Single Returned Soldiers in Unemployed Camps. Mr. Booth's Request
Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Works in the House on Friday last whether it…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1939
1,566 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 79
Returned Soldiers
The monthly meeting of the West Maitland sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australian will be held at the club…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Britain Can Field Nineteen Division" War Secretary Explains "Our Contribution Will Not Be Half-Hearted" LONDON, March 8. ?V 'Lain, "Our Contribution Will Not Be Half-Hearted" LONDON. March 8
Discussing the extent of the possibilities of land intervention on the Continent in wartime, the Secretary for War, Mr. Hore-Belisha, stated in the House of Commons to-day that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bullet Under Copper Explodes Girl Wounded In Chest SYDNEY
While Miss Edna Healey, domestic, was stoking the fire [?]der a laundry copper at Parramatta, a bullet exploded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Food Control in War Dairy Board to Co-open
The Australian Dairy Produce Board decided at its meeting in Sydney on Tuesday to appoint the executive committee of the board as a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Zealand Safety Drive. "Open War on Drivers Who Drink."
Although a safety first campaign was instituted recently in New Zealand, the number of fatal road accidents continues to increase. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.S. & S.I. League of Australia. Dungog Sub-Branch. League News. Did We Win the War? (Continued)
History has repeated itself; the fact that it does so is of special value, because men and nations should be able to profit by its…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Swiss Soldiers Marooned in Alps. Running Short of Supplies
Seventy-six Swiss soldiers are snowed in at Wildhorn Hut in the Bernese Aips at an altitude of 7600 feet. An infantry column of 22 men which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fired at and Wounded Dog Said He Was Frightened of It
An elderly man, an invalid, who was prosecuted in the North Sydney Police Court for having fired at and wounded a dog which had entered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Short or Long War Britain Could Not Be Beaten
"I am convinced that we could not be defeated in a short war by any knockout blow, and that in a long war our almost inexhaustible resources…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Major War Averted. Influence of British Foreign Policy. London
"It is the considered, opinion that there was on occasion during the past few years when the British policy on any major international issue could…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Grave Risks of War Averted by Chamberlain" Foreign Secretary's Opinion LONDON, March 13
The considered opinion that there was no occasion during the pest few years when British policy on a major international issue could have followed a different line from the one it had followed without the grave risk of leading to a major…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fresh Hope In War On Cancer Eminent Surgeon Tells of New Invention MELBOURNE
On his arrival here Sir Alfred Webb-Johnson, surgeon to Queen Mary, and one of the world's leading surgeons, declared that fresh hope in the world's fight against cancer had been aroused by the recent invention of the cyclotron…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kurri Returned Soldiers. Annual Reunion
Kurri Returned men held their annual reunion at the Kurri Memorial Hall on Saturday last. Mr. S. Johnson presided over a gathering of about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PRESENTATION East Maitland Returned Soldiers
A successful function was held by the East Maitland sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League at the George-street Hall on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Young Man Seriously Wounded in Sydney Cabaret Sydney
James Leonard, 24, received the charge of both barrels of a shotgun in his abdomen outside the Pirates' Cave Cabaret, Dowling-street, South Sydney, early this morning, and is now in hospital in a dying condition…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Veterans First Section of Home Completed Anzac Day Opening
The first section of the War Veterans' Home, which is being jointly sponsored by the R.S.S.I.L.A. (N.S.W. branch) and the Legacy Club of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Compulsory Enlistment Soldiers' Fathers Urge Action
Compulsory enlistment and registration of national resources were urged at the annual conference of the Sailors and Soldiers Fathers'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sufferings of Spanish War Victims. Plight of Women and Children. Miss Esme Odgers Tells
Most friends of Spain have heard of Esme Odgers, the heroic Cessnock girl who did such wonderful service in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers' Club. "Diggers" Ball
In order to make arrangements for the "Diggers" ball, set down to take place on Monday, June 5, a meeting of the combined committees has been…
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