Returned Soldiers' District Council
A meeting of delegates from every branch of the Returned Soldiers' League in the Newcastle district will be held in the Soldiers' Memorial…
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 43 of 66
Returned Soldier Pensions Claims Below the Expected Number Sydney
The number of claims so far submitted in N.S.W. for service pensions under the recent amendment of the Repatriation Act was actually much…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Fight to End" Spanish Civil War May Last for Months Economic Chaos Danger First Signs of Monetary Trouble Have Appeared: Neutrality Negotiations Progressing (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, August 12
The opinion is now growing in Spain that the civil war will last for months. Socialist and Communist newspapers emphasise it is a fight to the bitter end. One journal says the slogan must be "Extermination."…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Herald Stop Press Spanish Civil War. London, August 13
A 20-seater troop transport 'plane Is travelling backwards and forwards between Seville and Granada, evacuating from Granada 200 foreigners,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Lloyd George's Memoirs—No. 23 Why War Lasted So Long the Blame Lloyd George's View Clash of Aims
After tracing the remaining military developments which brought the Armistice, Lloyd George discusses the highly controversial subjects, why the war lasted so long, and, on whom should the blame…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Spanish Rebel Pilots Reported to Be German Military Airmen New Development in Civil War Fighting in South and North Increasing in Ferocity (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, August 13
Reported that German military pilots are lying General Franco's rebel 'planes in Spain and that a German expert in instructing the rebels in anti-aircraft gunnery portend fresh difficulties for France in her efforts to secure…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →War Words Hamlet Warns
It is a little hard for a mere out sider to say whether some recent, of penultimate, developments of Common wealth policy have been inspired b:…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dangerous Relics War Bomb Explosion Sydney Coroner's Appeal Sydney
A request that persons in possession of dangerous war souvenirs should hand them to the Defence Department was made by the City Coroner (Mr. Oram)…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Peace Is Royal Hope The King, Day by Day—No. 12. HISTORIC Address To Troops "Noble Duty" No Glorification Of War
While civil conflict rends Spain, and Europe walks in fear of war's conflagration, the King of England issues an inspiring gospel of peace. "Humanity cries out for peace and the assurance of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →France Suspicious Tactics of Italy and Germany in Civil War Neutrality Pact Held Up Government Becoming Restive: May Resume Liberty of Action (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, August 14
The suspicion is growing, especially in France, that Italy and Germany are deliberately holding up the completion of the non-intervention agreement while aiding the rebels…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Latest Incidents In Spanish Civil War
The photograph at left, above, shows a scene during the fighting in one of the street of Barcelona. Note the white flags hanging from balconies. A right are shown the smouldering ruins of a building in Toledo, after bombardment by government troops. At left, below, is the Government's War Minister, General…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Tourist Boom! "Come and See the Civil War" London
Sightseers on the safe side of the Franco-Spanish frontier, watched the Government defenders of Riun climbing the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Memorial Completion at Canberra Total Cost of £250,000 CANBERRA, August 15
The Federal Cabinet decided this week on the expenditure of £160,000, spread over three years, to complete the National War Memorial. This will bring the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War in Spain What is it About? Communism and the Peasants Canberra, August 15
The Department of External Affairs has issued a summary of recent history in Spain, dating from the overthrow of the Spanish monarchy in 1931 by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lloyd George's Memoirs—No. 24. Germany Delayed Peace War Leaders Held On Till Last Kaiser's Part Iron-Hearted Hindenburg
Peace was delayed, and needless slaughter continued, because the German war leaders refused for so long to admit final defeat. That is Lloyd George's conclusion, stated in this article…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Returned Soldiers Case for Single Relief Workers Hunter Council's Action
The Hunter Valley District Council of the Returned Soldiers' League decided at Maitland yesterday to urge, in view of the small number of single returned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Preference to Continue
Mr. F. H. Hawkins. M.L.A, has been informed by the Minister for Labor (Mr. J. M. Dunningham) that it is not proposed to repeal the Returned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Returned Soldiers' Conference Newcastle Claims for 1937
Roseville' sub-branch is the latest section of the Returned Soldiers' League to support Newcastle as the venue of the 1937 congress of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Threats Denunciation of Bellicose Nations Roosevelt's Speech America to Remain Neutral at All Costs (Australian Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, August 15
Reiterating his "good neighbour" policy, President Roosevelt, in a speech at Chautauquay, New York, last night, vigorously denounced…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Work First No Soldiering for Wallsend Unemployed Enlistment Meeting Fails
A public meeting held in Wallsend Town Hall last night to discuss the question of encouraging enlistment in the Wallsend company of the 2nd/35th Battalion…
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