War Widow's Loss Slipper Factory Gutted SYDNEY
A small slipper factory, which Mrs. Emma Kilborn established 10 years ago, to augment the family income, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1930
769 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 39
France's "No" Won't Ab[?] Submarines Undersea War "Make it Humane as Possible!" LONDON
France has decided that while she cannot take a negative position regarding submarines, she is unable to agree to the abolition as proposed by Britain and America. This statement was made at the Naval conference…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Preference to Soldiers
Sir,—The recent decision of the local branch of the R.S. and S.I.L. to force the operation of the "Soldiers' Preference Act" and the supporting clauses contained…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anzac Day
Every effort is being made by a not inconsiderable, section of the community backed up earnestly by the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League, to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russia's War Against God
AFTER 12 years of patient endurance, under heavy wrongs, the churches of the world are at the last becoming vocal In a world- wide protest against the Soviet bitter "anti- God" campaign. To these protests now Is added the Pope's powerful and timely denunciation of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bolshevism War Spirit in Industry
The long protracted trouble in the coal industry has made it evident to what an alarming extent the war spirit has got into our industrial system. Sections or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Believed Wounded Poultry Thief at Concord Farmer Uses a Gun Sydney
A man who had several head of poultry in a bag preparatory to removal is believed to have been shot by the enraged farmer, who was awakened by the frantic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£1000 a Minute What War Costs Britain Taxpayers' Heavy Burden (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, February 9
The whole-time labour of 2,000,000 British workers for a year would be required to produce the annual cost of the war debt service alone, yet at the present…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Enlistment New Militia Forces Melbourne
The Defence Department's return shows that enlistments in the militia to January 31 exceeded the expectations of the Military Board, 88 per cent. of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Evil Legends Belgian King Protests First Post-war Cabinet. London, February 10
"I must protest energetically against the legends fabricated wholesale representing the King as cutting a ridiculous evil figure at a great hour in Belgian…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Revolted World'' Use of Submarines in War Opponents' Point? Useless For Defence Purposes LONDON
Points made at the Naval Conference by the advocates of the abolition of submarines, were that experience had shown that they had been a failure as defensive craft. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Books V.C. Winner's Deprecation Present Wrong Picture London, February 11
"I deprecate most strongly the suggestion contained in the present flood of war books, that the men who fought in the Great War were either drunkards or…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lost Coal Trade Mr. James Blames Mr. Hughes War Time Embargo Sydney
Mr. R. James, M.H.R., declared to-day that Australia could not regain its lost coal trade, even if the miners accepted reduced wages. He appealed to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Horrors of War Sinking Unarmed Merchant Vessels Regulating Use of Submarines Powers Divided On Abolition Proposal (Australian Press Association.)
Although the diverging viewpoints of at least two of the Powers on the proposal for the abolition of submarines makes such drastic action very uncertain, the plenary session of the Naval Conference was not fruitless…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →His Last Book Clemenceau On War Vitriolic Writer Marshal Foch Criticised (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, February 12
An outspoken biography of the late M. Clemenceau, written by his secretary and friend, M. Jean Martel, is published by Longman's to-day, simultaneously with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Premier's Order Leave for French Soldier International Rugby London
"France's victory" on the Rugby held is most important for the success of the Naval Conference, so please give Samat[?]n the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unemployed Soldiers
Men who have registered at the Returned Soldiers' League Unemployment Bureau include:--Carpenters and Joiners, all first-class tradesmen: cleaner lift-drivers, certificates,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Big War in China is Imminent Polite Declaration Challenge to Canton Leader Bribery Barrage Rebels May Make Hard Fight of It PEKIN
War operations on a big scale are expected by foreign political observers in China, following the clash between the Governor of the Shansi Province (Yen H[?]i Shan) and Chiang Kai Shek (the military head of the Canton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At the Show Tug-of-war Events
Judging by the number of teams already entered for the Chalenu Tanunda tug-o'-war at the Newcastle show, the innovation should prove a big-success…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Cannot Stop War" (Copyright.) New York, February 16
A United Press message from Port Meyers (Florida) states that Mr. Henry Ford would buy all the navies of the world if he thought it would end war, but he…
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