Cessnock Returned Soldiers Sub-branch Annual Dinner
The need for increased membership and a greater, interest in the affairs of the league was emphasised by several speakers at the annual dinner of the Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1937
1,193 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 48 of 60
Race Reviews for Ascot Meeting Diatter Should Complete the "Hat-trick" War Machine Favored in the Mascot Flying Mile
With the excitement of the A.J.C. Spring Carnival over, racing interest to-morrow centres in the Ascot meeting. Moderates will have a chance to show their form and the fields are the weakest seen in the Metropolitan area for some considerable time. Distter because of good recent form in [?] races is [?]weight for the Flying Handicap…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adamstown Returned Soldiers
Returned soldiers of the Adamstown district are interested in the proposal to form a sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers Are Fighting Fit
The Grape throwing his rider, J. Blanche, in the Oby Hurdle at Caulfield races…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Memorial Hall Returned Men's Move at Stockton Council Cooperates
Stockton Council told a deputation from Stockton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League last night that it would ask the Minister for Lands (Mr. E. A…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War As Nature's "Pruning Hook" Salvationist's Denial
Darwin's doctrine of the "survival of the fittest" and the dictum of Sir Arthur Keith, the eminent anthropologist, that "war is Nature's pruning hook," were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Policy on Spanish War Divided Views on the Next Step France Is Going Too Far for Some Ministers London
Immediately Mr. Eden returned to London from Balmoral he had a long conference with the Prime Minister (Mr. Neville Chamberlain), and later he saw the French Ambassador (M. Corbin), who explained the views of the French Government…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Training Women For War Services British War Office Plan London, October 12
Mrs. G. Cook, commandant of the Women's Legion of Motor-drivers, announces that the War Office has decided upon a plan for the further training of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bombs Exploded Returned Soldier Hit in Sleep Wife and Son Also Hurt Perth
Two bombs exploded in rooms occupied by sleeping persons in Palmyra, near Fremantle, late last night. Three people were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"War Cry" Banned in Germany Berlin, October 14
Nazi secret police have forbidden the sale in Germany of "The War Cry," the official organ of the Salvation Army. By special arrangement. Reuter's world…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Building of War 'Planes Construction to Begin Next March SYDNEY
The Minister for Defence (Sir Archdale Parkhill) announced lost night that the production of military aeroplanes at Fishermen's Bend…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Protect Ideals" British Defence Policy Inflexible War Minister Emphatic London, October 13
Addressing trade-union leader as the guest of the National Trade Union Club in London to-day, the Minister for War (Mr. Hore-Belisha) said: "It is now…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"Check War Dogs" Mr. Bruxner Talks on Security Isolation Suicidal Glen Innes
Speaking to-night at Glen Innes, the State Leader of the Country party (Mr. M. F. Bruxner) said the Australian system of government, in which the will of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →New Sub-branch Returned Soldiers' League Meeting at Adamstown
More than 60 returned soldiers attended a meeting in the Adamstown Council Chambers last night, at which an Adamstown sub-branch of the Returned Sailors…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Grim Winter Ahead for 1,000,000 Chinese Fugitives From War Areas No Homes, No Clothes and Little, Hope LONDON
With the approach of winter the Chinese authorities are deeply concerned about the plight of destitute Chinese,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To Be Completed National War Memorial CANBERRA
With the signing of a contract, probably next week, for approximately £150,000, work will started on the uncompleted portion of the National War Memorial,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Machine Gun Regiment on Parade War Havoc in Northern China
Members of the 16th Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment on parade at Newcastle Showground yesterday afternoon. The lower left picture shows the Newcastle squadron, and on the right is the Raymond Terrace team, which was first in the best section of machine gunners. Japanese until at a railway bridge in North China, showing the destruction caused by advancing troops…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →To Be Floodlit Soldiers' Monument at Hamilton Ceremony on Armistice Night
Hamilton Council has decided to floodlight the Soldiers' Monument in Gregson Park, Hamilton. The official opening ceremony will take place on Armistice…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Elections War Scare "Prophecy Vindicated," Says Mr. Curtin MELBOURNE
"The Lyons Government cannot have it both ways. It cannot pledge Australia to Empire cooperation in one breath and at the same time pledge its word that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Relentless War Insect Pests and Weeds Campaign to Start Soon Canberra
With the completion shortly of experiments carried out by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, parasitic insects will be released to wage…
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