Barcelona Violence 3000 Killed and 8000 Wounded Many Buildings Looted London
Three thousand were killed and 8000 wounded, during the fighting in Barcelona. The violence there has now…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1936
1,307 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 39 of 66
Vimy Ridge War Memorial LONDON
The ceremony of unveiling the Canadian war memorial on Vimy Ridge by the King will be broadcast by the B.B.C. from Daventry. commencing at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spanish Civil War Rebel Apology To British Authorities Bombing Incidents (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, July 24
General Kinderlin, chief of the rebel air force, flew from Ceuta to Gibraltar yesterday, and on behalf of General Franco apologised to the British authorities for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Soldier Settlers Dyraaba Men Seek Relief Struggle in 14 Years Casino
After inspecting the Dyraaba soldiers' settlement, an estate of 29,000 acres, comprising 120 farms, the Minister for Lands (Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw) said that before…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →More Excitable? Children of Ex-Soldiers MELBOURNE
The opinion that the children of ex-soldiers were inclined to be more highly strong and excitable than those of men who did not go to the war, was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →France Intervenes Arms, Ammunition and Aircraft for Spain Surprising Announcement Conflicting Reports on Progress of Civil War Leave Situation Doubtful (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, July 24
France has intervened in the Spanish civil war. The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" says that a sensation was caused in diplomatic and political circles by the disclosure that bombing 'planes, field-guns, machine-guns,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Plant War Fittest Survive Prairie Census
THE building up of aristocracies and their over-throw by revolutions, seems to be dominant law of life…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Pilgrimage at Vimy Canada's Tribute to War Victims King Edward Attends London
The King received an enthusiastic reception at Vimy Ridge as he walked among the pilgrims to the Canadian war…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Plea For Increased Imports AMERICA Path To Prosperity "Only Way" Removing War Causes PHILADELPHIA, June 24
Interesting and definite views on America's foreign trade were offered here by Edgar W. Smith, vice-president of General Motors Export Company, in an address to the American Academy of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Civil War in Spain Government Claims Important Victories "Rebellion Dominated" Loyalists Report Retreat of Insurgents in North (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, July 26
Latest reports from Spain, which come mainly from Government sources, indicate that the fortunes of the civil war slightly favour the Government. At 9.30 o'clock last night the Government broadcast the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Where Civil War Was Not Cricket LONDON
An Englishman who has returned from Majorca relates that, during the height of the Spanish revolution, while bombs were bursting and rifle fire crackling, he, a Frenchman, a Spaniard and Portuguese gathered by a radio set and listened to statements…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War in Spain Government Claims to Control Most of Coast Rebels on Defensive Important Battle Likely Within Sight of Gibraltar (Australian Associated Press.) MADRID, July 27
The tide of the war in Spain appears definitely to be running in favour of the Government, which claims to control the entire coast with the exception of the area in the vicinity of Corunna, Cadiz, and Algeciras…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Returned Men's Span of Life Below Normal in New Zealand Auckland
The average life span of New Zealand returned soldiers is 12 years less than that of men who did not go to the war, according to statistics presented…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anzac Day Part in 150th Celebrations SYDNEY
The Acting Premier (Mr. M. F. Bruxner) stated to-night that Cabinet had decided to mark the special significance of Anzac Day in 1938 by including it within…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →What Cost of the War Could Do
At the luncheon of the Newcastle Business Men's Club to-day, Mr. J. S. Sirshan, General Secretary of the Y.M.C.A., said that the total cost of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Civil War at Sea London
The cruiser Almirante Valdes has arrived at Cartagena, the loyalist crew having made prisoners of their rebel officers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Thoughts 'Sad Indictment of Humanity' HOBART
Speaking at a luncheon tendered to him to-day by the Young Nationalist Organisation, the Federal Treasurer (Mr. R. G. Casey) said the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Otranto Two Australians Are Safe Adventures in Spain Nightmare Journey Through War Area (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, July 28
Anxiety which had been felt for two Australians, Professor and Mrs. Hal Missingham, of London, and formerly of Perth, who left two…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the SUN Soldierly Neatness
It is reported that patriotic Spanish girls, off to strike a blow for Spain, asked a photographer who was about to take their photographs to wait…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tug-o-war Team In Action
A LONG PULL AND A STRONG PULL.—The picture was taken during tug-o'-war at the Newcastle Boys High School sports at Waratah to-day…
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