In Hitler's Office Man Wounded by Guard BERLIN, December 7
The news has leaked out that a man, believed to be a foreigner, has been admitted to a mental hospital, suffering from a shot in the knee, received when…
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 57 of 60
Anzac Day March in Sydney
More than 3000 applications have been received by the New Zealand Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Association for inclusion in the official contingent which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Oil Tanker Tonnage the British War Margin London
Britain has an ample margin of oil-tanker tonnage for war needs, says an article in "The Times."…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"A Hell, Not a Refuge" War's Horrors In Shanghai V Melbourne
"Shanghai has become a hell of [?] rather than a haven of refuse, as many thought It would be." writes Brigadier Morris, of the Salvation…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →China War (Continued from Page 1) Warning to Foreigners No Protection in Nanking London
The shanghai correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that fearing stout resistance in Nanking, the Japanese Consul-General in Shanghai has…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Soldiers' Day in Germany Berlin
The Minister for War (General Von Blomberg) has declared that "a Day of Armed Forces" shall become an annual Institution. On this day the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Pensions Tribunals' Term Extended CANBERRA
Extension of the terms of appointment of the four members of the War Pensions Entitlement Tribunal and the Appeal Tribunal from February 1 until July…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →New Japanese Loan To Finance War TOKIO
A loan of £35,000,000 is being issued to cover the cost of the Cinese campaign and the budge deficit. Half of it was floated to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fervid Oratory Soviet Election Meetings Candidates Unopposed Party Declares War on Spies and Traitors (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, December 8
Soviet official oratory is becoming more fervid as polling day, which is Sunday, approaches, writes the Moscow correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Chinese Soldiers Met Death with Courage Mown Down on Hilltop London
The "Daily Mail" correspondent at Nanking states that 300 Chinese soldiers, armed with automatic pistols, were trapped on a hilltoo near…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Waging War in Comfort
"The Wazirforce"—the official designation of the troops operating on the N.W. Frontier in Waziristan—has earned great credit for the manner in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"War" Toys Bad Influence on Children Boycott Suggested
A petition with the object of enforcing a boycott on "war" toys was displayed for signatures at a public meeting in the Newcastle Town Hall last…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Chinese Invasion Protection of Settlement New View on War
A new angle on, the Sino-Japanese war is given by Mrs. Julia Squibb, a resident of the International Settlement in Shanghai, in a letter to her sister-in-law…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →European War "No Imminent Danger" Britain's Growing Strength London, December 10
"There is no imminent danger of war in Europe," the Foreign Secretary (Mr. R. A. Eden) told the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War Needs Conversion of Industries Report in New Year Canberra
Proposals for close cooperation between the Defence Department and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research for the immediate conversion of secondary…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Scholarships for Soldiers' Children
Details of a university scholarship being sponsored by the Federal Executive of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League was received at the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War Debt Instalment Washington December 11
Britain has notified the State Department of her intention not to pay her instalment on the war debt. Finland alone notified that she was paying her…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers' Point
POLLING PLACE.—The Electoral Commissioner (Mr. H. V. Gould) has advised Mr. C. E. Bennett, M.L.A., that, in view of the reports received, it has…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Soldiers' Christmas Fund
Applications for benefit from the Newcastle Returned Soldiers' Christmas cheer appeal fund must be received by the Newcastle sub-branch of the League by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Toys
Sir,—On behalf of our respective organisations we desire to make an appeal to parents and others to refrain from giving "war-toys" to children at the…
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