Pensions Officer Ex-Imperial Soldiers Conference in Sydney
The President of the Newcastle Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. G. A. Shaw) has returned to Newcastle from Sydney, where, with the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1936
1,307 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 66
Rhineland Crisis French Fears Frontier Fortifications Soldiers Moved Up Rush Through Soviet Pact (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, March 10
France has moved up 150,000 troops, half its normal home force to the formidable Maginot line of fortifications…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers' Preference
The campaign for amendment of the Returned Soldiers' Preference Act was severely criticised at the Muswellbrook Shire Council meeting. The Local…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Earl Beatty Death of War Admiral the Jutland Controversy
The death of Earl Beatty recalls the controversy that waged over the result of the Battle of Jutland. Later revelations dispelled harsh judgments formed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →World Crisis "No Reason to Fear War" Mr. Duncan-hall at Canberra Canberra
That the treaty structure for the preservation of world peace was collapsing in the Pacific and Western Europe, and that the League Covenant was one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Labour Council Relief Workers Anti-war Resolution
Mr. A. Outteridge, one of the vice-presidents, presided at the meeting of the Newcastle Trades Hall Council last night. An apology was received for the absence…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Olympic Games "Only War Will Stop Them" Boycott Move London
"Nothing short of a war will prevent the Olympic Games being held in Berlin this year," said the President of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coronation Party Ex-soldiers from Australia MELBOURNE
The Federal executive of the Returned Soldiers' League decided to-day to take steps to ensure that a contingent of 500 returned soldiers and women shall…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Returned Soldiers' Auxiliary Many Cases of Want Relieve First Annual Report
Many cases of want were relieved by the Returned Soldiers Women's Auxiliary during the first year of its existence according to the first annual…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →1000 Returned Men To Attend Coronation from Australia MELBOURNE
It is expected that the Australian returned soldiers' contingent to the coronation of Edward VIII. next year will total at least 1000 men…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"No Evictions" Unemployed at Mayfield War Service Homes Land Canberra
Instructions had not been issued by the War Service Homes Department for the eviction of unemployed persons living on war service homes land at Mayfield…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Has It in the Bag? No Parley by Italy War Is to Go on Rome
Confident of shattering the remaining Abyssinian defences, Signor Mussolini will not, in the meanwhile, launch peace…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Forces War on the Continent No Limitation Statement in Parliament (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, March 12
The Secretary for War (Mr. A. buff-Cooper), in the course of his speech, when presenting the Army Estimates in the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Busy Year Returned Soldiers' Women's Auxiliary
The manner in which the Returned Soldiers' Women's Auxiliary at Newcastle has been able to relieve the needs of returned soldiers and their families was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Returned Soldiers for Coronation Travellers to Pay Their Own Fares Sydney
Organisation of the tour of ex-servicemen to London for the King's Coronation will begin without delay, said the State President of the Returned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Explosion at Sea Italian Ship Blown Up War Supplies London
The captain, first officer and five of the crew Were lost in. the Red Sea when an Italian steamer blew up, the Cairo…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Mean War" Nazi Coup in Austria France Speaks Plainly London, March 15
The diplomatic correspondent of the "Observer" states that one of the decisive considerations that are understood to have influenced. Saturday's conversations in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No War, at Any Price British Publics Attitude Cabinet Dilemma London
The appeal made by the Belgian Premier (Mr. Van Zeeland) at the League Council to "stand by Little…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' League
Membership of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia at December 31 last had reached the record total of 72,000. It is estimated that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anzac Day Big Rally Planned Newcastle Commemoration
It was announced last night that the City Council's Tourist Director (Mr. F. J. Cahill) and representatives of the Newcastle Sub-branch of the Returned Sailors…
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