Back From Grave. Wounded Soldier's Return
AUCKLAND, Sunday.—To open the door in answer to a knock and to find standing with a smile on his face a brother whom he had thought buried in France was the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Rivers · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1924
1,173 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 59
Missioners Killed Chinese Bandits Active. Wounded Prisoners Taken
SHANGHAI, Sunday.--It is reported from Hankow that bandits have captured Rev. Hursh, of the American Lutheran Brethren missioner's, also Mr. and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Loneliness and Death. End of a War Romance
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Fate wrote the last chapter of a romance on Christmas Eve, when the Rev. R. Goldie, a Presbyterian clergyman at Edinburgh, received a cable,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trouble in the Balkan War Clouds. States. Bulgaria's Discontent
BELGRADE, Monday.—A grave situation between Jugo-Slavia and Bulgaria has followed a speech in the Sobranje by M. Tzanroff, the Bulgarian Premier, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cost of the War. Sacrifice of World's Manhood. Dean Inge's Estimate
Dean Inge, writing in the London "Evening Standard," says:—A few months ago I attempted to estimate the loss of life caused by the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldier Workers. Waterside Award Conditions
SYDNEY, Monday.—A mass meeting of the Waterside Workers' Federation about 1000 strong accepted the preference clause in Mr. Justice Powers' award relative to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wounded Soldier's Return
To open the door in answer to a knock and to find standing with a smile on his face a brother whom he had thought buried in France was the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Prisoners Return
Two Belgian soldiers, Desire Rouelle and Joseph Vanderwaizen, who were prisoners of war in Germany, have just returned homo. Rouelle states that he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London's Shipping. Post-war Recovery
The Port of London Authority has recorded the arrival and departure of a larger tonnage in the year ending March 31 last than in any recent 12 months. In fact,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Butter Supplies. Pre-war Figures Passed
The statement is made in Weddel's annual review of Britain's supplies that "in volume, the import trade in dairy produce may now be said to have returned to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Forts on Submerged Sand How the Humber Was Closed. Great War Achievement
"It is possible, sir, but the work will be costly and difficult." "Go and do it, then." This was part of a conversation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Imperial Ex-soldiers' League
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The formation in Sydney of a British Legion of Imperial exservice men has been completed. The legion is non-political and has as its objective the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crewless Ships. Steering by Wireess. War Lessons
One morning recently an aeroplane might have been seen hovering high over the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral in England. At the same time, fifteen miles away on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mccaughey Bequest. Fine Philanthropic Movement. Education of Soldiers' Children
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The 100th meeting of the trustees of the A.I.F. Canteens Fund was held last week. The trustees also manage the splendid bequest of Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Material for Mexico
MEXICO CITY, Wednesday.—The U.S Consul has informed President Obregon, of Mexico, that the United States will send him war material up to 750,000 dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Gratuities. Large Sum Still Unclaimed
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Despite the fact that the payment of soldiers' war gratuities has been in force for nearly four years, there are thousands of Australian soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Monsters. France's Seventy-ton Tanks
France is testing with great secrecy a 70-ton tank moving twice as fast as those at present in use, and capable of traversing all type of ground, as well…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sleeping Boy Wounded
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Wounded in the back with a pea-rifle bullet, Douglas James, aged 7 years, was found lying in his bed. The boy lives with his father in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unclaimed War Gratuities
Despite the fact that the payment of soldiers' war gratuities has been in force for nearly four years, there are thousands of Australian soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Weapons in Next War
Major-General Sir W. E. Ironside, Chief of the Staff College, in a lecture in London on "The Development of Modern Weapons," dealt with tanks…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →