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The wars & local soldiers, 1937

1,193 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 60

After Many Years War Veteran Weds Old Sweetheart Newcastle Bride Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 5

Veteran of the Boer and Great Wars, Percival Lindsay Grant was to-day given leave from Randwick Military…

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Danger of War Attitude of the Church "Can Be a Duty to Kill" (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, February 6

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

"It can be a Christian duty to kill," declared the Archbishop of York (Most Rev. Wm. Temple) in the Church Assembly at Westminster to-day…

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Year of Progress Disclosed Returned Soldiers' Annual Report

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 5

Remarkable progress during the past year, both in membership and public support, will be disclosed at the annual meeting of the Newcastle branch…

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Peace Week Begin on Anzac Day Churches Interested Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 5

Representatives of combined Churches to-day formed the United Christian Peace Movement, and decided that a Peace Week, to begin on Anzac Day, should…

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Polish Scheme Centralise War Industries Will Cost £100,000,000 LONDON, February 8

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 7

The Finance Minister (M. Eugenjusz Kwiatkowski), who crested the Polish port of Gdynia, has drawn up a plan, in conjunction with the General Staff, to…

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New World Peace Drive Notable Britons in the Lead Arousing World Opinion Against War London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 1

A new world peace movement which will be launched in London next week-end is generally understood to have the blessing of the British Foreign Secretary (Mr. Anthony Eden) and of the Foreign Office…

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War In Spain (Earlier Details on Page 9) Victors of Malaga Welcome From Hungry Women London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 7

Hungry women and children are reported to have given warm welcome to the Rebel conquerors of the Spanish city…

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After Marriage Ex-Soldier Returns to Hospital SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 6

Percival Lindsay Grant, who served in the Boer and World Wars, to-day was granted leave of absence from the Randwick Military Hospital so that he could…

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Assisted Needy Many Calls on Returned Soldiers' Sub-branch Year's Work Reviewed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 9

The activities of the Newcastle sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, particularly in assisting needy returned soldiers, sere reviewed at the annual…

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Anzac Memorial Hospital Nurses Dismissed; Others Resign Katoomba

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 1

The inquiry by the Hospital Commission into the administration of the Anzac Memorial Hospital, will be held on Friday…

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Bread War in Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 6

Although the Master Bakers' Association recently increased the price, a bread war has broken out in some of the industrial suburbs of Sydney. Yesterday,…

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Sidelights-here, there, everywhere War News

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 7

"DEFENDERS flying down rifles and flee," says headlines on Spanish war. American correspondents for a long time have been describing this…

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Rebel Citizens to Pay for War Valencia

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 1

The Under Secretary for Finance (Senor Jeronimo Bugeda) asserts that the national debt has been reduced by four-fifths…

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Bread War in Sydney Price Breaks in Competition Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 1

A bread war broke out yesterday at Waterloo and Redfern, and it extended to-day to the northern side of the…

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Replicas of Famous War Statues Two for Melbourne Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 8

Large bronze war statues replicas of two of the figures in the artillery memorial at Hyde Park comer, London, have arrived in Melbourne and…

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Anzac Day Holiday Celebration on April 26 SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 8

The Chief Secretary (Mr. F. A. Chaffey) stated to-day with regard to complaints about the Anzac Day holiday being observed on Monday April 26, that the…

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Spanish War Workers' Educational Lectures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 5

The second of the summer series of lectures under the auspices of the Newcastle branch of the Workers Educational Association has been prepared. The…

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War Risk Insurance Business Not Encouraged SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 10

Australian underwriters have followed the lead of Lloyd's, London, by treating with great reluctance all applications for war risk insurance…

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Business Not Encouraged Insurance and War Risk Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 8

Australian underwriters have followed the lead of Lloyd's. London, by treating with great reluctance all applications for war risk insurance…

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Bread War in Sydney Extensive Trade Reported SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 10

The bread war in Redfern and Waterloo, to-day, extended to North Sydney and Neutral Bay. Shops in North Sydney sold bread at 5d a loaf over the…

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