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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
1,377 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 52 of 69
Because of the fear of incidents in view of the crowds in Whitehall all day, the pilgrimage to the Cenotaph yesterday of the 800 German ex-servicemen who are…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wine traders are perturbed at the enormous rise in war risk insurance rates which are now as follows:—Australia-New Zealand via Suez…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The mobilisation order issued by Czechoslovakia called up, first, active and reserve officers and non-coms under 40; second,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"When the young people who pass through this building falter and tremble at some crisis in their life, they will assuredly, as their thoughts turn to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War risk rates soared steeply to-day, and on the higher rate were not firm. Underwriters in Sydney received…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"If war comes, Italy will not hesitate a moment to participate," said Signor Mussolini at Overona. "I cannot believe that Europe will…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Concentration on Australia's own defence and no' participation in any European war, were the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mutterings in Germany; an increasing fear of war; numerous arrests; a "now or never" mood on the part of certain highly-placed military officers—this is the background to the European crisis as outlined by correspondents of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—Your report of the Returned Soldiers' Congress once more brings forcibly before the public the differences of opinion on the subject of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →President Benes must hand us the territory by October 1. Now. it is two men against each other—Benes and I, and with me is Germany." This was Herr Hitler's declaration in the Sport Palace…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At a meeting of about 100 returned soldiers at West Maitland last night, consideration was given to the allocation of money subscribed towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The maintenance of the Empire airmail connections would be of more importance than ever if there were a European flare-up, said the Managing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It may be that strategical considerations will justify the policy, outlined yesterday by Mr. Curtin on behalf of the Federal Labour Party, that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War risk rates are still rising, and variations are likely almost from hour to hour. Sydney underwriters to-day received…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Japanese Budget is estimated at £265,000,000, including £100,000,000 for new demands covering national defence and the expansion of facilities "behind…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The diplomatic correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that Herr Hitler must have been aware, before his speech, of the glowing internal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →All Czechoslovakia awaits war, says a Prague message. The general impression is, now that Hitler has rejected the London plan and the nation does not feel itself standing alone, that not one inch of territory will be surendered cheaply…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The President of Chile (Senor Don Arturo Alessandri) and the President of the Argentine (Senor Ortiz) have joined the President of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →After a night of drama and breathless anxiety, the world was facing two salient points this morning. Firstly, there were four days left to save peace; secondly, will the last bid by Mr. Chamberlain, backed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Czechoslovakia must hand the Sudeten German territory over to the Reich by October 1, or the German Army will invade the territory. This ultimatum was presented to the world by Herr Hitler…
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