Gallant Escapes War Prisoners' Stories New Book
Warfare Is no longer the romantic business that it used to be. Enterprise and resource arc of little avail against gas attacks…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1933
763 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 39
War Debt Payment Non-postponement Regretted. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London
Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said he was most surprised and disappoint, that America…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eviction of Soldiers Cessnock League's Protest
Cessnock Returned Soldier's League held a special meeting on Tuesday night to deal with tie question of evictions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Wound
Wounded during an Australian advance on Villers Bretonneux in 1918, Mr J. R. Maitland recently became mystified by a peculiar…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Why War is Waged
From time immemorial we have had reformers who were going to turn the world into a Garden of Eden. We still have them. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →China and Japan Real War Predicted by Observers Shanghai
Foreign observers at Peiping Preidict a real war between China and Japan resulting in a sanguinary struggle for the possession of Jenel. This belief to strengthened by the result of the visit of the Finance Minister (Mr T. Y. Soong), who made arrangements for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Task Air War Horrors No Barriers Geneva, Feb. 20
The task of devising a practical scheme which, in the words of Lord Lord[?] British Air Minister, "will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Bridge Girls' Auxiliary
Organised by the president of the St. Peter's Girls' Auxiliary, Miss E. J. Vollmer, a successful war bridge evening was held in St. Peter's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Debts Useful Interview British Move London, Feb. 21
Referring to the War Debt question, during a speech at the Pilgrims Society dinner in London, Sir John Simon said that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Horrors of War World Agreement Sought at Geneva London
The task of devising a practica I scheme which, in the words of the British Air Minister (Lord Londonderry), "will give to all nations real protection against horrors to which the imagination can put no limit, while preserving for their use and convenience the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The East. the War God Beats His Drum
A message from Shanghai states that two of the most formidable armies assembled in the East since the Russo-Japanese war are. now facing one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Task. Air War Horrors, No Barriers Geneva, Feb. 20
The task of devising a practical scheme which, in the words of Lord Londonderry, British Air Minister, "will give to all nations real…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Gallantry War Herde's Death LABOUR M.P. LONDON, Feb. 23
The death has occurred of Colonel Watts Morgan, Labour member of Parliament for East Rhonddda, aged 69…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Secretary for War (Australian Press Assn. Message.) New York
Mr Roosevelt has appointed George H. Dern, of Utah,Secretary for War; while Robert w. Bingham, of Louisville (Kentucky), newspaper publisher,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.L.P. WAR On Scouts and Girl Guides Mr. Latham's Comment. Freedom of the Press
The Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Latham), commenting upon the resolutions of the A.L.P. conference, and of Labor campaign speeches, made…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →China Sends Defiant Reply to Jap. Ultimatum Will Fight War Imminent First Clash Shanghai, Feb. 23
The expected Japanese ultimatum regarding the withdrawal of Chinese troops from Jehol was delivered in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WESTON Returned Soldiers Year of Progress
The activities of the Weston Returned Soldiers' sub-branch have been greatly extended since the annual election of officers, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returned Soldiers' League
The monthly meeting of the above was held in the Club Rooms, Mechanics' Institute last night, the President, Mr. Les. Bailey, occupying the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Fervour
It was reported a few days ago that a number of Diggers had offered their services to the Chinese Consul in Sydney to fight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Success War Bridge—Dance Happy Throng
Under the auspices of the United Australia Party, a delightfully informal dance and war bridge evening was held at…
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