New Terror Electric-Eye Shell War Against Bombers
"Electric eye" shells automatically exploded by reflected light from the aeroplanes at which they arc aimed may be a new terror for bombers,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1939
1,566 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 79
Home for War Veterans Narrabeen Paln. Public Asked to Help
Less than a mile from the sea, set between tall gums on the heights above Narrabeen Lakes, a home is being built as a sanctuary for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Militia Unit. Additional Enlistments
Enlistments in the proposed Muswellbrook militia unit have now reached 62. Names of additional volunteers since last publication are: W. A. L…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recruiting Rally at Dungog Enthusiastic Meeting 17 Young Men Enlist
"If Australians are not prepared to defend Australia against invasion, if they are so spineless as to leave the task to an utterly inadequate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FORSTER Returned Soldiers' League
The annual meeting of the Forster sub-branch of the R.S. & S.I.L.A. was held at the Forster School of Arts on Friday, 3rd instant. Those in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Land Mine Explodes Soldier Killed and Two Wounded. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) JERUSALEM
One soldier was killed and two wounded when a landmine exploded under an army lorry on a mountain track near the Acre-Asad highway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wounded Loyalists in Hospital Ten Dying Daily. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON
Ten wounded Loyalists are dying daily in the French refugee hospitals owing to the rigours of the retreat. The last divisions of the Catalonian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Relief Funds Spanish And Chinese War Refugees CESSNOCK
The annual report submitted by the Cessnock Spanish and Chinese Relief Committee disclosed that during the period from December, 1937, to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →500 War Planes Washington, Feb. 15
The French Embassy has announced that the Air Mission has purchased over 500 new war planes from the United States besides the 100 ordered last…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Soldiers' League Abermain Sub-branch ABERMAIN
The annual meeting of the Abermain sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League was presided over by Mr. J. Waugh…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Left Book Club The Sino-Japanese War
For more than two years China has been fighting Japan, striving to remain an independent China, a China ruled by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Danger of War in Pacific Dutch Concern Expressed
THE HAGUE Feb. 16. The possibility of the Japanese using Hainan Island as a base for an attack on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eire Cannot Remain Neutral In War DUBLIN, February 17
"It will be impossible for Eire to remain neutral in the event of war between Britain and another country," said Mr. de Valera during the debate on defence estimates in the Dail. As long as any pan of Ireland is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →News from the Council Table Fortnightly Meeting. Sewerage Extensions—War on Mosquitoes—Council and Recruits
The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday last, when there were present:—Aldermen E. W. Shaw (Mayor), C. V…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Event of War Between Britain and Another Country Impossible for Eire to Remain Neutral. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) DUBLIN
It is impossible for Eire to remain neutral in the event of war between Britain and another country, said Mr De Valera during a debate on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Op En the Door to Employment for Youth" Alderman Criticises Preference to Soldiers
Provisions of the Returned Soldiers' Preference Act were attacked by Alderman Carroll at a meeting of the City Council finance committee…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Wounded Bullet Explodes In Fire BALLINA
Mrs. A. T. Glen had a remarkable escape when a bullet exploded in a fire at her home in Cumbalong. It is believed that the bullet had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Veterans' Home
The appeal for funds to assist in the building of the War Veterans' Home at Narrabeen continues to make satisfactory progress, and the fund…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Returned Soldiers Annual Meeting Of Local Branch
The annual meeting of the W. Maitland SubBranch of the Returned Soldiers' League will be held at the club rooms to-morrow (Tuesday), February…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War on Mosquitoes. Campaign Begins
Mr. C. Johnston (health inspector) commenced operations to-day in the council's campaign against the mosquito pest. Possum Gully and Muscle…
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