Manchurian Frontier Tension Has Eased. War Unlikely. Soviet Air Raids Reported. Japanese Protests Tokio, August 2
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 1
Over 500,000 Japanese soldiers face 1,000,000 Soviet troops across the Manchurian frontier, and although the situation is still tense, it is not now considered that open…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Veterans Launching an Appeal
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 August 1938 · page 12
The local appeal for the War Veterans' Home will be launched on Friday, when accredited representatives of the West Maitland sub-branch of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fateful Hour Declaration of War Empire's Heritage
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 August 1938 · page 4
To-day at 11 p.m., twenty-four years ago, the tragic news was flashed round the world that Europe was at war. It was the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heat Wave in Spanish War Sufferings of Wounded Indescribable. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) SARAGOSSA
Singleton Argus · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 1
Weary troops are now fighting on desperately on the Ebro front in a heat wave with a temperature of over 110 degrees…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Orient Line Commodore Retires Commanded "Q" Shdp During War
Singleton Argus · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 5
The Orient Line announces that Commodore Sir Charles George Matheson, D.S.0., R.D., R.N.R., Commodore of the Orient Line fleet since…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chinese and Japanese War 95 Japanese Warships at Kiukiang. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) HANKOW
Singleton Argus · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 1
Ninety-five Japanese warships are concentrated at Kiukiang, apparently preparing to defy the floods and force their way up the river in order…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R.S. & S.I. League of Australia. Dungog Sub-Branch. League News. Returned Soldier Preference
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 5
At the last meeting of the Local Government Association Executive, the president, Aid. M. J. Griffin, presented a report set out hereunder, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatally Wounded Climbing Through Fence SYDNEY
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 August 1938 · page 4
When a pea-rifle exploded while he was climbing through a fence, Charles Denis Hendry, 32, of Bankstown, was fatally shot at Nowra Hill, near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Year Defence Plain "If War Came to Australia"
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 August 1938 · page 4
In a vast endeavour 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 services and from industry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gift War 'Planes for Australia to Bear Names of Donors
Singleton Argus · Monday 8 August 1938 · page 4
Bought by the Comonwealth Government with the gift of £10,000 by Sir Thomas Buckland of Sydney, Avro Anson bomber reconnaissance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Veterans Home
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 5
Contributions are still being receiv-ed by the executive of the War Veterand home Appeal, including £50 from "diggers" at Baradine. The fund now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Spanish War
The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 1
Reinforced by tanks and 200 aeroplanes, General Franco's ? forces launched a fierce and sudden counteroffensive on the Ebro River front, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Svere Fighting Renewed on Soviet Front Regular War Now Germany and Italy Returbed London, August 8
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 1
Fighting between the Japanese and Soviet forces on the Manchukuan border to-day far exceeded the severity of a frontier incident, according to the Japanese army spokesman at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Talk of War Nervousness in Berlin LONDON, August 9
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 August 1938 · page 1
According to the "Daily Telegraph's" Berlin correspondent, the man in the street is becoming increasingly nervous, and there is at present more war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Memorial
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 3
From the board of management, Australian War Memorial (Villlers-Bretonneux) suggesting that Council purchase a picture for display in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Preparing for War" Mussolini's Speech Rome, Aug. 11
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 1
"Italy has no illusions about peace, and is preparing for war," declared Signor Mussolini, reviewing 25,000 officers and men. He…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Illusions About Peace Italy Preparing for War. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) ROME
Singleton Argus · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 1
Italy has no illusions about peace, and is preparing for war, declared Signor Mussolini, reviewing 20,000 officers and men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italy is Preparing for War. No Illusions About Peace Signor Mussolini's Sensational Declaration Rome
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 2
"Italy has no illusions about peace, and is preparing for war," declared Signor Mussolini, when reviewing 25,000 officers and men. He added: "While guns are booming in so many parts of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kept Secret The Unknown Soldier
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 8
The only man to know the secret of the Unknown Soldier, buried under the Arc de Triempho in Paris, has died at, Pan (Basses Pyrenees) without…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers' Point Hopes for Better Road to Settlement Federal Minister Inspects
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 4
During a tour of the Port Stephens district last week-end, the Acting Minister for the Interior (Mr. V. C. Thompson) visited Soldiers' Point…
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