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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

1,307 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 66

Tribute to an Anzac

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 11

Sir,—"J.B's." account Hof the W. H. Clutton was very interesting but he missed two very important points. One is that he lost his job at Tamworth…

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Workers and War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 11

Sir,—It may suggest itself to many of your readers that in participating in this correspondence I am opposed to the principles of movements against war…

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Target for Navy Destroyer Anzac Sunk 20 Miles Off Sydney Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 13

Stripped of her fittings, the destroyer Anzac was sunk by gunfire 20 miles off Sydney Heads to-day. The sinking of the Anzac formed part…

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Be Ready for War Industries in Britain London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 1

The British Coordination of Defence Department will immediately organise "shadow" industries, capable of rapid…

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Arms Makers Mr. Lloyd George's Attack Recalled Pre-war Panic (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, May 6

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 14

Arguing that the manufacture of arms ought to be a Government monopoly, Mr. Lloyd George, in the course of his evidence before the Arms Commission…

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Critical Stage Of War HAIG SPEAKS—No. 16. 1918 PUSH Plan To Split Forces Haig Anxious Urgent Call To London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 2

As the great German push of 1918 developed, the situation grew steadily worse and became highly critical when General Petain said that he would have to break contact with the British flank…

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War Reminiscences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1936 · page 7

The fact is often overlooked that some of the world's greatest airmen are rarely heard of, while very often incompetent fliers, by their sheer recklessness. "crash"…

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Atlantic Liners' Part in War Fitted to Carry Big Guns London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 9 May 1936 · page 1

C[?]nard and White Star steamers on the American run will be prepared, at the expense of the Admiralty, to…

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Family Tributes Two Members Killed at War First Wreaths on National Memorial Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1936 · page 12

A touching tribute was paid at Canberra this week by the Le Masurier family, of Canley Vale, New South Wales, to two Australian soldiers who fell in…

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Welcome Home For Duke And Duchess

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 May 1936 · page 7

The Duke and of Kent return smiles of greeting of Croydon A[?] They flew from Paris, where they staged a few days…

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"Quite Negligible" Risk During War Bunnerong Power-house Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 May 1936 · page 5

Commenting yesterday on the suggestion that in the event of war Bunnerong power-house, which supplies Sydney with electricity, would be a vulnerable point,…

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War Pensioner's Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1936 · page 8

Joseph Gale, 44, a war pensioner was found dead yesterday in a house in Swansea, in which he had been living alone for some time. He had apparently boon…

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War Film for Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 May 1936 · page 6

A copy of the remarkable film, "The First World War." is to be presented to the National War Museum. Canberra, to-day by the Fox Film Corporation…

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History in Records Diggers' War Deeds Nearly a Million

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 May 1936 · page 5

A story, vaster in extent and far richer in human values than the most detailed history of Australia's part in the Great War, lies…

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War and Unemployed Juvenile Crime and Films Subjects for Discussion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 May 1936 · page 2

The plight of the unemployed, the application of the permissive income regulations on relief work, the growth of juvenile crime and the effect of certain…

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£20,000 Council Plan Returned Soldiers Preference WICKHAM A.L.P. CONCERN

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 May 1936 · page 6

Wickham branch of the Australian Labour Party last night decided to request the Minister for Local Government (Mr. E. S. Spooner) to amend the Returned…

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War Service Homes Commissioner Canberra

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 9

Mr. H. H. Richardson, of Sydney, has been appointed Commissioner of War Service Homes at a salary of £1000 a year…

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War Service Homes Commissioner Early Appointment Canberra

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 8

The appointment of a War Service Home Commissioner to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. C. W. Peterson will be considered by Federal…

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VICTORIAN A.R.U. Break with Council Against War Decision After Long Debate Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 8

Fears that the powerful Victorian branch of the Australian Railways Union would break away from the industrial movement over the anti-war campaign…

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Returned Men to Confer at Maitland Hunter Valley and Coalfields

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 8

The State Secretary of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League (Mr. R. Hadfield) is to visit East Maitland sub-branch of the League on…

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