" Prevent War" Mobilisation of Industry British Plan London, January 9
Following the statement yesterday by the Secretary for War (Viscount Swinton) that, in order to prevent war, it would be necessary for…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1936
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Armaments' Firms Influence in Provoking War Disclosures at Royal Commission. Vickers, Armstrong Mentioned. London
Suggestions that armaments manufacturers provoked wars and were definitely against organisations which worked for the peace of the world, were made at the Royal Commission on the private manufacture of armaments to-day. During the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Branxton Returned Soldiers Annual Meeting of Sub-branch
The annual general meeting of Branxton sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I.L.A. was held on Monday. The president (Mr F. G. M'Mullen) occupied the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Soldier Model Dead Figure on Sydney Cenotaph
Thousands of people who have looked upon the Cenotaph in Martin-place, Sydney, have admired the upright, soldierly figure that seems to typify, the very…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Returned Soldiers' League Fortnightly Meeting
Cessnock Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League met last Wednesday night, when Mr. G. H. Todd presided over a good…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Armaments "A Check on War" Admiral's View
Admiral Sir Reginal Bacon, giving evidence recently before the Royal Commission on the private Manufacture of and Trading in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Denial Exchange Manipulation the War Years Washington, Jan. 10
J. P. Morgan, in evidence before the Senate Committee, denied the insinuation that his firm had manipulated the foreign exchange rates in 1915 in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Pope Views Regarding War PARIS, Jan. 18
Cardinal Verdier, broadcasting after his return from Rome, recalled the Pope's and the Church's views regarding war, namely, that it is only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier Robbed Melbourne Hold-up MELBOURNE
When Lieutenant Allan Kenna, of Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, was walking along Erica-street, Hawthorn, at 2.25 a.m., he was followed by three…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mark Twain on War
In connection with the Mark Twain [?] celebration, November last in the United States, a writer recalls that Mark Twain, who for a time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Relic of Boer War Letter in Bottle
Believed to have been thrown overboard 35 years ago from a troopship near Albany by an Australian Light Horseman from Melbourne, on his way…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Propaganda Broadcast from Rome Fierce Encounters London, Jan. 13
Italian war propaganda is now being I regularly broadcast from Rome in Hindustant. The "Times" Brussels…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"No War Threat" Bishop Burgmann's View in Pacific Sydney
"It would be absurd for either Great Britain or the U.S.A. to provoke a war with Japan," said the Bishop at Goulburn…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Settler's Death Sydney
Frederick John King, 37, returned soldier settler at Teridgee, was killed when thrown from his horse while chasing a bull on his property on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Quick Recovery Wounded Policeman SYDNEY
Constable Terbutt, who was shot In the head on New Year's Eve while chasing some youths, and whose life was at first despaired of, has made a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bridge Closed "War" at Kyogle KYOGLE
"War" has broken out here between the Railway Commissioners and the local council. The Commissioners were the first to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Valuable Books Destroyed by Flood War Museum Canberra
A number of valuable exhibits at the National War Museum were destroyed as the result of the cloudburst over Canberra on Sunday. Books and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farewell by Returned Soldiers Ex-digger Leaving for Queensland
On Monday night members of the local sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League gathered together to say farewell to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girl Wounded Bullet in Chest SYDNEY
With a bullet wound in the chest, Jean McKenzie, 19, was found yesterday afternoon, on the floor of her home in Lyle-street, Willoughby. She was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →War on Bunny Victorian Campaign MELBOURNE
Following the estimate of exports that rabbits have cost Victorian graziers approximately £134,000 in the wool cheque alone, a State-wide…
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