Anzac Day
A fairly fiery question of the moment is whether Anzac Day next year, which falls on a Sunday, is to be observed on the Sunday or the Monday immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1936
1,307 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 31 of 66
Peace, Where War Once Raged - Flowers On Gallipoli Graves
PEACE is over Callipoli, 21 years after the landing. On April 29 of this year, H.M.A.S…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Big Film Wardrobe for Herbert Marshall Role As War Spy
The only thing in latter-day Hollywood to compare with Loo Chaney's one thousand faces is Herbert Marshall's wardrobe. The star of Paramount's "Till We Meet Again" had an even dozen costumes which he changed several times a day during the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Not Imminent" Civil War in China Opinion in Britain Troop Movements Not Taken Seriously (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, June 10
Movements of troops in Human continue to be reported, but the forces of the Nanking Central Government and of the South China…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Younger Set Returned Soldiers' League Bright Dance at Hamilton
Members of the Younger Set of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League held a bright dance in MacRobertson's Hall, Hamilton, last night. Proceeds of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Oldest Anzac Dead Enlisted at Age of 62 Newcastle Incident Recalled Sydney
Stated to have been the oldest man in the A.I.F., Richard Watkins, aged 83, died to-day in the Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick. He enlisted at the age…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Shots in Hotel Bar Woman with Revolver Customer and Licensee Wounded Melbourne
A woman who entered the bar of the Universal Hotel, Fitzroy, this afternoon, produced a revolver, fired several times in rapid…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Great Men of Our Time Vital War Leader Lloyd George Passchendaele Fight
A DRIVING force, who would not admit defeat, a man of clear vision and dauntless courage; a man who fought against the tragedy of Passchendaele, and the only man in England who could have held so brilliantly and so…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clash in China Northern and Southern Troops War Fever in Canton Nanking, June 11
While the Kwantung section of the Southern army has been ordered to halt in its advance, the Kwangsi troops are reported to have clashed with National…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Returned Soldiers' Conference
It is anticipated that the majority of sub-branches of the Returned Soldiers' League in the Hunter Valley, will be represented at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Technical Courses for Soldiers Special Training
Technical courses for all arms of the Militia Forces in New South Wales will be held at the Small Arms School during the present training year, when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Returned Men District Council Formed for Hunter Valley Delegates Meet at Maitland
The administrative expenses of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League, anomalies in the constitution, and a claim that the head body lacked…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hunan Evacuated Civil War in China Rebels Retire After Clash London, June 13
Troops from the Kwangsi and Kwantung provinces of Southern China are evacuating Hunan after a skirmish with General Chiang Kai-shek's defence line,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Returned Soldiers Council Cooperation Move in Hunter Valley
The formation of a district council of sub-branches of the Returned Soldiers' Leauge within the Hunter Valley was agreed upon by delegates from East…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Returned Men Eligibility for Pension Peak Number in 1960 CANBERRA
In 1960, nearly half a century after the outbreak of the Great war, the peak number of 75,000 returned soldiers will become eligible for a pension equivalent to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Covenant on Peace 700 Ministers Against War Religions Pledge
The Rev. Leslie Keeble, Joint secretary of the Methodist Peace Followship, has written to Mr. Duff Cooper, Secretary for War,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In Case of War in China British Precautions London
Questioned in the House of Commons to-day about troop and naval movements in the Far East, the Foreign Secretary (Mr. Eden) said that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Veterans' Bonus America's Biggest Pay-Day WASHINGTON, June 14
Postmen will deliver baby bonds aggregating £A412,500,000 to 3,000,000 Great War veterans to-day. It will be the biggest pay-day in the Government's history…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"SCAREMONGER" War Secretary Attacked LONDON, June 16
"If I were Prime Minister. I would have Mr. Duff-Cooper arrested as a deliberate, dangerous, and disgraceful scaremonger," declared Lord Ponsonby, amid…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →3,000,000 New Houses Built in Britain Since War London
The Minister for Health (Sir Kingsley Wood), speaking at Winchester to-day on national housing, announced that more than 3,000,000 new houses…
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