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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

1,377 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 58 of 69

Lord Stanley Dies in London Clinic Result of War Injury London, October 16

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 7

Lord Stanley, formerly Under-Secretary for India, who succeeded to the post of Dominions Secretary in May, but resigned on account of ill-health died…

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Wounded Man Involved in Charge of Safe-breaking Two Melbourne Arrests Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1938 · page 7

Raiding a flat in East Melbourne at day-break to-day, detectives arrested a man who was found to have shotgun pellets in his body, head, one arm and a leg…

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Anzac's Wife Victim of Mysterious Tragedy Died of Injuries in Hospital London, October 17

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1938 · page 7

Mrs. Clara Paul, 40, wife of an Anzac who is believed to have married her in Belgium, died in hospital from head injuries after being found unconscious on…

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An "Anzac" Lives in Pig Pen Destitute Men at Abattoir Must Leave on Sale Days

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1938 · page 6

Unable to find shelter elsewhere, a number of workless men have made their homes in the pig selling pens at the Newcastle Abattoir. Five of the men…

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Primate on War Mongering "Not Inevitable" People's Desire for Peace Should Be Met London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 October 1938 · page 9

Lord Baldwin's words, "I decline to admit either the inevitability of war or the effectiveness of bluff," were endorsed to-day by the Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Lang)…

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Fruitless Search Murderer of Anzac's Wife Attacked Husband with Axe London, October 18

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 October 1938 · page 9

The police fruitlessly completed a house to house inquiry in Ruislip to-day, seeking information of a six-foot scar-faced man, who is believed to be the murderer…

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Air Force Chief War Pilots in Defence Appeal to Mr. Lyons Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 October 1938 · page 14

The Australian Flying Corps Association has been informed by the Prime Minister (Mr. J. A. Lyons) that its plea for the retention of Air Vice-marshal…

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"Not Inevitable" Archbishop's Views on War Dangers of Reaction End Insane Armaments Race (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, October 17

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 October 1938 · page 10

Speaking at the Canterbury Diocesan Conference today, the Archbishop of Canterbury (Most Rev. C. G. Lang) endorsed Lord Baldwin's words, when he declared:…

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Hopes Vanish Early End to War in Spain Mediation Rejected Reconstruction of Loyalist Cabinet? (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, October 18

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 October 1938 · page 9

Hopes that the Spanish war appeared to be declining have again vanished, says the special correspondent of "The Times" at…

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Anzac Charged with Murder London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 October 1938 · page 1

Sidney Paul, an Anzac. has been charged with the murder of his wife, whom he is believed to have married in Belgium on October 15…

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Off to the War

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 October 1938 · page 13

Packing his bags to go to war, Fernandez Baeza, 18. son of the retiring Consul-General for Spain, is about to leave for Barcelona to join the Republican…

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Empire Air Mails: War-time Routes

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 October 1938 · page 10

Had war occurred as a result of the recent crisis in Europe, plans had already been laid to divert the air mails for Australia by way of the West Coast of Africa to Capetown…

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Soldiers Apply Gosford Coursing Licence Agricultural Association Differences Gosford

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 October 1938 · page 19

It was learned to-day that the Gosford sub-branch of the "Returned Soldiers' League had applied to the Chief Secretary for the greyhound licence now,…

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The War in China

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 12

The Japanese invasion of the Kwantung province in South China Is an attempt to end the war by cutting off Chinese supplies…

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Ruislip Tragedy Anzac Charged with Murder of Wife LONDON, October 19

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 14

The police have charged Sidney Paul, an Anzac with having murdered his wife, who died in the hospital from injuries to her head after having been found by…

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PEACE & Relief Again in Jerusalem Arabs Lost 19 Killed And 25 Were Wounded LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 1

Relief and renewed confidence are expressed everywhere after yesterday's war-time din. Church bells and muezzin calls ring out clearly from the Old City, and childrens' voices are heard…

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This Is the Sort of War We Would All Like! Hendaye (France)

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 1

As a reply to General Franco's recent raids on Barcelona and Madrid when, loaves of bread were dropped from the Rebel 'planes, Loyalist aeroplanes dropped silk stockings, shirts and other clothing in the neighborhood of Burgos…

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Annual Dinner Railway Returned Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 12

The annual dinner of the Newcastle branch of the Railway and Tramway Returned Soldiers' League is to he held in the supper roam of the City Hall on…

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Limbless Soldiers' Branch Formed

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 7

A branch of the Limbless Soldiers' Association of N.S.W. has been formed in Newcastle, The meeting was convened by Mr…

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Friend of Soldiers Dies in England London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 9

The death has occurred at Westport House, Malmesbury, of the 93-year-old Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Osborne, widow of Mr. P. H. Osborne, of Currendooley…

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