"Prayed for War" Youths Without Jobs SYDNEY
"Several boys in my district actually prayed that war would be declared recently so that they could get a job," Mr. J. McLean (North Bondi) told…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1938
1,377 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 62 of 69
Spanish War Rebels Check Loyalist Advance Exchange of Prisoners London, November 9
Reuter's Saragossa correspondent says it appears as though the rebels have completely mastered the Republican advance at Segre. The Republicans were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Guerrilla War 50,000 Japanese Troops Held Up Fighting in Mountains London, November 10
A message from chunking says that the Chinese Foreign Ministry reports that Chinese guerrillas, have fought more than 100 battles against 50,000 Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Neutrality Urged Africa and European War Dr. Malan Admits German Colonial Claims Bloemfontein, November 9
The Nationalist party congress unanimously carried Dr. D. F. Malan's motion in favour of the Union's neutrality in a European war…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Returned Soldiers Hamilton Sub-branch Meeting Discussion on New Rooms
For some time Hamilton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League has been negotiating with the Greater Newcastle Council to provide a club and…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Kamal Ataturk Soldier and Statesman Created New Turkey Amazing Career of Dictator
Kamal Ataturk, first President of the Republic of Turkey, whose death is announced, had a career without parallel in modern times. Born in humble…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers' Memorial Institute Committee to Investigate Control Ex-servicemen Decide
By 35 votes to 17, ex-servicemen decided at the City Hall last night to appoint a committee to investigate the control of the Newcastle Soldiers Memorial…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers' Memorial Institute Control To Be Investigated
A committee to investigate the control of the Newcastle Solders' memorial Institute was appointed by a meeting of returned men last night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War and Character
Australia has passed through the experience of another Armistice Day anniversary, 20 years after the first such…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Staggering Task" Mr. Lyons Tells of Defence Plans Plea for Cooperation Policy Based on Danger of War SYDNEY
"The task before us is staggering," the Prime Minister (Mr. J. A. Lyons) told the United Australia Party Convention to-day, when…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Czech Officers Shot by Slovak Soldiers Military Rising Attempted Disloyal Troops Arrested LONDON
The Czech Government, says the Bratislava correspondent of "The Daily Mail." has concealed the news of a military…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →What People Think Old Soldiers
We are repeatedly reminded by responsible officers that our defence activities as a whole ace comparatively useless in the event of an attack on Australia. If this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Predicts War By Mathematics
A SYSTEM for predicting war by mathemathics. with complex equations based on increase in armaments balanced against international trade, has been devised by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Slovak Demands Virtual Ultimatum to Government Mutiny in Army Czech Officers Shot by Slovak Soldiers (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, November 14
A Prague message states that, complaining of official dilatoriness on the part of the Czech authorities, the Slovaks have issued what…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →For Soldiers
Queen Mary at the annual sale of work of disabled ex-servicemen, at the Imperial Institute, Kensington…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →What War Would Mean To U.S. WASHINGTON, October 26
WHAT would war mean? To half of Europe, a culture and a way of life burned and ground, and blasted into broken shards and bloody ashes. But to us here in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Desires to Become a Briton War Time Spy For Germany LONDON
Captain Franz von Rintelen, who was a German spy during the Great War, is expected to become a naturalised British…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Disabled Soldiers League Delegate Blames Desert March PERTH
There was much discussion at the annual Federal Congress of the Returned Soldiers' League to-day on the question of disabilities resulting from war service…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mosquito War Urged At Council Meeting
"It has been proved that something can be done, and it is time we did something," said the Chairman of the Health Committee (Ald. Pittar)…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Ex-soldiers As Defence Unit Move Supported By R.S.L. Branch SYDNEY
A scheme to organise returned soldiers as a second line of defence in the Commonwealth Government's volunteer service was warmly…
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