Hay War Memorial High School. Some Interesting Notes
The headmaster of the Hay War Memorial High School (Mr. F. B. Jones) informs us that this year's enrolment at that school is now 60…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1939
1,440 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 72
War in Spain. Britain's Attitude. New Spanish Government May Be Formed. LONDON
Mr. Chamberlain stated in the House of Commons that the British Government did not consider it advisable at the present to take the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Red Flag" Played When Soldiers Return From Spain SYDNEY--Thursday
The liner Maloja, which arrived in Sydney to-day, had among her passengers six members of the International Brigade of the Spanish…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eire Must Fight If Britain Involved in War. President’s Declaration. Dublin, Feb. 16
“It would be impossible for Eire to remain neutral in the event of was between Britain and an other country,” said the President…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man and Wife Wounded
Called to Happy Valley settlement, two miles from Albury, police found James Augustus Keller lying in a pool of blood and suffering from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Overseas News War in Spain. Republicans Still Disagree. Franco Probably Relinquishing Premiership. LONDON
The Republican leader President Azana, and the Premier Negrin, continue to disagree regarding the next move in the Spanish civil war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sons of Italy’s Fallen Soldiers Parade
Small sons of Italian soldiers who fell in the Spanish, war are being trained in military exercises. They are being reviewed by Signor Mussolini and other leaders while marching to the Institute of War Orphans, where they will be cared for by order of Mussolini…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Transporting Wounded Men in Mountain Country
Transporting “wounded” by means of a rope railway during manoeuvres by the German mountain artillery in training at Kreuzeck in the Bavarian Alps…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Former Dean Gaoled Left Church to Fight in War Descended to Fraud to Provide for Family London, February 20
A former Dean of Perth, Henry Frederick Mercer, aged 67, has been sentenced at Rhyl North Wales, to six months’ imprisonment for having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Exhaustion
There should be general relief at the prospect of the termination of the Spanish war. The Republicans have become exhausted, beaten to their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Time Off with Pay Albury Council Employes Who Enlist in Militia
At its meeting last evening Albury Municipal Council decided to give a lead to local employers by allowing its employed full pay and time off for time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier Cripple Dies Paralysed Since 1917 MELBOURNE
Mr. A. L. L. Ponting, who has been paralysed since his spine was injured by a shell splinter in France in 1917, died in Caulfield Military Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →France Buys Discarded Spanish War Material Before Recognising Franco London, February 22
The Paris correspondent of “The Times” says that the statement by Senator Berard, who is representing the French Government at Burgos, that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Foreign Minister. Denies Rumours From Abroad. No-War Party in Britain. LONDON
A vigorous denial of suggestions made abroad that there was a "War Party" in Great Britain, was given by the Foreign Secretary, Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldiers' Meeting Presentation to Mr. C. W. Johnstone Support for Bush Fire Relief Fund
A feature of the monthly meeting of the members of the Henty sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League held on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Enlistments Encouraged Prominent Banker's Attitude
Training in military duties and preparation for home defence by service in the Militis; are just as necessary as it is for a Bank to have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Soldier’s Illness What Authorities Have Done Reply to Criticism Sydney
The chairman of the Repatriation Commission (Mr. Mighell) has reported to the Minister for Repatriation (Senator Foll) that the commission has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Americans Preparing For Participation In a War Germans a Friendly People Melbourne
Americans are preparing for, and contemplating, participation in a world war, and showed a determination that had not been seen since 1918, said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Pilot’s Death Was in Kingsford Smith’s “Circus” London, February 23
Flight-Lieutenant Rodney. Beresford, Who was a pilot in the Great War, died to-day from injuries received in a crash at the Singapore aerodrome last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Civil War” in U.S. Singer Blames Jews Milan, February 25
The tenor, Beniamino Gigli, on his arrival from New York, declared in an interview that something like civil war was in force in the United States,…
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