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The wars & local soldiers, 1935

1,395 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 69 of 70

Returned Soldiers' Pensions Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 December 1935 · page 3

Returned soldiers who desire to lodge applications for war service pensions or the restoration of commuted pensions under the law…

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Girl Wounded Gun Suddenly Exploded Accident at Picnic Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 December 1935 · page 7

Dorothy Woods, 15, of Horusby, was accidentally shot in the groin when a rifle exploded at Old Men's Valley near Hornsby, to-day…

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Britain's Little War Frontier Scrap Story

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 December 1935 · page 9

The gallant stand made by a British force against a band of trikesmen six times their number was vividly described recently in a written reply to…

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Forty Arrested More Rioting in Cairo British Soldier Attacked Cairo, December 15

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 December 1935 · page 7

There were more disturbances in Cairo on Saturday, after, the Students' Committee issued a manifesto stating that demonstrations would continue until Britain…

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Worse Than Big War World's Motoring Casualties

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 December 1935 · page 4

The death-roll of road accidents in England, France, Germany and the United States for the past 12 months was 100,000, while injured totalled…

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Protection Sought British Soldiers in Egypt CAIRO, December 16

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 December 1935 · page 8

The Egyptian Government has been requested by the British High Commissioner (Sir Miles Lampson) to take all steps necessary for the protection of British…

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Anti-war Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 December 1935 · page 8

A conference of delegates of the National Council Against War and Fascism will be held in Sydney on January 25…

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War Display On Peace Day

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 December 1935 · page 1

France celebrated Armistice Day with a display of might. Tanks passing the Arc de Triomphe…

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Graves of British War Victims Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 December 1935 · page 6

The Rose Bay Returned Soldiers' Branch held its annual Christmas "smoko" at the Peace Memorial Hall. Major Pyke (president) presided. Major…

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The Richmond Flows to the Sea Germany Finds Her War Legs'

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 December 1935 · page 10

THE MUD-STAINED Richmond Pushes past the bridge a Cor[?]ki on its voyage to the ocean. Splendid cloud formation adds…

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Christmas Party for Soldiers' Children Function at Hamilton

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 December 1935 · page 9

Three hundred children of returned soldiers living in the Hamilton and Islington district were entertained at a party at the Mechanics' Institute,…

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Veteran Soldier's Death Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 December 1935 · page 7

A veteran of the Zulu, the Boer and the Great War, the death has occurred at his home, Holden-street, Ashfield, of Major Edward Henry Cox…

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Avoid European War Why Peace Plan Was Formulated French Premier's Statement British Labour Tables Censure Motion for Debate on Thursday (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, December 17

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 December 1935 · page 7

"I came to an agreement with Britain to do everything to avoid an extension of the Italo-Ethiopian conflict to Europe," said the French Prime Minister (M. Laval), addressing the Chamber of Deputies to-day…

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Britain Accused Planning Great War BERLIN, December 18

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 December 1935 · page 8

The handbook for German soldiers recommended for the new recruits accuses Britain, France and Russia of planning the Great War, into which Germany was…

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Peace Scheme Mr. Eden Commits It to the Dust War Must Go on London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 December 1935 · page 1

The Hoare-Laval peace plan, whose epitaph "The Times" has already written, is now dead, Mr. Eden having committed it to the dust without any attempt at resuscitation by M. Laval. Some circles interpret the situation as indicating that…

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Christmas Party For Soldiers' Children

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 December 1935 · page 14

SCHOOL WORRIES OVER FOR SIX WEEKS and with the delights of Christmas ahead, no wonder they are happy. The picture shows a group of children of ex-servicemen who were entertained at a Christmas party at Hamilton yesterday…

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"Unjust" War Abyssinia's Reply to Plan "Will Fight On" Addis Ababa

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 December 1935 · page 8

The Abyssinian reply to the Paris proposals places the onus of giving judgment on them upon the League and repeats the allegations that…

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Peace Plan Paris Proposals Dead War to Continue Relief and Hope at Geneva (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, December 19

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 December 1935 · page 11

The Hoare-Laval peace plan, whose epitaph "The Times" has already written, is now dead. Mr. Anthony Eden committed it to the…

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Toronto Returned Soldiers Luncheon to Women's Committee

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 December 1935 · page 4

At the luncheon given to the women's committee by the Toronto Returned Soldiers' Association a presentation was made to the president of the…

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Died at 104 Was Nurse in Franco-Prussian War MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 December 1935 · page 6

Madame Vautier, of Bulong, an old goldfields identify, died in Kalgoorlie Hospital yesterday, at the age of 104. She was a nurse in the Franco-Prussian War,…

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