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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
227 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 12
BRITAIN'S greatest mock air war was marred by the crash of a bomber at the village of Great Barton, near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, this morning. Five persons were killed. Villagers, who were in bed, heard…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN a vast endeavor to make Australia safe from invasion, the Defence Department has embarked upon an extensive three-year plan, calling for the expenditure of £45,000,000 and the utmost co-operation from all three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →UNCANNY silence replaced the 10 days' roar of gun fire on the Changkufeng front, say messages from the Far East. Russian and Japanese military representatives met southward of Changkufeng to fix the exact…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. HORE-BELISHA, British Minister for War, chatting to General Gourand, famous one-armed soldier, at the unveiling of the Australian War Memorial at Villera-Bretonneux…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AUCKLAND (N.Z.), August 12.— The death has occurred at Morrinsville of Mr. George Holloway, aged 101 years. He fought in the Maori…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thousands of people listening in to a broadcast of a Police Memorial service in Central Park were startled to hear shots and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Caril Travis Paterson, formerly a gunner of the Third Artillery Brigade, who was known on nearly every…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Spanish Cabinet led by Senor Negrin has resigned, but it is believed in Barcelona that it will startly be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The people of Europe react quickly to international events and a war alarm has an immediate and depressing effect on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mysterious troops moved silently through villages and country lanes "somewhere in Hampshire." "Enemy" 'planes swooped overhead trying to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Barcelona correspondent of the "Times, expressing the opinion that hostilities on the Ebro front may yet lead to the greatest battle of the Spanish civil war, says that the moral objective of the loyalists in their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Monday—The Acting Minister for Commerce (Mr. Perkins) speaking on "war clouds over Europe" at the Lyceum Hall, Sydney, said he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SHANGHAI, August 21.— Richard Keis (22), son of Major P. H. Keis, was killed by Chinese guerilla fire while sleeping on the roof of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE acting Minister for Commerce (Mr. Perkins) is either n pessimist or A prophet of ill-boding. Speaking on "war clouds over Europe," he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Syd-, nel County Council[?] unanimously, adopted'-a motion endorsing the provisions of the Returned Soldiers'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE value of the motor cycle for speedy military movement in the case of national emergency was demonstrated on the occasion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →UNDER a pitiless aerial and artillery bombardment the Spanish Government forces are falling back in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →EUROPE is facing the most critical days since the Great War, says the diplomatic correspondent of the Australian Associated Press. Germany, it is said, has threatened to support the Sudeten demands with all her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Monday.—When the annual State Congress of the Returned Soldiers' League opens at Newcastle on September 21 among the proposals…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT is reported that the Sudeten agitation and enthusiasm are being maintained only by the younger members of the…
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