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The wars & local soldiers, 1937

1,193 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 60

Pelaw Main Anzac Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 9

St. Mark and Anzac Day services were held at St. Michael and All Angola Church on Sunday. A large band of Heralds of the King was fed by the…

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Women War Workers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 6

The 9th Brigade, A.I.F., tablet, to commemorates women were fonders for the brigade, has been completed. It will he given to the City Council shortly at a…

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Women War Workers Honored

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 5

THE TABLET DEDICATED TO WOMEN WAR WORKERS, which was bought from the proceeds of the Ninth Brigade commemoration march in June last year, has been delivered at the Town Hall, where it will be kept until a war memorial is built in Newcastle…

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Sidelights—here,there,everywhere War in the Air

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 6

APPARENTLY it is not all fantastic talk about European capitals defending themselves against air raids by barriers of netting suspended from…

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Anzac Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 7

Sir.—The programme of the Anzac service at Newcastle Beach on Sunday read: "In the presence of his Worship the Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. H…

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War Victim

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 6

Mrs. M. E. Mitchell, with her son John Edwin, arrived at Sydney by the Mongolia yesterday from Abyssinia. Mr. Mitchell, a missionary, was killed by…

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War Among Rats Unusual Plan Suggested

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 5

A Frenchman's idea of disturbing the balance of the sexes' has been considered by City Council health officials in…

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Woman's Realm Toys and War Fear of Revolutions Address to Business Girls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 14

The Newcastle Business and Professional Women's Club heard an interesting address on "Toys and War" by Mr. K. S. McGill at their fortnightly meeting…

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Returned Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 9

Sir,—There is no doubt about the thrill we mortals receive when gazing upon our war veterans as they march through our streets on Anzac Day, some…

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War on Noise Lessons for Australia Research in New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 15

France, the United States of America, England and Australia are all engaged in a crusade to abate the herve-shattering nuisance of noise. Australia knows how…

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To Regain Colonies by Persuasion, Not by War Berlin, March 11

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 4

By persuasion, not by war; with negotiations, not with arms. Those are the methods by…

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Enlisting Support Meetings Near Steel Works

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 11

Officials of the Rylands' Strike Committee addressed meetings of the employees outside the Steel Works gates yesterday. The meetings were arranged so that the…

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Land for Soldier Settlement

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 3

The Minister for Lands (Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw) is having a report prepared on the advisability of making land in the Congewai area available…

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A Contrast Anzac Day and May Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 8

The contrast between the processions on Anzac Day and May Day was mentioned by Rev. W. E. Butler, who preached in the Adamstown Methodist…

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One Bullet Two Men Wounded Redfern Hotel Shooting Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 7

Peter Davis, 30, of Randwick, and John Dwyer, 36, of Redforn, were wounded by the same bullet, fired in a hotel at Redfern yesterday afternoon. They…

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The War in Spain Appeal to Humanity CANBERRA, May 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 8

The indignation aroused throughout the world by the savage air raid on the ancient Basque capital of Guernica heightens the interest attaching to the Note from…

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9000 to Be Saved War in Spain (Continued From Page 1) Balbao Women and Children London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 5

Preparations for the removal of thousands of women and children from Bilbao are in progress, states the…

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Soldiers' League and War Pensions Concessions Secured Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 6

A considerable increase in the work of its war pensions department in the past ten months is reported by the Returned Soldiers' League, which…

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Increased Estimates Italian War Ministry ROME, May 4

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 8

The Italian War Ministry's estimates for 1937.38. total £20,730,000, This is more than £2,000,000 more than the expenditure in 1936-37…

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Ret. Soldiers' Bowling Championship

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 10

The returned soldiers' singles championship will be continued to-night at Wickham green. The draw is: J. Orr v P. Dean, T. McIlveen v R…

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