Preference to Soldiers No Alteration of Law
The Bulli Shire Council recently appealed to councils throughout the State for co-operation in an appeal to the Government to have the Returned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1936
78 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 4
Death in St. Mary’s Cathedral Returned Soldier Collapses at Mass SYDNEY
Timothy Gleason, 40, a one-legged returned soldier, of Paddington, collapsed and died of heart failure in St. Mary’s Cathedral to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Europe's Feverish Preparations for War
Mr. Walter Dummy, the English author and journalist, who has for many years been the chief correspondent of the New York "Times" in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boer War Memorial Cost of Renovations
Following a protest from the Queanbeyan Legacy Club and South African Veterans against any contemplated interference with the existing Boer War…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldiers to Wear Mourning
The State President of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia (Mr. L. A. Robb) has issued a request to the executive and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War on Wombats
At the Stock Board meeting at Bega on Tuesday a letter was received from Mr. P. Lindwall, Secretary of the Nethercate Agricultural Bureau,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boer War Memorial Further Discussion at Council Meeting
At the Municipal Council meeting last night a letter was received from the Secretary of the South African Soldiers' Association, Sydney, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldiers New Organisation
A new organisation of former soldiers—the Commonwealth Legion— came into existence at a conference of representatives of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boer War Memorial
Sir,—Might I be permitted space in your journal to correct the mis-statements of Alderman Johnston at the last Council meeting as reported in your…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Down with War!"
ROME.—"Down with war!" shouted a man among the crowd watching the assembly of the Fascist Grand Council on Saturday night. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Proposed Concentration Camp for Returned Soldiers on the Tramp
The president of the Moss Vale subbranch of the Returned Soldiers League (Dr. Alcorn) declared last week thai it was the responsibility…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boer War Memorial and Traffic Matters
Sir,—I was very interested in the letter in your Tuesday’s issue regarding the Boer War Memorial. It has been suggested by some that it is only a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World Heading for War Business Men’s Duty
“We have arrived at one of the most delicate and dangerous periods in the history of the world,” declared the Bishop of Goulburn, Rt. Rev. E. H…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cable News Italians Claim Victory in Biggest Battle of War
ROME, Sunday.— An official war bulletin issued to-day discloses that, despite continuous rain and hailstorms, the Italians launched a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers' Preference Condemned by Yass Aldermen
The Local Government Association of Officers asked the Yass Municipal Council at its last meeting to co-operate with it in pointing out to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Unavoidable
While it is denied that there will be any change in the foreign belief expressed that war between Japan and the Soviet is now unavoidable,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Pensions Advice to Applicants
The pensions advocate of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. E. A Roberts), at a meeting in Sydney of the Soldiers’ Mothers, Wives, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peace Move Italo-Abyssinian War
A message from Rome received in London states that the Italian Cabinet has decided to accept the appeal of the Committee of Thirteen of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldiers' Preference Act Position of Councils
At a meeting of the executive of the Local Government Association in Sydney last week, important recommendations were submitted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Day Request to Close Hotels
The M[?]nister for Agri[?]ture (Mr Main) on Wednesday quoted the Commissioner of Police (Mr. M[?]ckay) as saying that the police view was that it…
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