Boer War Hero. Now Talkie Butler
Hollywood is no respecter of persons. Only recently at the Paramount studios, a man, who was decorated for bravery during the Boer War,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1929
57 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 3
War Losses
Latest official records of Empire war casualties show that 1,089,919 lives were lost through enemy action. Ladies' Knitted Wool Frocks. Sale…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cast of War Birds in Plying Picture
There have been many aviation pictures set to the screen since the Armistice was signed, but never until now has there been an aviation picture…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poppy Day 1929 Organising Secretary for N.S.W. Soldiers’ Poppy Day Appeal
People often remark, “I see the Returned Soliders are asking for funds, they are always asking for something, what do they do with the money?”…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Limbless Soldiers Poppy Day Appeal
Every year Poppy Day Appeal is made to the public for funds to be used for the benefit of Returned Sailors, Soldiers, and their dependents. In…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool and Its Present Value Pre-war and Present Prices
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: — Troublesome and depressing though, the wool market has been of late, the maladies from which it is suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool and Its Value Pre-war and Present Prices
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:—Troublesome and depressing though the wool market has been of late, the maladies from which it is suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Range Flooded
Mr. A. K. Johnston, captain of Queanbeyan Rifle Club, writing from the Anzac Rifle Range, Liverpool, yesterday, says: “We are having a bad spin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Found Wounded Refuses to Make a Statement
It has transpired that the house in Surry Hills at which Janita O’Farrell, aged 25, was found wounded at an early hour this morning, was the abode…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russo-chinese War Filmed by Paramount Cameraman
Despite the fact that the Chinese War Lords put every obstacle in the way, battle scenes of the Russo-Chinese War have been successfully film…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Red Cross Effort for Permanently Disabled Soldiers
The annual euchre party, and social, organised by Queanbeyan Red Cross Society, in aid of permanently disabled soldiers, was held on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Relic of the War
About 14 miles from Cape Everard the trawler Koraaga swept up a German mine, probably laid by the Wolf in 1917. The laying of the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Origin of Great War
Mr. Gooch, joint editor of the British doctrines on the origin of the Great War. says that Germany was dragged into the war by Austria…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Want Free Farms
A meeting of soldier settlers on the irrigation areas at Leeton decided to petition Parliament for the redress of legitimate grievances. The I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War's Horrors
Robert Graves, the well-known poet, is publishing a book in London entitled "Good-Bye to all That," which is likely to arouse a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wounded Miners Still in a Serious Condition
No further deaths have occurred amongst those injured in yesterday’s disturbance at Rothbury mine. Two miners, however, David Brown and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Farewell, Anzac ! ”
The historical evacuation of our military forces from Anzac in 1915, will be described on the fourteenth anniversary of that memorable event,…
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