Perturbed at War Prospect Chinese In Sydney Would Fight SYDNEY
LOCAL Chinese residents are considerably perturbed at the latest nows from Peking and Tokio indicating war between the two countries…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1937
235 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 12
Barrier Miner Monday, July 19, 1937. Threatened War In North China
FROM the civil war in Spain the eyes of the world have been turned to the renewal of hostilities between China and Japan in Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dutch East Indies' Big War Bill
More than £500,000 a month is being spent by the Dutch East Indies on war material from the United States. The war supplies consist…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Settlement Without War Mr. Eden's Views 0N Differences in the Far East Spanish Position (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, July 19
IN spite of the dangerous situation in the Far East the Foreign Secretary (Mr. Anthony Eden) thinks that the differences between China and Japan can be settled without war. He told the House of Commons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Policy of A.C.T.U. SYDNEY
THE secretary of the A.L.P. (Mr. J. J. Graves) said to-day that Labor would have nothing to do with the war policy decided upon by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japanese Troops Enter Peiping 20 Soldiers Blown Up by Hand Grenades (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, July 26
JAPANESE troops have entered Peiping and telephone communication between that city and other Chinese towns has been cut off. An earlier message said that after…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Birdie" on Short Visit Does Not Fear War Outbreak FREMANTLE
LOOKING more sprightly than ever in spite of his advancing years—he will celebrate his seventy-second birthday in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plans To Attack Peiping Japanese Navy to Assist Military Big War Loan (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, July 27
THE Japanese navy is standing by ready to assist the military in North China the Naval Minister (Admiral Mitsubasa Yonai) announced in Tokio to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japanese Troops Enter Peiping 20 Soldiers Blown Up by Hand Grenades (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, July 26
JAPANESE troops have entered Peiping and telephone communication between that city and other Chinese towns has been cut off. An earlier message said that after…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Huge Expenditure on War Pensions
LONDON, July 28.—The annual report of the Ministry of Pensions' shows that war pensions since 1914 have cost £1,192,000,000—equal to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Place For War Policy In Empire's Plan Striking Review by Mr. Lyons Sydney
"A guarantee that the strength influence on the side of p[?] by the Imperial Conference of the [?] ernment that its armed forces wi[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ex-soldier Seeks Divorce War And Unhappy Marriage SYDNEY
A warrior in the veldts of South Africa during the Boer War and soldier in the British Army in Flanders in the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alterations to Clubroom Returned Men To Have More Space
To enable the Returned Soldiers' League to hold all their functions in the League clubroom on the Sulphidestreet side of the Palace Hotel, it has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hopes for Compromise Spain's War Problems London, July 29
NOW that replies have been received to the British Government's proposals for ending the Spanish dead-lock the non-intervention…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →N.z. Soldiers Invited to Celebrations
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), July 30.—It is reported that the Commonwealth invited 1000 New Zealand ex-soldiers to attend the 150th anniversary…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Enthusiasm in Tokio Guerilla Tactics of Chinese (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, August 1
A PART from sporadic bombing and shelling in districts where isolated bands of Chinese are maintaining a guerilla warfare, the situation in the Peiping and Tientsin area in North China is quiet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Romance Of Roses In War (Special to "The Miner.") PEIPING, August 3
RED roses temporarily overshadowed the clash of battle round Peiping last week end. The 1st Battalion of Lancashire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rebels Moving on Madrid No Flicker of Life in War-scarred Town of Brunete (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, August 4
THE Spanish Rebels believe that the Government suffered so serious a reverse in the second battle of Brunete that its forces will be incapable of a major offensive for some time. Now the rebels are resuming their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Leaf Brought From War Cemetery
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A framed leaf from an Australian eucalyptus tree growing in the Australian section of the Allies' War Cemetary at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Schedule for Industry Security Measure Advances SYDNEY
ACCORDING to a message from Canberra to-day, national security measures in Australia have been advanced by the Commonwealth…
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