Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1930

43 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3

Soldier Preference

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 3

The Government has backed down completely on the question of soldier preference. It was learnt on Wednesday…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Anzac Celebration

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1930 · page 2

At St Bede's Church on Sunday last Rev. Father Devine made reference to the report in the "Review," in which it was stated that he had…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

“War oil the Blowfly” Shell Co, Publishes Valuable :Booklet

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 May 1930 · page 4

The statement by the Council of Industrial and Scientific Research, that the blowfiy in sheep resulted in the loss of £ 4,000,000 'annually to the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

War on the Blowfly

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 May 1930 · page 4

AS a result of the demand for booklet, “War on the Blowfly:” the Sliell Co. have made another free issue available to all bona fide graziers of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Foch or Haig? Who Won the War ?

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 4

"If Field-Marshal Earl Haig had been in supreme command of the Allies on the western front since 1914, the war might have ended in 1917,"…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

War Meter Reliable? Alderman Still Perplexed Water Bill Nearly £1 a Week

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 2

The application of Mr. F. Greentree, Donald Road, for a reduction in his water bill, having alleged a faulty registration, still has Queanbeyan…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Theft of War Medals

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1930 · page 3

Lethbridge was also charged with having in his possession three war medals reasonably suspected of having been stolen. He pleaded guilty…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

War Secret England's Call for Gold

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 1

A hitherto unpublished war was told by Mr. J. A. Jensen who was Minister for Defence in the Hughes war Cabinet, in a speech…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Perfect War Realism

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 August 1930 · page 4

A pontoon bridge 150 feet long and 16 feet wide, stretched across a stream, was smashed by shell-fire explosion to attain perfect war realism for on…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Repudiation of War Debts Mr. Lang’s Advice to A.l.p

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 August 1930 · page 1

It was reported at the Trades Hall to-day that Mr. J. T. Lang has advised the A.L.P. Executive to reject the proposal for repudiation of war…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Teacher Fired On Wounded in Eye

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 4 September 1930 · page 2

Cecil Chapman, teacher in charge of Woodhouslee School, between Crookwell and Goulburn, was wounded on Monday night by an ambushed…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Last of Labour? Impossible Policies Fail Split Like War-time Pending

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 4 September 1930 · page 1

“The financial crisis of the ’nineties gave rise to the Labour Party. The indications are that the crisis of the ’30’s will smash it.”…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

The Anti-British Campaign Labour Extremists’ Folly Truth About War Debt

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 11 September 1930 · page 2

The attempt which is being made by extreme elements within the Federal Labour Party, supported outside by Mr. Jock Garden, the Sydney Labour…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Preference to Soldiers

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1930 · page 2

Four hundred returned soldiers employed in the telephone and telegraph branches of the Victorian Postal Department as linesmen and…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Value of Wool Pre-war and Current Prices

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 25 September 1930 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—Wool in common with other textile fibres, has during the past week, been adversely affected. Its 1914 value was…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

“Journey’s End” a Real Drama—not of War, But of Men Best Talkie of the Year

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 25 September 1930 · page 3

“Journey’s End,” the war play that had played around the world before it was a year old, and that raised an obscure author to fame, defies the biggest…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Value of Wool Pre-war and Current Prices

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 September 1930 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:—Wool, in common with other textile fibres, has during the past week been adversely affected. On Friday cotton…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Welcome Home to Mrs. Hammond and Daughters

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 1

Last night in the Methodist Church occasion was taken to welcome home Mrs. P. W. Hammond and her daughters Mary and Betty, after their trip…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

A War Prophet

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 2

A story of a mummified hawk from Egypt, which drips blood when war is imminent, is vouched for by Lieut—General Baden powell…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Tobacco War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 2

The increased tobacco and excise duties has created a serious position in the trade. A price war broke out this morning. Whether the new…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →