War Tanks Corps For Australia £60,000 to Be Spent. Canberra
Tank corps are to be established in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, and later, possibly in other capitals, since the Government has decided to spend…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1936
445 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 23
Two Red Cross Doctors Tortured by Italian Soldiers After Bombing Atrocities Forced to Sign False Statement London
How Dr. Maximillian Belau and Dr. Medyusky were tortured by Italians until, on December 7 last, Dr. Belau signed a false statement…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Commissioner War Service Homes MR. H. H. Richardson Appointed Canberra
Cabinet to-day appointed Mr. H. H. Richardson, of Sydney, as War Service Homes Commissioner. The appointment will be for three years at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Varied Career of Queensland Journalist Soldier One Day, Sailor Next
One of Queensland's best-known journalists is Captain F. Rhodes, editor of "The Central Queensland Herald" and associate editor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shipping War Subsidised Lines U.S. Ousting Britain Fight for Pacific Trade London
There was strong comment on the shipping position in the Pacific when. in the House of Commons to-day Sir H. Cayzer urged the Government to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Possibility of War with Italy Near" Rome Correspondent's Warning "Defend Conquest Against Britain" Duce Stakes Dynasty on His Policy Ready And Equipped To Face Consequences LONDON
The "Morning Post's" Rome correspondent declares that if Britain wishes to continue her policy of aiming to secure any modification of the present situation in Abyssinia she can only do so by warning Italy, because Signor Mussolini stakes the Savoy dynasty on his Abyssinian policy. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Burning Rain" Horror Yperite Death From Skies New Horror Of War Abyssinians Tortured Burnt and Blinded. London
The story of how, seeing his faithful warriors tortured by yperite--"burning rain"--he staked all on a last battle was told by the Emperor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Revolver Shots Car Driver Dead Wife Seriously Wounded Tragedy in Lonely Spot Sydney
The body of Alan James Stewart, 51, of Carlton, was found in a ear at Peakhurst this afternoon. Some distance away his wife, Lillian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ex-service Men. Work For Returned Soldiers Report of Employment Board Sydney
The report of the [?] Soldiers and [?] was made [?] and [?] Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Failure Voluntary Enlistments Senator Brand's Views. Canberra
Senator Brand, declaring that flash uniforms and busbies would not attract young men to the colors, said the voluntary system of military training had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mystery Man "Col. Lopez" Found Disclosures To War Office Work for Italian Embassy London
The "Daily Herald" has traced "Colonel Lopez," the mysterious subject of the Foreign Secretary, Captain Eden's, address in the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Resigned to War Feeling In France Business Man's Impression
Impressions of a resigned feeling in France that a European war was inevitable before long, and of a belief in England that war could be avoided, have…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Women Pilots War Reserve Mooted Mrs. Keith Miller's Scheme Aerial Ambulance Work. London, May 9
A, number of Britain's leading airwomen are to form themselves into a corps of pilots prepared to undertake active duty in the event of war…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Bomb Explodes in House Man Killed Two Seriously Injured Holes Blown in Ceiling. Sydney
The explosion of a bomb which he was demonstrating to his daughter and a. friend in the drawing room of his home at Bundock street, Coogee,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ship Seeking a Port Too Late Motions Arch For Abyssinian War No One Wants Explosives London
Carrying a cargo of arms and munitions, originally destined for Abyssinia, the British vessel, La Santa Maria, has become a ship…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Memorial Park Proposal To Erect Extension Gates Council's Plan Approved by Committee
It was always the intention of the committee of the Soldiers' Memorial Park, Grafton, to erect a suitable gate entrance to the park, but owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Souvenirs Dangers Of Explosion Warning by Military Officer. Sydney
A warning to returned soldiers and other persons in possession of war souvenirs, such as grenades, bombs, shells and other ammunition, to have all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General Returned Soldiers' Women's Auxiliary
The Women's Auxiliary of the Grafton and South Grafton sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I.L.A. will hold a meeting in the League Room, Pound street,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jap Officer's Death Allegations Against British Soldiers. Peking
Japanese authorities have demanded that the British Embassy should investigate the death of a Japanese army officer at a Peking cabaret…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£82,000,000 Japan's Huge War Expenditure Tokio
The press announces that defence appropriations for 1937 may exceed £82,000,000, equally divided between the army and navy. Shipyards are…
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