Insurance "Bomb" No Cover for War Risks London
The destructiveness of modern bombs as revealed by Japan has forced insurance companies to refuse to accept…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1937
1,193 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 60
"Foster Parents" for Refugees Child Victims of War in Spain
The Spanish Relief Committee has recently launched an appeal for "foster" parents for Spanish children and the establishment of an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spanish War Is Alive Again Fighting Resumed in the North London
Intensified Italian activity in Northern Spain is reported by Loyalist commanders. In Higher Aragon the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Election Campaign "Foreign Outlook" Lyons Government Charged Mr. Beasley on War Sydney
"The leaderless nature of the Prime Minister's policy speech must fill the people of Australia with alarm," said Mr. J. A. Beasley, M.H.R., speaking…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →General Hertzog Denounces Versailles May Lead to War (Australian Associated Press.) PRETORIA, September 28
The Prime Minister of South Airica (General Hertzog) denounced the Treaty of Versailles to-day. It was responsible for the existing international distrust…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldier Settlers
Sir,—In making reference to the soldiers settled on the irrigation area ("Newcastle Morning Herald," 28/9/'37), a Minister of the Crown stated that "every…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What People Think Anzac Day, 1938
It has been Brought to me notice of the State Council or the League that a report was published to the effect that dependents of ex-servicemen would be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Risks Insurance Rejected Menace of Air Bombing London, September 29
Three hundred companies, of all nationalities, have now agreed to decline acceptance of insurance against war risks. The agreement, which originated at the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →War Graves And, Their Care Sons of Veterans As Caretakers London
The supply of war veterans as caretakers and gardeners for Imperial war graves has begun to fall, and the Commissioners arc appointing sons of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →British Company Official Permission Given to Export War 'Planes to China Shanghai Bombardment Fails Chinese Resist Advance: Troops for Manchukuo to Guard Against Revolt (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, September 30
The British Government has granted permission for the Gloster Aircraft Company to export a number of the latest type of fighter 'planes to China. The machines are similar to types used in the Royal Air Force, and have…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Against War
Sir,—Your correspondent, Mr. C. J. Hart, doubtlessly voices the earnest hope of the great majority of mankind in declaring for the abolition of war. These…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Big Guns in Chinese War
A Chinese battery shelling Japanese positions in the Poo[?]tung area.—Air Mail. SID PEARCE ON A STRETCHER Sid Pearce, a member of the Australian Rugby League team, who suffered a broken leg during the Test Match against New Zealand, arriving on a stretcher at Southampton (Eng.). Other members of the team are with him.—Air Mail…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Known Graves 500,000 British War Dead Report by Commission London, September 30
When the last memorial of the self-governing Dominions, namely, Australia's at Villers-Bretonneux, was unveiled, there had been recorded in stone near the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Spanish War Withdraw Volunteers League Appeal De Valera Resents Implied Threat to Italy (Australian Associated Press and British Official Wireless.) LONDON, October 1
The Political Committee of the League of Nations, which met at Geneva, expressed the hope that diplomatic action would secure the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bombs Dropped on Valencia Rebel General's Plan to End War London
A message from Valencla states that 10 planes encircled the city three times, dropping bombs. One bomb fell in the market place…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Should Prepare Australia and War Professor's Warning Sydney
Professor Roland G. MacIntyre, of the Presbyterian Church, who returned by the Wanganella to-day, said that he had observed a strong growth of the extreme…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers in Training Raymond Terrace Military Camp
With all ranks well settled training operations at the annual camp of the First Infantry Brigade at Raymond Terrace…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coronation Medals Federal Government Blamed Reply to Soldiers' League Sydney
A reply to complaints of the New South Wales branch of the Returned Soldiers' League concerning why more prominent ex-servicemen did not receive…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Polling Booth at Soldiers' Point
Mr. V. C. Thompson, M.H.R., has been advised that a polling booth will be established at Soldiers' Point, Port, Stephens, for the elections on October 25,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fell From Ferry Woman Rescued by Soldier Sydney
Knocked from the side of a ferry at Cremorne wharf this morning, a woman was drowning and in danger of being…
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