Ireland About to Declare Peace Economic War with England London
Economic peace begins at home, according to the Dublin "Evening Mail." which states that a pact regarding the export of Irish Free State cattle…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1937
1,193 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 56 of 60
Kurri Returned Soldiers' Hall
The new hall for the Kurri branch of the Returned Soldiers' League has been completed and the Secretary (Mr. A. Myall) has arrangements well…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Christmas Cheer Returned Soldiers' League Fund
The Christmas cheer fund organised by the Newcastle branch of the Returned Soldiers' League now amounts to nearly £70…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Take More Advice" Suggestion for Government Soldiers Bill in Senate Canberra
A bill amending the Returned Soldiers' Repatriation Act, whereby so-called "service" pensioners will have their pensions increased from 19/ to £1, which passed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Britain and France in Full Agreement Broad Lines of Policy Towards General Settlement New Opportunity for Diplomacy London Talks Indicate That There is No Imminent Danger of War (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, December 1
Full agreement on broad lines of policy leading toward a general settlement was reached by the British and French Ministers during their conversations in London, which ended yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Factories and War Preparedness Conferences in Canberra Canberra
Australian manufacturers have promised the Commonwealth Government their fullest cooperation in measures for ensuring…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldier's Rapid Rank Rise
Major-General the Hon, Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, whose promotion to that rank Was announced to-day, is now the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Christmas Rush Jobs for Returned Men Sydney
To cope with the Christmas ma[?]rush an extra 150 hands, all returned soldiers, will be employed. When the attention of postal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War—and After
R. C. Sherriff, whose play, "Journey's End," made him famous, wrote the screen play for "The Road Back," which is the feature attraction at the Victoria Theatre…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Who Saw Zulu War
Frail, lively, 82-year-old Mrs. Marina King, pioneer of South Africa, who saw the Zulu Boer Wars, rescued Trader Horn from a forest fire, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Women Pilots for War Service Amy Johnson Makes A Plea And A Prophecy
AT last women are to have the chance of training to take a share in the defence of England. The War office has decided to further the training of women recruits for service during a war or a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Office Older Men Displaced Minister's Action "Fresh Minds on Defence Problems" (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, December 3
Newspapers generally applaud the action of the Secretary for War (Major L. Hore-Belisha) in deciding on the displacement of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Christmas Cheer Returned Soldiers' Appeal
The fund for the Returned Soldiers' Christmas Cheer Appeal has reached £73/9/. Applications will be received by the Secretary (Mr. H. G. Peters) until…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Kurri Returned Men's Reunion
The annual re-union of the Kurri sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League was held in the new soldiers' hall on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"The Road Back" War's Aftermath Depicted at Victoria Theatre
"The Road Back" strikes a new note in war screen fare. Its primary message is not one so much of the imminent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Materials for Rebels Vessels Convoyed By Foreign Warcraft GIBRALTAR
A Loyalist Government agency reports that a convoy of Rebel merchantmen, escorted by three Italian destroyers and two German submarines,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"The Road Back" at Victoria Drama of Germany After the War
Remarque's novel, "The Road Back." which followed the same author's "All Quiet on the Western Front," has been brought to the screen by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers' Land State Lowers Capital Value COROWA
Speaking last night in support of Messrs. Creed and Townsend, the Country party candidates in the by-election, the Minister for Transport (Mr. M. F…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →What People Think a War "Secret"
A London writer asks, "Who knew this tremendous war secret?" referring to the Infection of the Serbs with typhus by prisoners after the battle of the Danube…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Materials Supplies for Rebels Italian and German Escort (Australian Associated Press.) GIBRALTAR, December 6
A loyalist Government agency reports that a convoy of rebel merchantmen, escorted by three Italian destroyers and two German submarines, unloaded at…
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