Proposed N.z. Tour Anzac Day, 1940
The headquarters branch of the Returned Soldiers' League (Sydney) has taken up the question of the proposed visit by Australian Diggers to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1939
1,566 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 79
New Munitions Factory Guarded by 300 SOLDIERS
A London cable states that 300 soldiers travelled secretly on Tuesday night from a camp in the south of England to guard the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Germany Will Be on Italy's Side." "I Do Not Think There Will Be War."—herr Hitler. a Long Period of Peace. BERLIN
"If Italy is involved in war, it is absolutely certain Germany will be on her side, but I do not think there will be war, I think there will be a long period of peace," said Herr Hitler in his address to the Reichstag to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Veterans' Home Sydney
Subscriptions to the War Veterans' Home appeal to date total £16,724. The fund is to meet the cost of the new home on the heights of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late Prophetess Spanish War Predicted
The centenary of the death of a Saragossa prophetess has aroused interest in some remarkable predictions she made concerning the present civil…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →If War Came FREMANTLE
"I believe that if there was a war lasting two years every known form of Government would be completely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soviet's Five-year Plan Preparations for Long War
The Soviet's third Five-year Plan, which was inaugurated in 1937, embodies special efforts to increase Russia's ability, to carry on a prolonged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman's Story War Pensioner Charged Jury's Verdict Newcastle
In the Quarter Sessions to-day William Amos (55) war pensioner, pleaded not guilty to a charge that at Adamstown on June 1 he maliciously…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →End of Spanish War in Sight Relentless Advance Of Rebels PARIS, January 31
Reliable observers foresee the beginning of the end of Catalonia's resistance, as the rebel columns, despite bad weather, continue to advance. One column is now five miles from Vick, another, 15,000 strong, has almost surrounded Seo de Urgel,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Singleton News Soldiers' League Increasing Membership Drive Planned Singleton
A drive Is to be made to increase the membership of the Singleton subbranch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Red Cross Emergency Service Group Enlistment Sydney
The Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, announced the group enlistment of the New South Wales division of the Australian Red…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →13th BATTALION Recruiting Campaign Many Enlistments
The fact that the strength of the 13th Battalion (the Maitland Regiment) now stands at 710, which is 210 more than the authorised…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Refugee Babies Soldiers As Nurses LONDON, February 2
The "Times" correspondent at Bourgmadame says the rebels have captured Vich, and are pushing on to the French frontier. French…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Keen Interest Cessnock Returned Soldiers Annual Meeting Cessnock
Mr. F. Coburn, secretary of the Cessnock Returned Soldiers' League, in the annual report which he presented last night, stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returned Soldiers' League Annual Meeting of Singleton Sub-branch
The report presented at the annual meeting of Singleton subbranch of the B.S. and S.I. League on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wounded Man Collapsed After Arrest SYDNEY
When taken to a cell in the Glebe police station, after having been charged with drunkenness, a man was found to be suffering from a bullet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Final Stage of Spanish War PARIS, Feb. 3
The final stage of the Catalonian resistance seems to have been reached. Deserters are reaching the French…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Fears "Destroying Trade" Reply to Hitler London, Feb. 3
Britain has no wish to exclude Germany from world trade, declared the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.Z. INCIDENT Nurses Back From Spanish War Wellington (N.z.)
A stir was caused at Westport when the Mayor, Aid. J. Kilkenny, refused to preside at a meeting at which New Zealand nurses who recently returned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SINGLETON By the Man in the Street News About Town Soldiers League Singleton
The Mechanics Institute at Singleton turned out to be a "white elephant" as far as the Singleton branch of the Returned…
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