£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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The wars & local soldiers, 1936
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SIR C. ROSENTHAL Elected to Legislative Council Distinguished War Service Sydney
Major-General Sir Charles Rosenthal was to-night elected by ballot of both Houses of Parliament, to fill the vacancy in the Legislative Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →S.W. CHINA Wants War With Japan Telegrams to Central Govt. Canton
South and South-Western Chinese authorities have telegraphed the Central Government at Nanking and also the civil and military leaders…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →67 OPERATIONS In 15 Hospitals Most Operated Upon Victim of War. Coff's Harbor
Staying at Park Beach, Coff's Harbor, with Mr. and Mrs. R. Davidson is a Digger who, it is believed, is the most operated upon victim of the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Southern China Talk of Civil War. London
Sensational reports from the Japanese Domei newsagency, at Canton, regarding the movements of Chinese troops, have been minimised by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Memorial Park Construction of Extension Gate
The hon. secretary of the Clarence District Soldiers' Memorial Committee is in receipt of a communication from the Town Clerk, Grafton, advising that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Palestine Riots Terrorists Bomb Railway Bus Passengers Wounded. Jerusalem
Terrorists bombed the railway at Khayunis, on the Palestine-Sinai border. Little damage was caused. The police station at Nablus, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SELF-DEFENCE Not War Of Aggression Activity in China. Canton
It is officially explained that Friday's dramatic mobilisation order against 'Japan was merely a warning to the southern commanders to be in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Debts. Washington
The British Ambassador formally notified the State Department that Britain will not make her war debt payment, due on June 15. Other…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Interest Rates on Australian War Debts. Canberra
Twelve Australian conversion operations totalling £198,000,000, arranged in London by the High Commissioner, Mr. Bruce, since October, 1932, have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blanket War at Young
Young's storekeepers are engaged in a blanket war. One store began selling at below the recognised price, and other stores have now countered by selling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War to Go on "Abyssinia Unconquered" Mr. Herouy's Statement. London
"Abyssinia is still unconquered and the war will go on," said Mr. Herouy, Foreign Minister in Abyssinia, on arrival in London, where he will resume…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flour War Exciting Shopping Episode
A flour war between two Prince street business houses yesterday was responsible for a good deal of excitement amongst Grafton shoppers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clash in China War Fever In Canton Cadets to Prepare for Front. Nanking
While the Kwantung section of the southern army was ordered to halt, advance Kwangsi troops are reported to have clashed with the National…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Baby Bonds for U.S.A. War Veterans. Washington
It was the biggest pay day in the Government's history to-day, when postmen were delivering baby bonds aggregating 1,650,000,000 dollars, to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Pensions Granted At Age Of 60 8000 at Present Eligible. Canberra
In 1960, nearly half a century after the outbreak of the Great War, the peak number of 75,000 returned soldiers will become eligible for a pension…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thousands Out Strikers in Belgium Clashes With Military Three Policemen Wounded Brussels
A committee for public order under the presidency of the Premier, M. Van Zeeland, was constituted to deal with strikes which are rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gun Fight Strike-breakers Besieged Fourteen Seriously Wounded. New York
The two months labor dispute at the tool factory at Kent (Ohio), over wages, was turned into open gun warfare between pickets and strike-breakers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'Peace Enforcement Would Lead to War' "Sanctions Must Be Dropped" House Of Commons Supports Eden "Common People Have a Loathing for War" Labor Leader Launches Censure Motion Government's Aim Is Still Collective Security LONDON
Announcing, in the House of Commons, to-night, that the Government unanimously supported the views of the Foreign Secretary (Captain Eden), that sanctions against Italy must be dropped, the Prime Minister (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dardanelles War Graves Difficulties. Montreaux
Difficulties are likely to arise at the Dardanelles conference in connection with visits to British and Australian war graves in view of the natural…
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