Renunciation of War
"I think we must be prepared within the League to pool our security," Professor Gilbert Murray wrote recently. "If we, do not wish each nation to pile…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1928
753 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 38
U.S.A. NEEDS First Class Navy Minimise War Washington
"America needs a first-class navy." This declaration was made by the Secretary of the Navy (Mr. Curtis Wilbur) to the Congress Naval…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Attack in the Next War
IT would be a very great mistake to judge naval aviation and its efficiency by the success or failure of a long flight over the ocean. Nor should we assume that because such flights are usually determined at least as much by luck as by management, that Australia, being like…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War on Bandits Troops From Korea TOKIO
Arrangements are progressing for the despatch of 300 infantry from Korea to the Manchurian border section, where the "Big Sword Society"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers Protest SYDNEY
Should the Federal Government have continued its opposition to the Tasman flight and done all in its power to prevent the aeroplane from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mechanised War
The demonstration of mechanised war, which was given on Saturday Plain, in November, and which was referred to in cable messages published at the time…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In the Theatres "What Price Glory" Comedy-Drama of the War Theatre Royal
"What Price Glory." William Fox's big comedy war picture, which opens at the Theatre Royal on Monday for one week, is said to be unique in that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From the Presses "The Silent Comrade" War From a New Angle
War from a new angle, that of the horse, is the feature of "The Silent Comrade," an excellent story by Peter B. Kyne…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rugby Union Welcome Home for Malcolm
A general meeting of the Newcastle Rugby Union will be held in the club house of the Newcastle Surf Club tomorrow night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Hopeful Pact to Outlaw War LONDON
The text of the United States Secretary of Slate, Mr. Kellogg's note to M. Briand, in which he suggested that the chief Powers should join in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SPIES! War Office Trap Air Secrets London
Charges of espionage were heard against Thomas McCartney, a British subject, and George Hansen, described at a German…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oil War Allegations of Price-Cutting Rival Companies "Gang of Cut-throats, Assassins and Thieves"
A world-wide oil war is predicted as a result of a dispute between the Standard Oil Co. of America and the Royal Dutch Oil Co. of Europe. The Standard Co. alleges that its rival has been indulging…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Starving Wolves Two Soldiers Devoured BUDAPEST
The depredations of starving wolves in Transylvania are increasing. Wolves devoured two unarmed soldiers, leaving only their tattered blood-stained…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Against Walsh Newcastle Decision Seamen's War Demand for Resignation
At a special meeting of the Newcastle branch of the Seamen's Union to-day, it was decided that the action of the meeting in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Movement Against War London
At a reception in Paris of the Executive of the International Ex-Service Men's Federation, the president of the German section, representing half a million members,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N the Theatres "What Price Glory" Comedy-Drama of War
Comrades in battle, bat bitter rivals in love, the exploits of Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt (portrayed by Walter McLaglen and Edmund Lowe…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Reminiscence
An interesting story of how Calcutta and Rangoon were saved from the attack of German warships during the Great War is related by a former high official…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Limbless Soldiers Objective Nearly Reached
The Limbless Soldiers' Aquatic Club and Provident Fund appeal executive is making a final effort to complete the work it has in hand…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ex-soldier's Death Burial by R.S.L SYDNEY
William MacKenzie, who served with the third field company of engineers in the A.I.F., a former resident of Newcastle, died in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commerce and War
In a discussion on the naval programme during a public luncheon in New York, Colonel Roosevelt, the son of the ex-President, said: We hope for no more…
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