War Service Homes Mr. Thorby to Make Inspection Tour CANBERRA
The Acting Minister for Commerce (Mr. H. V. C. Thorby) will visit South Australia and West Australia in July, to make an inspection of war service homes…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1936
1,307 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 66
British Strategy Naval Base at Cape Town Effect of Abyssinian War London, May 21
The Cape Town correspondent of the "News-Chronicle" says that one of the first effects of the outcome of the Abysinian conflict on British Imperial…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Many and Varied Tales of "Colonel Lopez" Spy and Soldier London
London newspapers are publishing many new accounts of the alleged history and activities of Henry Lawrence or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Fashions "Subtle Propaganda for War" ADELAIDE
Because she claimed that they were subtle propaganda for war, Miss I. Glasson, former Secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association at a peace meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Future War Would Involve All Lord Gowrie's Warning Sydney
Addressing members of the Veterans of the Army and Navy Association at the annual luncheon tendered on Saturday by the Commonwealth Government,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fear of War "Europe Almost Panicky" Trade Report Arming Precludes Confidence (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, May 23
In the most outspoken report it has ever issued, the International Labour Office states that the fear of war has become almost a panic, and urges that a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accused Of Being a Spy Story of Hardships British Soldier's Experience Futile Escape Djibouti
Warrant Officer L. J. Banner, who was detained by the Italians while on his way here for treatment for rabies,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Left Hospital Wounded C.I.B. Chief Melbourne Shooting Third Official Statement MELBOURNE
Superintendent Brophy, Chief of the C.I.B., left hospital to-day. His condition was very satisfactory. The bullets have been removed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Unions Released Affiliation with Anti-war Body MELBOURNE
In the belief that the unions could more effectively strive for unity of the antiwar forces within the Trades Hall Council, a meeting of the Victorian Council…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Presentation of Anzac Cup to 13Th Heavy Battery
Presentation of the Anzac Cup, which was won by the 13th Heavy Battery R.A.A. (M.) on Anzac Day, will be made by the vice-president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ship's Fight with Submarine War Memories of Sydney Visitor Sydney
Captain W. S. Mason, a retired commander in the Port Line, who arrived yesterday from Auckland by the Wanganella on a holiday, has…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Home Defence New British Force War Office Planning London, May 26
The Secretary of State for War (Mr. A. Duff-Cooper), in a letter to a Manchester correspondent, reveals that the War Office is planning a new national defence force…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →When Anzac Day Is on Sunday Problem of R.S.L. SYDNEY
The question whether next Anzac Day should be observed on the Sunday—the day on which it falls—or the following day was debated by the State…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Official War Historian Visit to Newcastle
In connection with the N.S.W. Parks and Playgrounds Movement, the Official War Historian (Captain C. E. W. Bean). Miss Muriel Swan, and three…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Anzac Admiral Dead London
The death occurred to-day at the age of 75 of Admiral Sir Cecil Thursby. His burly thickset figure and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Killed War Bomb Explodes in Room Tragedy at Coogee Friend and Daughter Badly Injured SYDNEY
The explosion of a war bomb he was showing to his daughter and a friend in the drawing-room of his home at Coogee to-night killed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Palestine Riots No British Soldiers Dead Reports Officially Denied London, May 27
An official communique issued in Jerusalem denies that any British soldier has been killed in the course of the disturbances. A denial is also given to a report…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Returned Soldier's Need
The Secretary of the Newcastle Sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia (Mr. H. G. Peters) appealed yesterday for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Waratah-mayfield Returned Soldiers
A meeting of those interested in the formation of women's auxiliary to the Waratah-Mayfield sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League will be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tug-o'-war Championship
Teams have been entered from Newcastle, Paxton, Kurri Kurri, Pelton Miners' Lodge, Bellbird, and Cessnock for the tug-o'-war championship, to be held at…
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