Returned Soldiers Secretary Mr. Hadfield at Maitland
local sub-branches by active membership was made by the State secretary of the Returned Soldiers…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1936
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"Gravest Since War" Wave of Lawlessness Sweeps Palestine Arab Strikers Defy Leaders Remarkable Restraint of Persecuted Jews (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, May 18
A wave of lawlessness is sweeping through Palestine, states the Jerusalem correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph." He adds that the disturbances are the gravest since the war…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Returned Men and Preference Problems Discussed at Maitland
Defending the Returned Soldiers' Employment Act in an address to members of the West Maitland subbranch of the Returned Soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War On Weeds Big Campaign Planned By Government SYDNEY
A bill to enforce eradication of noxious Weeds, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Main) to-day told the Shires Conference, Would aim at concerted action by local government bodies. He said that it would take years to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Returned Soldier's Death
A verdict that death was from natural causes was returned by the District Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) yesterday at an inquest concerning David Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trust Funds Returned Soldiers' League
Dealing with the Returned Soldiers' Employment Act at a meeting of the West Maitland Sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wickham Loan Works Preference to Ex-Soldiers Mayor Replies to Critics
"The council has taken all possible steps to safeguard the interests of the unemployed in the municipality," stated the Mayor of Wickham (Ald. A. B. Colley),…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Abermain Soldiers' League Auxiliary
There was a large attendance at the Drill Hall, Abermain, when the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Abermain Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers League provided an…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Returned Men Preference on Relief Work "Not Insisted Upon" Board Refers to Councils Problems SYDNEY
Preference to returned soldiers on relief work is not insisted upon by the Returned Soldiers Preference Board, according to the board's first annual report, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Emperor's Freedom Britain's Only Stipulation No War Measures London
The only stipulation in regard to the fugitive Emperor of Abyssinia, said the Foreign Secretary (Mr. Eden) in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →King Revives Boater Pre-war Summer Fashion LONDON, May 20
King Edward wore a boater, and a dark grey double-breasted lounge unit when he visited the Chelsea Flower Show to-day. He thus revived the pre-war summer…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Australian Airmen Studies in United States War Department Helps New York, May 19
Wing Commander Wackett, Group Captain Harrison and Squadron Leader Murphy arrived here to-day to begin an investigation of the American aircraft…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Pilgrimage Planned Canberra War Memorial CANBERRA
A pilgrimage of returned soldiers to the national war memorial at Canberra may be organised by the board of management to coincide with the official opening…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Federal Parliament War Service Homes Grants in Arrears Canberra
Hopes that in the estimates for the coming financial year sufficient funds will be allocated to provide new war service homes were expressed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Where Is He? British Soldier Missing LONDON
In the House of Commons the Foreign Under-secretary (Lord Cranborne) said that the Government was taking the most energetic steps in the case of Warrant Officer Bunner, 'who is missing in Abyssinia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fight with Arabs British Soldiers Wounded Position Becomes Worse Jerusalem, May 22
The friction between Arabs and Jews is becoming worse. Three British soldiers were wounded in a battle with Arab snipers who had previously ambushed a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →MELBOURNE C.I.B. Chief Wounded by Pistol Shot Official Silence Melbourne
Superintendent John O'Connell Brophy, who took up duty as chief of the Victorian Criminal Investigation Branch a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aerobatics and Tug-o-war Cessnock Sports
Newcastle Steel Works and Cessnock Rugby League Club will be among the bodies represented at the tug-of-war contest to be held at Cessnock on May…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Veterans to March 9Th Brigade Street Parade
The commemorative march of the 9th Infantry Brigade. A.I.F., in Newcastle on King's Birthday is described by its organiser (Mr. F. J. Cahill) as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Italy Celebrates War Victory. Political Riots In Madrid
ROME went delirious with joy when the end of the war was announced, and banners and flags were raised when Mussolini appeared on a balcony. FOLLOWING a false rumor of poisoned sweets having been given to children by Runs churches…
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