War Pensions Appeal Board Getting Harder and Harsher, Says Senator Canberra
It is common talk among returned soldiers that the War Pensions Appeal Tribunal is becoming harder and harsher and that one particular…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1936
1,307 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 60 of 66
More Liberal Soldiers' Pensions Bill Generally Approved Canberra
The House of Representatives to-day passed through all stages, without amendment, a bill amending the Australian Soldiers' Repatriation Act, providing for…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Pension Proposals Returned Soldiers in Conference Help for Imperial Men Adelaide
More than 30 resolutions, dealing with many phases of repatriation for ex-service men and women, were adopted by the Federal Congress of the Returned Sailors…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An American War Memorial
Armistice Day commemoration in Indianapolis, U.S.A., included the dedication ceremony of the memorial to the men of Indiana who died in the Great War. The illustration shows the main front of the memorial. The building will be the national headquarters of the American Legion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Street Shooting Man Wounded in Back Two Before Sydney Court Sydney
At the Central Police Council to-day, John Joseph Finnie, 34, was charged with having shot at Norman McDonald, with intent to murder him, on September 16,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Chinese Success War in Inner Mongolia LONDON, November 19
The Pekin correspondent of "The Times" states that orders for the Chinese troops in Suiyuan (Inner Mongolia) to maintain the defensive ,against the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Increase Maintained Militia Enlistments SYDNEY
The Minister for Defence (Sir , Archdale Parkhill) announced to-day that the normal average of weakly enlistments was still being maintained. The number of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →CHARLES SORLEY—The Soldier Poet
When Charles Sorley was killed in action near Hulluch on October 13, 1915, Mr. E. B. Osborn, that friendly critic of all the war poets, had this to say: "Minor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CONSCRIPTION "Only Means of Defence" Soldiers' Congress View Adelaide
Universal military training as the only means of providing for an adequate defence of Australia was unanimously recommended to-day by the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Returned Soldiers Annual Dinner
The annual dinner of the Newcastle Railway and Tramway Returned Soldiers' Association will be held in Tyrrell Hall on Saturday night, November…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Defence Force Enlistments Army Now Nearing Full Strength Sydney
"A magnificent achievement on a voluntary basis." was announced to-day by the Minister for Defence (Sir Archdale Parkbill)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Havoc in Madrid Worst Air Raid of Civil War Rebel Blockade Britain Will Not Tolerate Interference With Ships Outside Three-mile Limit (British Official Wireless and Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, November 20
Great havoc was caused in Madrid yesterday afternoon by the worst air raid of the civil war. Forty women and children were killed or wounded in a food queue and 150 person were buried in the ruins of two houses…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Close to Objective Militia Enlistments SYDNEY
The minister for Defence (Sir Archdale Parkhill) announced yesterday that the peace time militia establishment of 35,000 has almost been enrolled. The enrolment…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Abermain Soldiers' Reunion
Mr. S. Staton, trading manager of the Returned Soldiers' League, was the guest of Abermain Sub-branch at its annual reunion dinner on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Soldiers' Employment Equality Sought by District Council
Equal employment rights for all British ex-service men were advocated by members of the Hunter Valley Council of the Returned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Graves Pilgrimage
The Melbourne branch of the Returned Soldiers' League is organising a war graves pilgrimage and Coronation tour, to embrace 12 countries. The tour is not…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"War Certain" Marquess of Lothian's Views LONDON, November 23
The Marquess of Lothian, in a speech at Newcastle-on-Tyne to-day said: War is almost certain within the next three years. I am forced to conclude that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Spanish War Zone Newcastle Woman's Visit to Gibraltar Plight of Refugees
A vivid story of the situation in Spain prior to the fall of Madrid was told yesterday by Mr. E. Forshaw, of Newcastle, who returned on Sunday, from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Spanish Civil War (Continued from Page 1) Loyalists Claim a Success Repulse of Rebel Attack
The loyalists' claim to have repulsed a rebel attack on the north-west of Madrid, capturing two tanks. An international column, including…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Next War the Unexpected Will Happen London
"The only thing that can be said with certainty about the next war is that it will be different from the last." said the…
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