by the headquarters of the Returned…

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War Debts Someone Must Pay Says Borah Nations Indicted (Copyright by "The Sun" and N.a.n.a.) Washington, December 7

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 6

THE Premier of Great Britain in a recent public statement declared in effect that the question of international debts no longer…

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War on Fig Trees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 8

Wallsend Council has declared war on the fig trees, nearly all Moreton Bays, which, skirting both sides of the railway enclosure in the hub of the town, have…

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Building Materials Post-War Developments Demonstration in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 6

One of the greatest post-war developments in the service of the people is the almost magical result obtained by industrial research chemists. Through the…

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