King and Unveiling of War Memorial London, March 31
It is expected that the King will unveil the Villers-Bretouncaux war memorial on August 1. An official announcement will be made later…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1938
1,108 stories in Murray's papers · page 14 of 56
Anti-war Protest Five Young Men Fined Solicitor Cites Incidents in London MELBOURNE
As the result of a demonstrations in Bourke St. at about 8 p.m. on Friday, March 25, five young men were each fined £1, in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Severe Street Fighting More Chinese Successes BUT 12,000 Soldiers Surrender Hankow, April 1
Animated by the successes on the Tientsin-Pukow front, where they annihilated a thousand Japanese with hand grenades and two-handed swords…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese Retreat Falling Back on Shanghai Many Wounded Arriving Shanghai, April 3
Warfare threatens to return to the Shanghai area to which the Japanese are retreating at the rate of 75 miles a week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HENTY Returned Soldiers’ Reunion
At the annual reunion of the Returned Soldiers’ League, visitors were present from Yerong Creek, Culcairn and Albury. The president (Mr. A. R…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tourney for Ex-soldiers
On Easter Sunday the Legacy Club, Albury will conduct a tennis tourney for Diggers on North Albury courts, which have been loaned by the North…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Overseas News War in Spain. Loyalists' Serious Position. SARAGOSSA
Lerida, the gateway to Catalonia, fell to the rebels on Sunday night. The capture of the city will enable the invaders to strike at the heart…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →King to Unveil War Memorial on June 1 CANBERRA
The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) to-day announced that he had received advice from the High Commissioner in London (Mr. Bruce), that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Greater Claim (All Rights Reserved.) a Fascinating Story of Love and War. Part 3
Brooking took off his cap and ran his fingers through his hair. It was very short and very crisp, tinged with grey. "My dear young lady…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anzac Day Arrangements at Wodonga
A public meeting convened by the shire president (Cr. Ryan) was held at Wodonga to make arrangements for the commemoration of Anzac Day on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Money for War Huge Quantities Always Available Primary Producer Perplexed Lowering of Tariffs Suggested; War the Alternative SYDNEY
Addressing the Empire producers’ conference to-day, Mr. W. F. Boyer, of the Graziers’ Federal Council, urged tariff adjustments by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Preparations Manufacture of Arms Assistance of Unionists Sought LONDON, April 4
Sir Thomas [?] Minister for Co-ordination of Defence, no-companied by the Minister for Labor (Mr. Ernest Brown), [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Poor Nations Action Urged to Stop War Gesture Needed by the “Haves” Sydney
Speakers at the Empire Producers’ Conference to-day talked of the “haves” and the [?] nots,” and the relation of their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Golf Ex-soldiers to Hold Tourney on April 17
Albury has had Diggers’ golf tournaments, football matches, race meetings and other sports. Now it is to have a Diggers’ tennis tournament,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Anzac Marches Sir T. Blarney May Fly Sydney and Melbourne Melbourne
To take part in tho Sydney ceremony and then fly to Melbourne in time to load a division in the Melbourne inarch may be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War in Spain. Rebels Important Capture. LONDON
Forces advancing through the valley of Upper Aragon captured Balaguer fifteen miles north east of Lerida, and they thus control the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another War Likely Russia and Japan Tokyo -- April 7
Japan is Protest against Soviet aid [?] China and Moscow's rejection of the protests is viewed an one more lop towards a clash between Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Early End to War in Spain? Talk of Armistice London, April 5
"With the approaching end of the war in Spain the Spanish question will be solved according to the Italian formula—Spain for the Spanish…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italy Ready for War Bellicose Speech by Duce Hint to Britain and Germany?
Signor Mussolini's flamboyant speech in the Italian Senate, in which he emphasised that Italy was "ready for the next war," has caused surprise in…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Thought Germans Would Win Last War Fears of An Old Man Hoarded Sovereigns Sydney
The story of an old man’s fear that Germans would win the world war and how he converted his money into sovereigns was told at Quarter Sessions…
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