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The wars & local soldiers, 1935

1,395 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 70

Returned Soldiers at East Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 9

East Maitland branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association has resolved to protest against the proportion of its income that has to be sent…

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Anzac Day Services No Curtailment in Newcastle League's Decision

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 8

Newcastle will have its usual Anzac Day services on April 25, the local sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League having…

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Beer War to End at Goulburn Goulburn

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 13

To-day will go down in many Goulburn diaries as "Black Thursday." marking as it does the declaration of an armistice in the beer war…

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Newcastle Visit Herr Kisch and Mr. G. Griffin Town Hall Addresses War and Fascism Condemned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 8

Herr Egon Kisch, the Ceckoslovakian novelist and anti-war delegate, spoke at the Newcastle Town Hall last night. He arrived by the Intercity Express at…

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Toronto Returned Soldiers' League

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Toronto sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League was held in the School of Arts on Monday night. Mr. A. Chapman…

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Duck Shooter Wounded Boat Owner's Error Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 7

Allegedly the result of a misunder-standing. Vincenzo Girino was wounded while sitting in a boat on Green Lake, seven miles from Horsham, early…

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Anzac Day Journey Concession Made for Relatives Excursion Fares

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 8

It has been decided to issue special exclusion tickets to relatives and friends of returned soldiers who live in New South…

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Given Away Climax to Bread "War" Camperdown Rivalry Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 11

There have been many bread "wars" in Sydney, but none so fierce as that which occurred at Camperdown to-day, when bread was given away…

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Rapid Progress New Soldiers' Organisation Railway and Tramwaymen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 10

Eight at the first meeting, in January, 47 at the second, and 82 at the third, held last night. Such is the story of the progress of the recently-formed Newcastle…

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Son Enlisted at Age of 18 Wife Blamed Husband and Went Off

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 7

According to William James Wright, of Grey-street, Wickham. who petitioned for a divorce from his wife, Mary Eleanor Wright, at Newcastle…

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Anzac Day Train Passes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 8

Forms on which ex-servicemen may apply for free train passes to Sydney to enable them to participate in the ceremony in Sydney to mark the 20th…

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Green Lake Shooting Boatman Wounded in Back Police Court Sequel Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 9

Following an incident near Horsham early this morning, when Vincenzo Girino received a bullet wound in the back, a man was remanded at the Police Court on…

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Rivals Famous XI's. War Divides Teams Chosen

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 3

IF it were possible to range, in opposing sides, the cricketers of prewar and post-war days,…

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Kurri Returned Soldiers' Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 11

The women's auiliary of the Kurri Kurri sub-branch of the Returned. Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League has decided to hold the annual ball on April 10 in the…

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London Letter The Kaiser's "Divine Mission"—Revelations on the War's Origin—150 Years of "The Times"—Dick Whittington's Stone—When St. Peter Crossed the Thames LONDON, January 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 5

His Imperial Majesty William H., ex-German Emperor, only a little more than a year before the Great war, was convinced that he had a divine mission to…

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Shots Fired Two Men Wounded Dispute Over Bet Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 9

A dispute overt bet was followed by the firing of a number of shots in Erskineville yesterday afternoon, resulting in two men receiving injuries…

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Australian Ore Japan's First Order Since War SHANGHAI, February 16

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 9

The newspaper "Asahi" reports that besides purchases from India and Russia against the Japanese industry's shortage of 800,000 tons of pig-iron, Japan has also…

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50 Soldiers Die Influenza in France Many Schools Closed Paris, February 15

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 11

It was revealed in the Chamber of Deputies that 50 soldiers have died already from influenza, which is raging all over France…

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War Heroine

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 1

MLLE. THULIEZ, a war heroine, who, together with Edith Cavell saved hundreds of Allied soldiers from capture by the enemy,…

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War Gas Peril Preparation in Britain for the Home London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 1

The Committee of Imperial Defence will, says the "News Chronicle," shortly issue to local authorities throughout Britain…

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