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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

1,307 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 66

Anti-war Strike Many U.S. Universities Very Little Disorder New York, April 22

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 12

Half a million American students staged their third annual anti-war strike to-day. It began at 11 a.m., and lasted for an hour. Although disorders were expected,…

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Laws of War "Violated in Abyssinia" Mr. Eden Questioned (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, April 22

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 12

The Foreign Secretary (Mr. Anthony Eden) was questioned in the House of Commons this afternoon regarding the violations of the laws of war by both…

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Anzac Wreaths

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 8

The wreaths which are placed on the monument in front of the Newcastle Post-office as part of the commemoration of Anzac Day, this morning, will not lose…

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Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 8
Also in The Newcastle Sun

The clouds which were on the horizon when last Anzac Day was honoured have released their thunderbolts, and now the warning…

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The Anzac Spirit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 5

(By Chaplain H. C. Hunt, Stockton, who served as Army Medical attendant in the 2nd casualty clearing station in France.) The Anzac spirit is immortal because…

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Anzac Day Restrictions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 14

The Controller of Civil Aviation (Captain E. C. Johnston) advises that this morning, between 11 and 11.15 o'clock, pilots will not be allowed to fly aircraft…

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A Cairo Service First Anzac Anniversary Soldiers' Commemoration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 5

The recurrence of Anzac Day gives special interest to a "special early morning war edition" of the "Egyptian Mail," published at Cairo, and hearing the date,…

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Wreaths for Adamstown Anzac Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 12

Students of Adamstown Public School, members of the Junior Red Cross, arranging the wreaths made at the school preparatory to placing them on the Soldiers' Monument during the Anzac memorial service yesterday…

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Anzac Day Scenes Undimmed Remembrance

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 9

At Top: A section of the big crowd which attended the Anzac memorial service at King Edward Park this morning. Although it is 21 years since the landing, the attendance was as big as ever Above: Back with the old swing and step: A section of the…

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Patricia's Notebook Anzac and Tradition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 13

ANZAC AS A MILITARY enterprise was a tragic failure; yet Anzac has become reverently enshrined in the national life…

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Girl Guides and Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 12

Guirl Guides attending the Anzac Day service in King Edward Park are asked to assemble in the place allotted them at 10.45 o'clock this morning…

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Anzac Services Arrangements in the Suburbs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 10

In view of the combined Anzac Day service which will be held in King Edward Park, Newcastle, this morning, most suburban civic authorities have refrained…

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Pelaw Main Anzac Service at School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 11

An Anzac Day service was held at the Pelaw Main Public School yesterday. After a wreath had been placed on the memorial gates at the school by the…

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The Spirit of Anzac St. Andrew's Service

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 6

A tribute to the brave young men and women, sons and daughters of dead war heroes, who had faced the last 21 years of their lives without a father's care and…

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LITERATURE Highways and Byways Some Anzac Writers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 5

This article is a discussion rather than an excursion. And it needs a preface. We are so accustomed on Anzac Day to hear in mind the epic story of the…

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Death at Landing Grim Scenes Recalled Anzac's Picture

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 5

The dawn service, the hour of remembrance of that fate-ful morning of April 25, 1915, when Australia won for all…

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Where All Is Peaceful To-day Flowers at Anzac the Sleep of Heroes Hanak

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 1

The Dardanelles on the eve of April 25 is all peaceful. The hillsides are bright with flowering broom, and Brighton…

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South African War Fund Veterans Protest Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 4

Following the march to-day, South African War veterans held a meeting and decided to do all in their power to obtain £27.000 which, it is claimed, the…

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Romance of Anzac Inspiring Devotion to Duty Lord Gowrie's Praise Prime Minister Pleads for Unselfishness CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 9

In an Anzac Day message, the Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) said the record of the Australians' heroic deeds, their self-sacrifice,…

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