War Debts. Reports Denied
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Reports that the British Government will cancel Australia's war debts have been denied by Commonwealth Ministers, but…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1931
757 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 38
Modern Spartan Senegalese Soldier Loses Feet Devotion to Duty
PARIS, Monday:-- A Spartan-like devotion to a mistaken sense of duty has caused a Senegalese soldier to lose his feet. Recently he returned from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lismore Diggers and Anzac Day
A general monthly meeting of the Lismore sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. will be held in the club room at the Memorial Baths to-night at 8 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →" Soldiers Libelled " War Books and Plays Protest in Commons London
Mr. Ede, in the House of Commons, complained that some books and plays in the last few years purporting to depict British soldiers during wartime,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Inquiry Urged War Pensions
CANBERRA, Tuesday:--Since the Auditor-General (Mr. C. J. Cerutty) presented his annual report to Parliament last week, considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tick War. Extraordinary Revolt at Mullumbimby
Fifty stalwart farmers aided another farmer and his family in the Brunswick district, Mullumbimby to repel attempts of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Returned Soldiers Coraki Sub-branch
The monthly meeting of the Coraki sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League was held on Wednesday. The president (Dr. W. Cletus Smith)…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Anzac Ball
By advertisement in this issue tenders are invited for supplying music for the Anzac Ball, which is to be held in the Murwillumbah School of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Heroine Dies Romantic Career Deeds Equalled Nurse Cavell's Helped Soldiers to Escape
LONDON, Thursday:--The death is announced of Miss Annie Scot-James, aged 58, who was mentioned in Earl Haig's despatches for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Debts Britain's Receipts and Payments
LONDON, Thursday:--In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. F. W. Pothick-Lawrence (Financial Secretary to the Treasury), in answer to a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Heroine Death in London Bravery Recalled Deeds in Belgium London
The death is announced of Miss Annie Scott James, aged 56, who was mentioned in Earl Haig's despatches for gallant…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Returned Soldiers Lismore Sub-branch Deputation to Council
The president (Mr. T. P. Winterton) presided over an attendance of 25 members at Thursday night's meeting of the) Lismore sub-branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →War Debts Payments to Britain LONDON
In the Commons, Mr. Pethick Lawrence, in answer to a question, said Britain in the current year received £16,300,000 from German reparations,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soviet Agent Wounded Tokio
When M. Aniekoff, the Soviet Commerclal Agent, was leaving his residence in Tokio this morning he was shot three times. Fortunately, however, his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Day Sports. Big Day Promised
At a general meeting of the members of the Soldiers' Club and representatives of the Caledonian Society held at the Soldiers' Club on 12th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Endurance Swim One-Legged Soldier Wins SYDNEY
F. Roberts, a one-legged soldier, won the endurance swim at Rushcutter Bay baths last night. He remained in the water 50 hours 42 minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Cup Lismore Swimming Last Night's Carnival
The final of the Anzae Cup series, the 880 yards race, at the Lismore Memorial Amateur Swimming Club's carnival last night at the Memorial…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Criminal Lived in Refuge Killed in Motor Smash
A refugee for eleven years from Allied and German justice, a notorious German submarine officer has revealed; Only, by his death, his hiding place in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murwillumbah Biggers Anzac Ball Arrangements
At a special meeting of the Murwillumbah sub-blanch of the R.S.S.I.L.A., held on Tuesday night, it was unanimously agreed to defer the date…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women in Revolt. War on Long Skirts
Deploring the long skirt as a reaction again personal comfort and physical liberty, the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship,…
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