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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

1,307 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 66

Anti-war Issue Victorian Union Split Suspension Decided Two Trades Hall Councils MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 12

Dissension in the union movement on the anti-war issue took another serious turn to-night, when the Trades Hall Council decided to suspend the delegates…

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Workers and War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1936 · page 13

Sir,—Permit me to make a few observations on the very comfortable "Marxian" conclusions" of your correspondent, "Jaccuse!" To reconcile the…

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Talk of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1936 · page 13

Sir,—"Jaccuse" states that under Socialism or Communism we could still have wars. This is not so. Under Socialism the economic necessity for war would not…

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Madrid Shooting Attack on Funeral Crowd Three Dead: Many Wounded Madrid, April 16

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1936 · page 11

The city is ablaze with indignation following a murderous attack on those attending the funeral of a civil guard officer who was killed in the recent rioting…

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U.S. Govt. Intervenes in Freight War Cape Town

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 April 1936 · page 3

Intervention by the United States Government has stopped a freight war between the Robin line and the America-South Africa Conference lines…

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Assyrians' New Home Valley Near the Orontes River Outcasts of War London, April 4

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 April 1936 · page 1

The The last broken remnants of a proud nation have at last been found a home. At a meeting in the city this week…

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Cessnock Soldiers' Delegates

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 April 1936 · page 7

Messrs. G. H. Todd and P. Coburn have been appointed by Cessnock returned soldiers to represent the. branch at the Hunter Valley-Maitland Area…

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Arrangements for Anzac Day Shop Holiday in Sydney Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 April 1936 · page 6

Though no racing fixture is listed for Anzac Day next Saturday, no restriction applies to the holding of sport in the afternoon, as far as the…

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British Defences "Improvement Essential" Mr. Baldwin on War (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, April 18

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 April 1936 · page 8

"The combination of German rearmament and the attempt to enforce the League Covenant against Italy has convinced me that an improvement in…

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Abyssinia Prepares for Last Stand Capital May Be Moved Into Mountains Population Ordered to Go to War London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 April 1936 · page 1

A proclamation read to a vast crowd on the Imperial racecourse at Addis Ababa to-day ordered the whole population to go to the war, states the correspondent of "The Times." Previous exemptions in favor of servants employed by…

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Welcome Home

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 2

A happy group at the official welcome by the N.S.W. Cricket Association to the six N.S.W. members of the recent Australian team in South Africa. Left to right: J. H. Fingleton, T. Howard and W. A. Brown…

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Anzac Day March Twenty-first Anniversary League Message

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 6

Memory will go back on Saturday to that grim grey dawn on April 25, 1915, when Australia took her place among…

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Treating the Wounded Medical Services in Abyssinia Stoical Natives

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 9

The Emperor, Haile Selassie, had to begin the war without any army medical service. There was no reserve of…

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League Team Selected to Play Eastern Suburbs Anzac Day Match

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 2

The following Rugby League team was chosen last night by the district selectors to represent Newcastle against Eastern Suburbs…

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War Memories Revived 1st Infantry Brigade Reunion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 11

To greet patrons of the 1st Infantry Brigade (A.I.F.) at their first annual reunion at the Newcastle West Drill Hall on Saturday night was a poster of an old Digger…

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Waratah-Mayfield Returned Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 8

At a meeting last night of Waratah-Mayfield sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association, over which Mr. Hargreaves presided, it was decided to…

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The Spirit of Anzac

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 15

Sir,—No words I can write will adequately express my concepts of the valour, of our Australian troops when landing on Gallipoll on the memorable morning of…

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Rifle Exploded Boy Fatally Wounded LEETON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 7

While climbing a tree, Reginald O'Brien, 14, placed his pea-rifle on a branch, but the weapon fell to the ground, butt first. The impact caused it to explode, and the…

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Talk of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 15

Sir,—"Copperfield" says you cannot have war under Socialism. Why not, under a world of Socialistic States? Let us remember the unity of theory and practice…

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Big Parade on Anzac Day Country Diggers to Attend

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 7

The secretary of the Newcastle branch of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. R. Peters) said to-day that inquiries from country centres…

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