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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

1,377 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 69

Into the Third Year War in Spain Both Sides Rejoice! London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 1

Both sides in Spain are holding celebrations to commemorate the outbreak of the civil war…

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Royal Unveiling Villers Bretonneux War Memorial Blaze of Pageantry Arrangements for Friday (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, July 17

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 7

Northern France has not known for years such a blaze of pageantry as will accompany the unveiling of the Australian war memorial at…

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Preference Act Criticised at Wickham Motion for Soldiers' Congress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 8

Dissatisfaction at the application of the Returned Soldiers Preference Act was expressed in a resolution carried at a meeting of the Wickham-Carrington…

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Land for Soldier Settlers Conference Motion

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 4

The intensification of efforts to induce the Government to grant land in the Congewal district to returned soldier settlers will be urged in a…

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25 Australians Give Lives Casualties in Spain's Civil War Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 9

Twenty-five Australians are believed to have given their lives in the Spanish civil war since the outbreak of hostilities two years ago. At least 46 Australians, according to a list…

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25 KILLED Australians in Spanish War Consul on Non-intervention Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 6

The Secretary of the Spanish Relief Committee (Mr. P. T. Thorne) said to-day that 25 of the 46 Australians who have taken part in the Spanish civil war,…

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In Third Year Spanish Civil War Mussolini Sends Message Rebel Supporters Rejoice (Australian Associated Press.) ROME, July 18

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 8

Signor Mussolini to-day telegraphed to General Franco, expressing a wish that victory for the rebels would be consummated in the third year of the civil war…

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Value From Evil Talk on War Psychology

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 July 1938 · page 8

"War is the greatest of social evils, but there are moral and . material values to be obtained from it," declared Major B. E…

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Flight to Malta British War Minister Uses Air Council's New 'Plane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1938 · page 3

A tribute to the exacting standards of security and reliability which are the chief attributes of the DH86B air liner was paid by the British Minister for War (Mr…

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KAISAR-I-HIND Lucky Escapes in War Popular Ship to Be Dismantled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1938 · page 4

The Kaisar—I—Hind, which has been employed mainly on the London to Bombay service is to be dismantled. She had many lucky escapes in the war, her…

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No Plebiscite Anzac Day Observance Victorian Decision Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 9

After a debate lasting nearly three hours, the Returned Soldiers' League Conference to-night rejected, by 122 votes to 50, a motion from the Caulfield branch…

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Gas in War Not Menace if Precautions Taken SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 10

Major Gooch, of the Australian Staff Corps, addressing members of the New South Wales United Service Institute today, outlined the anti-gas measures which…

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The Other Side of War Moral and Material Value Address by Major Klein

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 7

War should not be condemned too harshly. It had a certain and material value said Major B. E. Klein, of the general staff. Victoria Barracks. Sydney,…

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Grievous Bodily Harm Charge Wounded Man in Hospital Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 7

Alexander Herbert Brady, 34, linesman was remanded until August 22. at Burwood Court to-day, on a charge of having inflicted grievous bodily…

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Palestine's Little War Terrorists at the Dead Sea Jerusalem

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 9

Three Jews were killed to-day and two wounded by terrorists at n Labor camp in the southern Dead Sea area. QUIET reigns in Jerusalem. Haifa…

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Soldier Preference Claims by Militia Men Stir at League Conference Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 21

Annoyance was displayed at the annual conference of the Returned Soldiers' League this afternoon, when a delegate mentioned that the Minister for Defence…

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Build a Memorial Hall Move by Toronto Returned Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 4

Toronto sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League' has decided to erect a war memorial hall, if it can gain sufficient support for the movement…

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Buried As Pauper Complaint to Hospital Board Veteran Returned Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 15

The burial as a pauper after he had died in Maitland Hospital of a returned soldier who had served in three wars was discussed last night by the Board of…

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Defence Publicity Appointment and Preference Issue Returned Soldiers' Question Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1938 · page 13

The appointment of Mr. W. B. Tart as defence publicity officer was again referred to in a discussion on preference at the Returned Soldiers League Conference…

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Foreign Migrants Returned Soldiers Urge Quota System MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1938 · page 6

The introduction of a quota system against foreign migrants to ensure that Australia remain 98 per cent. British was urged at the Returned Soldiers' League…

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