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

Riverina · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1937

978 stories in Riverina's papers · page 16 of 49

Anzac Day Local Celebrations On

The Gundagai Independent · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 2

The Gundagai branch of the Returned Soldiers League has decided that the local-celebrations, will be held on Monday…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Anzac Day Observance in Wagga Special Service To-morrow Holiday on

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 2

Just 22 years to-morrow, the world was startled and amazed by the daring deeds of Australian and New Zealand soldiers when they stormed…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Anzac Day Governor-General's Message Exert All Efforts for Future Place Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 1

The State Governor, Lord Wake-hurst, and the Archbishop of Sydney, Doctor Mow[?]l, will lead the Anzac dawn service at the Cenotaph…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Gipsies at War Sensational Combat at Dubbo Blood Flows Freely Dubbo

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 8

The fued which has been smouldering; since the Sterio and Stevens gipsy factions met in a serious clash near Campsie, Sydney, early in the year was…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Where Australians Fought a Tour Through the Battlefields of France Many War Incidents Recalled

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 4

The following article by Mr. J. T. Massey will arouse tremendous interest among all Australian returned soldiers who served in France. The author has just completed a tour of the battlefields and he describes the scene…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Anzac

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 2

"The spirit of Anzac" is the great thought this day brings, And since, as dreams live first, all concrete things…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

"The Glory That is Anzac" Magnificent March of Wagga's Returned Men Record Number on Parade Yesterday's Impressive Ceremonies Splendid Addresses at Capitol Theatre

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 4

"The Glory that is Anzac" was magnificently demonstrated in Wagga yesterday in the ceremonies that were held in observance of that day, twenty-two years ago, when the cream of Australian manhood received their baptism of fire in battle at the Dardanelles…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Church Services Spirit of Anzac

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 4

Services appropriate to the occasion were held in Wagga churches yesterday, and in every case there were large congregations…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Church of England War and Religion

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 4

At the Baylis-street chapel yesterday morning the Ven. Archdeason S. J. West, after dedicating the new altar to the fallen soldiers, in an address…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Anzac Service

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 5

The Lockhart Methodist Church was crowded to capacity en Sunday night on the occasion of the Anzac Service. The church honour…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Anzac Picture Benefit

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 4

In connection with the Anzac Day commemoration, the management of the Plaza Picture Theatre, Wagga, is providing a specially attractive…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Presbyterians Observe Anzac

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 2

At the evening service in the Lockhart Presbyterian Church or Sunday evening, the minister, Rev. G. J. Stevens, made special…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Anzac Service at Whitton

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 2

The Whittou Returned Soldiers held their commemorative service in the afternoon, which was uttcuded by a number of Leeton Diggers and…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Anzac Spirit Lord, Gowrie's Message

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 2

A plea to exert their influence in the cause of peace, and to preserve civilisation for the generations to come, was made by the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Anzac Day Observance at Lockhart

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 1

Arranged by the Lockhart Branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Association, Anzac Day was observed at Lockhart on Sunday with due decorum and with every evidence that the public remembered the death and glory…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Anzac Day Observance in Narandera

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 2

The twenty-second anniversary of Anzac Day was celebrated on Sunday last. At Narandera the day was observed in the usual manner by the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Anzac Day Local Comemoration and Celebrations

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 6

As the years pass, each successive Anzac Day, far from diminishing in emotional appeal, appears to gain an increasingly firm grip on the thoughts and aspirations of Australia. It is as though the Anzacs of old had planted on Gallipoli a seed, all…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Leeton's Impressive Anzac Memorial-Service Big Crowds Present

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 2

"SIX hundred thousand dead Germans and four hundred thousand Frenchmen in one cemetery... One million soldiers slain in battle sleep in the cemetery at Verdun! Do you think we we want anything like that again to-day? Don't you think we…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Anzac Celebrations Ceremony at Monument United Service at Roxy Theatre Both Largely Attended

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 2

Anzac Day, celebrated on Sunday last, must be noted as of more importance than ever, judging by the number of those who took part in…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Anzac Day Observance in London March of Anzacs Impresses Londoners Wreaths Placed on Cenotaph London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 4

St. Paul's Cathedral was packed today during the Anzac service, which had a decidedly military flavor with martial hymns, the singing of which…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →