Ottawa Agreements and War
Sir.—Earle Page and his colleagues are threatened with failure in their effort to make a workable revision of the Ottawa agreements. Let us hope for…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1938
1,377 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 69
War And The Railways
IN a country of what has been described as "magnificent distances," with a coastline of more than 10,000 miles, much of it uninhabited, the problem of effective defence is the problem of transport of troops. Sparsely inhabited as it is, with the main concentration of population…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Boer War Veterans' Burial Grant
The Chairman of the Repatriation Commission has advised the State Secretary of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' League (Mr. J. Black) that the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Future of War Minister? London
Discussing the Official Secrets Act affair and the responsibility of the War Secretary (Mr. Hore-Bellsha), for the action of summoning Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Railway Plans for War Known Only to Two Officials Sydney
Details of railway mobilisation plans to be introduced if war comes to Australia are known to only two men in the Commonwealth—the Quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Monument to Soldiers Mayor to Call a Public Meeting
The Mayor (Ald. A. Griffiths) said to-day that he would call a public meeting shortly to consider a proposal by the Hamilton sub-branch of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Club Conference Is Arranged
Though the official statement made after the meeting of the Management Committee of the Soldiers' Memorial Institute did…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →British War Minister Political Future Discussed LONDON, July 13
Discussing the Official Secrets Act affairs, and the responsibility of the War Secretary (Mr. Hore-Belisha) for the action of summoning Mr. Sandys, M.P.,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Royal Air Force More 'Planes Ordered Biggest Year Since War
Large supplementary orders for military aircraft have been placed with British constructors during the past few weeks by the new Supplies Committee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Two-men Secret Railway Plans in Emergency War Council Approves
The War Railways Council, which sat in Sydney yesterday, approved of railway mobilisation plans which will be introduced should Australia be invaded…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Neglected Boer War Graves Charge Made in Cape Town Cape Town
Scandalous neglect of the graves of British soldiers killed in the Boer War is alleged by Mr. E. W. Walker, a former District Commissioner of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Olympic Games Abandonment by Japan Strain of War Too Great (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, July 14
The Ministry of Public Welfare to-day vetoed the Olympic Games. Although the Games have not been formally cancelled, the Domei…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Leads Empire Britain's Agricultural Industry "Little Known Fact" Now Stronger Than Before the War (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, July 14
A fact little known even in England was that the British agricultural industry exceeded in annual value that of any Dominion, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Reintroduction of Clause Sought Soldiers' Preference Provisions Sydney
Amendment of the soldiers' preference provisions in the Local Government Act by reintroducing the clause "all other things being equal" will be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Graves Neglected" British Soldiers Killed in Boer War Cape Town, July 15
Scandalous neglect Of the graves of British soldiers killed in the Boer War is alleged by Mr. E. W. Walker, a former District Commissioner of the South…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →NUFFIELD'S £3,000,000 Aircraft Factory War Office Order for 1000 High Speed Fighters LONDON
The largest aircraft order ever given to any firm will be the first to be dealt with at Lord Nuffield's £3,000,000 aircraft factory, the first turf on the site being cut to-day by the Air…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Change Urged Soldiers' Preference Act "Other Things Equal" Local Authorities' Decision SYDNEY
The executive of the Local Government Association to-day decided to recommend to the Government that the Returned Soldiers'…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Underground "War" Engineers Mobilise Their Attack
A grows of Newcastle organisations handling public facilities is faced with a pretty problem, which, because of its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bombing of Civilians in the Next War London
"We are building bombers in vast quantities, not for peace, but for war, and whenever we consider their use we should be very careful to remember that we will be governed by a war psychosis and not by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cessnock Spanish Consul Peace Campaign Thanked Relief for War Victims
To mark the second anniversary of the Spanish war which falls to-day, the Consul-General for Spain (Senor Ricardo Baeza) has dispatched a message of…
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