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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

1,307 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 66

Anzac Day in St. Kilda Argument Still Going Strong Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 6

"For 15 years St. Kilda has had an Anzac memorial service in such a form that every Jew could attend, but not every Christian-because It did not…

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Excursion Fares for Anzac Day Visits to Sydney and Newcastle Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 7

The Department of Railways announced to-day that on April 22, 23, and 24 excursion tickets will be issued at longer distance country stations to…

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Use of Aircraft in War Britain Still Seeks Limitation London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 1

In the House of Commons to-day the Foreign Secretary (Mr. Eden) said that the Government desired, by every practical means, to avert the menace of…

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Food Supplies No Reserves for War Problem for Britain London, April 6

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 7

In a leading article, "The Times" directs attention to the uneasiness which is felt regarding supplies of food in the event of war. The paper recalls the privations…

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Near End War in Abyssinia Italians Confident League Committee to Meet (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, April 6

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 7

With Rome believing that a triumphant end to the Abyssinian war is imminent, and the Italian newspapers claiming that the…

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Returned Soldiers Branch Formed at Waratah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 2

The inaugural meeting of the Waratah-Mayfield sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League was held in the Waratah Town Hall last night, as a…

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Colonies and Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 6

Oswald Garrison Villard, the veteran Liberal journalist of America, makes' some interesting points about colonies in an article in "The…

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Returned Soldiers' Ball at Kurri

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 8

Members of the Kurri Returned Soldiers Women's Auxiliary will hold their annual ball in the Kurri Ambulance Hall on Friday, April 24…

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Anzac Day Canberra Arrangements Lord Gowrie to Attend Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 8

The Commonwealth Government is arranging a memorial ceremony to be held at Parliament House on Anzac Day The Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) and Lady…

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Treaties Won't Stop War What Italy Has Shown World London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 1

The Impossibility of acquitting the Italian Government of organised and official contravention of protocol of 1925 which forbade the use of gas in…

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Maitland A.i.f. Golf Cup Anzac Day Match

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 8

Entries for Maitland Golf Club's A.I.F. Cup will close on April 22 and the competition wlil be held on Anzac Day, April 25. The original trophy…

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Australian Rules Match on Anzac Day Visit of South Sydney Team

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 16

Keen interest is being taken in the visit of South Sydney National Football League team to Newcastle on Anzac Day, and indications are that Newcastle will…

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British Fleet "Prevented War Spreading" Strength Questioned London, April 8

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 9

"The British fleet in the Eastern Mediterranean, more than anything else, prevented the Italo-Abyssinia war from spreading into a general conflagration,…

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The Militia Anzac Day March

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1936 · page 13

A parade of militia units in Newcastle district (less 2/35th Battalion) has been called for April 25, and authority delegated to the Commander, 1st Infantry…

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Anzac Day March in Sydney Minor Alterations Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 April 1936 · page 3

The Anzac Day march in Sydney this year will begin at 9.45 a.m. and the Domain service will be curtailed by seven minutes…

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Tragedy at Bowral Boy Dead with Throat Cut Mother Wounded Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 April 1936 · page 3

With his throat cut Reginald Beaumont Morgan, 141 years, was to-day found dead in his room at the home of his parents…

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Anti-war Policy Victorian Labour Party Split Threatened 16 Delegates Excluded from Conference MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1936 · page 10

In a tense atmosphere, the annual conference of the Victorian Labour Party began to-day with a threatened split over the anti-war policy. After a bitter…

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Too Much Noise Our Volunteer Soldiers A.L.P. Objection Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 April 1936 · page 3

Complaints about the noise made by volunteer military forces at drilling areas in Sydney and country districts, were made at this…

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Talk of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 April 1936 · page 9

Sir,—I have to thank Mr. Skillicorn for the sincere and real courtesy of his reply. It may be, perhaps, that I did not deserve so much. But the idea that…

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Signs of Retreat Corpses and Uniforms Abyssinian Soldiers Woman Files Over War Area (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, April 11

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 April 1936 · page 7

A communique sent by Marshal Badoglio to Rome, and a report by a woman correspondent of British United Press, who flew over Lake…

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