Tug-o'-war and Aerobatics Cessnock Carnival
Two bands and a stunting 'plane will be extra attractions to the tug-o-war carnival at Cessnock to-morrow, conducted by the Cessnock Tennis…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1936
1,307 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 66
Visits to War Graves 100,000 Pilgrims in 1935 Annual Report
The number of organised visits and pilgrimages to the war graves is as great as ever. During 1935, states the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Demand for Inquiry Japanese Officer Killed British Soldiers Blamed London, May 30
The Japanese authorities at Peking have demanded that the British Embassy investigate the death of a Japanese army officer outside a Peking cabaret. They…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soviet Salvages Ships Sunk During War London
The Soviet salvaging trust is raising British ships sunk during the war and adding them to the Soviet mercantile marine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Need for Home for War Veterans Men Object to State Hospitals
One of the reasons, it is said, why the Returned Soldiers' League is anxious to have a war veterans' home established in Sydney is that war…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Origin of the Tank Important Part in the War How Daimler Helped
The origin of the huge implement of war the tank, which played, such an important part in the Allied successes towards the end of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GRASSHOPPERS Science to Aid in War on Pest Plans Being Completed Canberra
A specially-fitted travelling laboratory will aid in the intensive and scientific war that it is proposed to wage on the Australian grasshopper pest…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Arabs Killed Soldiers Attack Snipers Palestine Unrest Jerusalem, May 31
Several Arabs were killed at Haifa and Jaffa, Palestine, when soldiers and police vigorously retaliated against snipers to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thief Wounded Surprised in Fowlyard Escaped After Being Shot Brisbane
After losing fowls at Wilston for several months, Edward J. Leonard, an elderly resident, surprised a man in a neighbour's backyard early to-day, and opened…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wounded Police Cadet Dies Shooting Mystery at C.I.B. Station Sydney
Lionel Chappel (20), the police cadet who was shot through the head yesterday evening at the C.I.B., died early to-day in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →King Receives War Veterans LONDON
The King received at Buckingham Palace this evening representatives, of ex-servicemen's organisations from Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wants War Against Japan Canton, June 2
The Southern Chinese authorities sent a telegram to-day to the Central Government at Nanking urging the immediate declaration of war against Japan…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sunk During War Soviet Raises British Ships LONDON, June 1
A Soviet salvaging trust is raising British ships sunk during the World War, and adding them to the Soviet merchant marine. The Patagonia, a transport…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Tell the World" Facts of Abyssinian War Haile Selassie's Task London, June 2
"My object in coming to Europe is to let the world know what happened in the war with Italy. I shall ask if it is right that the Ethiopian civilisation, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Anzac Memorial
The Lord Mayor (Ald A, Howie) informed a deputation from the Sailors and Soliders' Mothers, Wives and Widows' Association in Sydney yesterday that he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Office Staff LONDON
Major General R. H. Haining has been appointed Director of Military Operations and Intelligence at the War. Office…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Event of War American Mobilisation Elaborate Plans Made Washington, June 2
The War Department, it was learned to-day, has prepared an elaborate industrial mobilisation plan to be, instituted in the event of war Those plan is much…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR C. ROSENTHAL Elected to Upper House Parliamentary Poll Had Splendid War Record SYDNEY
General Sir Charles Rosenthal, architect, of Sydney, was to-day elected by a ballot of both Houses of the State Parliament to fill the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Chinese Troops On The March, Report Japanese From Southern Provinces Importance Is Discounted "Not Civil War" LONDON
Sensational reports have been issued by the Japanese Domel News Agency in Canton regarding the movements of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →King Receives Ex-soldiers
London, June 2.—The King received at Buckingham Palace this evening representation of ex-servicemen's organisations from Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany,…
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