Outlook in the Spanish War Early Win for Franco Not Unlikely London
"Any attempt to forecast the future course of events in Spain would be pure speculation." writes General Groves, military correspondent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1937
1,193 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 54 of 60
Returned Soldiers Seek Better Conditions Transport Services
"Conditions for returned sailors and soldiers in the railway and tramway services of New South Wales could be improved. The Government has a grave…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Settlers Permanent Relief in New Bill Premier Tells Deputation Casino
The Premier (Mr. B. S. B. Stevens) told a deputation of soldier settlers yesterday that a bill to give lasting relief to returned soldier settlers throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thieves in War Office
Scotland Yard officers were called the other day to investigate an attempted burglary at the War Office. Someone got into a ground-floor…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Talk of "A Coming Great War" Japanese Wary of Russia London
Japanese remarks about Chinese fighting on the Japanese side in the "coming great war" may be linked with reports that one of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Defence Lord Galway and Sunday Golf Methodist Attack Deprecated Wellington (N.z.)
"We invited him and we must accept a certain measure of responsibility. As the King's representative he cannot defend himself," said a member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ballot for Berths N.Z. Soldiers' Sydney Visit Could Fill Two Ships Wellington (N.z.)
"We could fill another ship easily," said the Secretary of the Wellington branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association to-day, when discussing the chartering of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Insurance Against War
Insurance companies are amending policies to cover such contingencies as undeclared war, revolution or armed seizure. One company has sent circular letters to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Orphans of the War Meet by Chance
A brother and sister—Germans—parted in Berlin in infancy during the first months of the war by the death of their parents, met by a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tighter Insurance Policies Meet War, Civil Strife Sydney
Insurance companies are now prepared for undeclared war, revolution, or armed seizure of property—habits that have had an increasing vogue in nations abroad in recent years. Policies are being amended to cover such contingencies,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Bishop Has His Ideas of How to Stop War London
"The average man in the mass is all-powerful and could stop war," said the Bishop of Ely (Right Rev. Bernard Heywood) in a speech at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Extra" Arrested Murder at Hollywood Police War on Gangsters Los Angeles, November 22
A series of dramatic moves has again thrown the spotlight on the murder of Hymie Miller, a film actor and cafe owner, who was shot on November 16. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War in China "Result of Japanese Adjustment" Tutorial Official's View
"The invasion of China by Japan is an indication that the Japanese people are trying to adjust themselves and their culture to the standards of the 20th…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →War Heroes Value of Friendships Minister Welcomes Italians London, November 23
The delegation of Italian ex-service men now visiting London at the invitation of the British Legion were received at the War Office this afternoon by Mr. L…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War on Church Intensified in Russia Stalin's New Campaign London, November 24
Since the arrest of a number of bishops and minor clergy on charges of spying, M. Stalin's new campaign against the Church has been intensfied, says the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Minister Raises Ire of Diggers Reference to War Nurses Demands Made for Retraction Melbourne
A threat that unless the Minister for Health (Sir John Harris) withdrew and apologised for his "scurrilous reflection" on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Civil War Plot Overthrow Republic of France Restore Monarchy Aims of Hooded Men Revealed (Australian Associated Press.) PARIS, November 24
Les Cagoulards (Hooded Men) had planned to overthrow the French Republic by civil war, to establish a dictatorship, and then…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Council's Protest Crown Prosecution County and Preference to Soldiers Grafton
"It is a public scandal that the Crown, which itself is bound, by the Returned Soldiers' Preference Act and does not observe the provisions, should conduct a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Kirby Bequest for Soldiers Relatives Carry on Law Suit Sydney
When Mrs. Elizabeth Kirby in her will set aside £130,000 of her estate for the settlement of necessitous returned soldiers and their dependent on the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"To Attack Russians" Alleged Plan of the Japanese China War Seen As a Mere Prelude London
An extremely critical situation, according to the Shanghai correspondent of the "Daily Herald," has developed between the Soviet and Japan since the arrival of large numbers of Russian bombing and fighting planes at Chinese headquarters…
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