On Old Battlefields Soldiers' Bodies Recovered CANBERRA
The finding of 101 bodies of Australian soldiers on old battlefields in France and Belgium during 1934 was reported by the High Commissioner (Mr. S. M. Bruce) in…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1935
1,395 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 67 of 70
Cheer for Ex-soldiers Canberra
The Prime Minister (Mr. J. A. Lyons) announced to-night that £2000 will be made available by the Commonwealth Government to the Returned Sailors and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Epileptic Sadist Soldier Sentenced to Death Ran Down Woman with Car London, November 27
Found guilty at the Winchester Assizes to-day of the murder, by deliberately running down, with his motor-car, of Phyllis Oakes, 21, at Winchfield, Arthur Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Italy Wants Peace Newspaper Correspondents Reveal Growing Distaste for War Serious Disorders Rumoured Government Cancels Leave for 100,000 Home Defence Troops (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, November 28
Very reliable information suggests that the Italian Government is approaching a point where it will readily accept any settlement which can be presented as "honourable," says the Paris correspondent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Faster War 'Plane
In its first few months of flying with the British Home Defence Force the Gloster Gauntlet has won golden opinions. Powered with a Bristol Mercury…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Congress and War
The world is in the grip of an intense political and economic nationalism, and until it is able to break the grip it will suffer from…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →From The PRESSES More About the War
"Crucible," by J. P. McKinney, won the prize of £150 in the competition organised by the Victorian branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State of War Still Exists "Crisis" Over Turk Istanbul
The most minute international crisis yet recorded has arisen between Turkey and San Marino owing to the latter refusing to admit a Turk, who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No "Hectic Rush" War Material at Newcastle Mr. James Questions Minister Canberra
Replying to questions in the House of Representatives by Mr. R. James (St. Labour, Hunter), relative to statements made at the Australian Congress of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Beasley and War Fears Prime Minister's Assurance Coal Tribunal Canberra
When the House of Representatives met this afternoon, the State Labor leader (Mr. Beasley) asked the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Threat of War Is Now Denied French Firmness Has Effect on Mussolini General Relief in Europe London
The fact that on second thoughts Signor Mussolini is prepared to regard an oil embargo as not more than evidence of unfriendliness, has caused general relief, but while Rome denies that there ever was any…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Awakes Slept for Four Years Nourished by Injections London, December 1
When he awoke in a Kent hospital after having slept for four years, during which time he was nourished by means of injections, Victor Cleave, of Folkestone,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Federal Session Returned Men War-caused Injuries Clause Extended Second Reading Debate CANBERRA
As the guillotine had been applied in the House of Representatives on Friday to the Australian Soldiers' Repatriation Bill, there was time for only a few short…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Office Order for Trucks Army Mechanisation
The British War Office, London, has placed an order for 400 Commer trucks. These are two-ton models of the four-wheel type equipped as road and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Petrol Reserves Ensure War Supplies European Nations Prepare
The vital importance of adequate reserves of petrol to the nations of Europe in the event of the war scare developing into something worse has led to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Conquer China" Japanese War Policy Question in Parliament Canberra
Referring to what he termed the policy of the Japanese War Party (Dr. W. Maloney (Lab., Melbourne) asked the Attorney-General (Mr. R. G. Menzies) in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Evacuate Harar Abyssinian Decision Protect Civilians To Be Used as Base for Wounded (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, December 2
The Abyssinian Foreign Minister has informed the League of Nations that, in order to spare the civilian population and foreigners from possible danger of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers' Hamper Fund
The Secretary of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League. Newcastle branch (Mr. H. G. Peters) advised that the total for the branch's annual Christmas hamper…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners and War Opposition Declared Federation Council Sydney
After hearing the reports of Messrs. Orr, Lowden, Nicholson, and Nelson on the Australian Council of Trade-unions, the Central Council of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War Pensions Decrease Canberra
Though the number of war pensions in force at the end of June last decreased by 2893 for the 12 months to 284,081. the expenditure increased by…
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