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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
1,193 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 55 of 60
It is believed in some quarters that the conversations between the representatives of the British and French Governments, which are to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Christmas cheer fund for the entertainment of the families of returned soldiers who are in necessitous circumstances has reached £51/10/6. Families…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A threat that unless the Minister for Health, Sir John Harris, withdrew and apologised for his "scurrilous reflection" on returned army nurses yesterday, he…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →General Franco's long awaited onslaught in a final effort to capture Madrid is believed to have begun with the furious overnight…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Resentment at the reported remark of the Victorian Minister for Health (Sir John Harris) concerning army nurses was expressed, by the Adamstown…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Shouting, pushing and hustling. panic-stricken Chinese, laden with sca[?] belongings,[?] along a roadway leading from the wrecked town of Chapel, laid in waste by a concentrated Japanese attack. Many were injured in the sampede—Air Mail-…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The aeronautical correspondent of "The Times," commenting on the proposed R.A.F. flight to Australia, says that the present record of the Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →All quiet—comparatively—on the North-West frontier of India. During the last year, only 237 British Government troops were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Senator Lodge has announced that he will shortly propose far-reaching amendments to the United States Neutrality Act because "the present law tends to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"An extremely critical situation has developed between Russians and Japanese in the Far East since the arrival of large numbers of Russian bombing and fighting planes at Chinese headquarters," says the Shanghai…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Glimpses of war-torn Spain, including street battles, the persecution and the examples of bravery and sacrifice,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Following a six-day conference, agreement has been signed for cooperation against war and Fascism between the Soviet's 20,000,000 trade-unionists and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →According to Vittorio Mussolini, 11 Duce's son, who bombed to death Abyssinians who were powerless to retaliate, "war is great fun."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Secretary for War (Mr. Wooding) in his annual report to the President urges a further strengthening of the armed forces as the best…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →General Franco has stated that the war in Spain will end in a military triumph, not by mediation or compromise, says the Burgos correspondent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →General Ludendorff, Hindenburg's wartime Chief of Staff, recently underwent an operation to remove a tumor. His condition is critical. His heart…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the distribution of relief, the Returned Soldiers' League does not differentiate between members and non-members. All applications are decided on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Premier (Mr. B. S. B. Stevens) said to-night that Cabinet had decided to grant £100 to the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League to provide some assistance to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In a long conversation with the State Secretary of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. C. W. Joyce) the Minister for Health (Sir John Harris)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Secretary for War (Mr. H. Woodring), in his annual report to the President, urged a further strengthening of the armed forces…
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