Cessnock Returned Soldiers' League
Cessnock Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League has decided to make a departure in the conduct of the annual Christmas tree. Hitherto it has been the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1935
1,395 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 59 of 70
Tribute to Riflemen "Keep Alive Spirit of Defence" Anzac Range
The Minister for Defence (Mr. R. A. Parkhill), speaking at the official luncheon of the National Rifle Association, to-day, said that rifle clubs in many parts…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →First Pictures From Abyssinian War Front
These pictures are the first received in Australia showing scenes on the Abyssinian war front. The original photographs were sent by air from Abyssinia to Rome and there were transmitted by picturegram to London. The picturegram prints were sent by air mail to Sydney and were delivered in Newcastle last night . The first Picture shown Italian troops in action rushing artillery forward during the battle in mountainous country. The in second view a machine gun is shown in action at an outlying Italian post, during the advance on Adowa. The lower left hand picture shows another section of artillery in the difficult mountainous country and one of the crew is een to be carrying a machine-gun. The fourth picture gives a striking view of Italian artillery in action the gun has just been fired and is being reloaded, during the assault on the important…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coming War—storm Fury and After
Sir,—Mussolini's fiery war-like obsession seems to be akin to that of Attila, the King of the Huns, who boasted that "the grass never grew on the place where his…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The King's Ashton Wins Beats Clubmate in Shoot-Off Aggregate Was Record Anzac Range
The New South Wales King's for 1935 was decided to-day, and the finish was one of the most remarkable in its history. Two members of one club—the Cyclists'…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War Aim No Pitched Battle Emperor's Plan Isolate Italians
LONDON, September 11. THE Emperor is determined to avoid a pitched battle if war starts with Italy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON—Week by Week LONDON, October 5. Gas War at Sea
Poison gas is going to play what the film people call a "star role" in the next war, to judge from the preparations everywhere being undertaken to teach people…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Not Yet Begun? Abyssinian Army Marking Time Big Offensive Pending London
"The war has not even begun," said General Hawariat before sailing from Marseilles for Djibouti (French…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Stops War Leaders Review Troops Gugsa's New Role British Casualties in Bombing (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, October 18
While warlike operations are limited to Italian aerial reconnaissance on the Tigre front, the advance in Ogaden is being held up…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Preference to Soldiers
Sir,—I think the Preference to Returned Soldiers' Act is more honoured in the breach than the observance. Recently the Railway Department called up returned…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Rifle Shooting Queensland Wins N.R.A. Teams' Match T. Ashton's Record Anzac Range
The feature of the concluding day of the National Rifle Association's meeting at Anzac Range, Liverpool, on Saturday, was the Australasian teams match. This…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From the Capital Much Talk of War Applying the Sanctions CANBERRA
The Italo-Abyssinian war and the application of sanctions under the Covenant of the League of Nations against Italy as the aggressor nation have overshadowed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Service Homes No Alteration in Official Policy Minister Explains Sydney
"I can hold out no hope that the Government will agree to a reappraisement of capital values of War Service Homes or an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Not Even Begun" Italo-Abyssinian War General Hawariat's Views London, October 19
"The war has not even begun," said General Hawariat before sailing from Marseilles for Djibouti (French Somaliland to assume command of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Penal Servitude Soldier Stationed in India Native Villager Killed London, October 19
Private James Dowdall, of the First Battalion of The King's Liverpool Regiment, was to-day sentenced to penal servitude for life for participation in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →He Wasn't Told About Abyssinian War Death of Mr. A. Henderson Great Worker for Peace First Labor Minister London
Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P. President of the Disarmament Conference, who had a most distinguished career as a trades…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Labour Newcastle Electoral Council Attitude to War
At a meeting of the Newcastle State Electoral Council of the Labour Party, held at the Trades Hall on Saturday night, a letter was read from the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Condemned Italian Canecutters Support Sanctions Brisbane
A meeting of Italian cane-cutters at Mourilyan, after discussing the invasion of Abyssinia by Italy, passed a motion that the meeting should protest to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Service Homes No Reduction in Interest Rate SYDNEY
The Minister for War Service Homes (Mr. H. V. C. Th[?]rby) made it clear to-day that the Government could not agree to the capital value of war service homes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Stupid Futility" Enter War Over Abyssinia MR. A. S. Henry's Views Grafton
"To invoke a European war involving Australia to preserve one of the last independent African kingdoms would be not only stupid futility, but a crime against…
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