Skirmishers In Spanish War— Our Test Stars Of The Future
FIGHTING in the northern province of Spain—Nationalist skirmishers are shown advancing cautiously along a mountain road, shielded by a stone…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1937
1,193 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 60
Is War Inevitable?
Sir,—In your leading columns on Saturday, you have gone to considerable trouble to apprise us of the views expressed by the exclusive magazine, "The Round…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MAN-POWER Britain's Plans for War Will Conscription Come?
Britain's Minister for Coordination of Defence (Sir Thomas Inskip) has declared that conscription in peace time will never be introduced. The Secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Britain Warned Dark Days of Great War "May Be Repeated" General Gough Reviews Historic Retreat (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, January 12
General Sir Hubert Gough, who was only recently vindicated over his part in the retreat of the Fifth Army in 1918, in a speech to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Pensions Appeals
Appointments to the additional War Pensions Entitlement Appeal Tribunal, which the Commonwealth Government net up to cope with the abnormal…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lionel Lee Dies "Smithy's" Cobber After the War Sydney
Lionel Lee, airman and journalist,, has joined his flying "cobber" of other daysâSir Charles Kingsford Smith. Lee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CONSCRIPTION Soldiers' League Policy GRAFTON
The policy of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League in war time was conscription of wealth, man power, and industry, said the State President (Mr. L.A. Robb),…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sidelights—here,there,everywhere Soldiers of the King
OLD soldiers never die—they exchange one battlefield for another This is particularly so among the legal profession and especially the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anzac Holiday Organised Sport in Sydney SYDNEY
The Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League is raising no objection to organised sporting events being held on April 26, on the Anzac Day public holiday this year…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Is War Inevitable?
Sir,—Mr. Vaisey's letters are pitiable. He gives a correct general analysis of a situation, and then arrives at completely unwarranted conclusions. This mental…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Shots Exchanged Caretaker Wounded Challenged Man in Yard Sydney
After he had fired several shots at a man at Kogarah to-night, John Green, 16, a caretaker, was wounded in the left forearm…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Domestic Side Of War
A sidelight of the Spanish civil war—Some of General Franco's troops, resting at Gatafe, before an attack on Madrid, wash their clothes in a village trough…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Six Trapped In Airliner Blaze— —Figures In Spanish Civil War
FIVE PASSENGERS and the pilot were burnt to death when this airliner crashed at Dallas. Texas. THE KEELS of several new warships were recently laid at Walker-on-Type. Northumberland. This is a general scene of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Blamed The War
Blaming the war and its aftereffects for drinking bouts. Reginald Johns (47), laborer, pleaded guilty, at Newcastle Police Court to-day, to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Six to Be Chosen War Nurses for Coronation SYDNEY
The conditions on which the six war nurses to accompany the Coronation contingent will be chosen were made known on Saturday. by the Minister for Defence…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Hitler Combs World for Conscripts Man-power Shortage Toll of the War Years Berlin
Herr Hitler has promulgated a decree enrolling Germans abroad for military and labor corps service. Consuls have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Communists and War
The leader of the Communist Party in Newcastle and district (Mr. R. Cram) charges "The Round Table" and "The Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Donkey Shot Australia's First "War"
The jawbone of a donkey, now a proud mascot of the Royal Military College, soon to be reestablished at Duntroon,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Only for War No Conscription During Peace London
In the event of war there was little doubt that conscription would come in Britain, and would come quickly, declared…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Casual Work Railway Preference for Soldiers Protest by Union Sydney
The State Secretary of the Australian Railways Union (Mr. Lloyd Ross) and tonight that strong protests had been made by the union against the extension of…
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