Mediterranean War Risk Rates Reduced London, November 25
The war risk premiums on voyage from Australasia to Europe via the Mediterranean have been reduced from 7/6 per £100 sterling to 5/, the rate chargeable…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1938
1,377 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 64 of 69
Fund for Boer War Veterans Extension Proposal Is Helmed
Newcastle branch of the British Ex-Service Legion, at a meeting this afternoon, had a letter before it from the Prime Minister's Department…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Embargo to Stand at Kembla No War Cargo for Dalfram Port Kembla
Port Kembla waterside workers at a stop-work meeting to-day declared that they would not lift their embargo upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Prime Minister Thanks Soldiers League Sydney
"It is most encouraging to receive your message as it can be taken as representing the wishes of the war veterans of Australia," says the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →R.A.F. War 'Planes On Display for First Time Paris Exhibition Keen Interest in Modern Fighter Types (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, November 26
To-day was the second day of the international, aeronautical exhibition in Paris, and reports indicate that the crowds again displayed the greatest interest in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Italian Youth Found Wounded in Hut MELBOURNE
An Italian, Peter Lombardi, about 15, of Lilydale, was found lying on abed in a hunt on a share farm at Mooroolbark to-day. He was taken to the Bush…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Pensions Report of the Repatriation Commission Work Must Continue for Many Years
The work of caring for the ex-soldiers of the A.I.F. and their dependants still goes on, and must of necessity continue for many years to come, seeing that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →France Put on War Basis Strike Paralysis All Quiet So Provinces Paris But Anxiety Paris, Wednesday Morning
The whole of France is under military control and virtually on a war footing. This state of armed tension will continue until the 24 hours general strike, begun at midnight, has ended. If plans of the striking unions run smoothly, every mine, ship, factory, bank, train, tram, 'bus, air liner and every branch of public…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"No Motive" Anzac on Murder Charge Case for the Defence London, November 30
When the case in which Sidney Paul an Anzac, was charged with the murder of his 40-year-old wife in their home at Ruislip, was resumed to-day, counsel for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Ban on Export of Raw War Materials Requested Sydney
Complete prohibition of the export from N.S.W. of any raw material, which could be converted into weapons of war, was suggested by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Conversion of Industry Preparing War Plan Advisory Panel's Task Canberra
An examination of the steps necessary to convert Australian secondary industry from peacetime to war-time production with…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Kurri Returned Soldiers
The Combined Women's Auxiliary and Younger Set of the Kurri Returned Soldiers held a national costume night at the Memorial Hall when a large…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Young Soldiers of the Spade
The writer of this article, who uses the pen-name "Heidelberg" for obvious reasons, is a German. He suggests that the democratic countries might, with…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Is War in Spain Worth Only Canal Board Seat? London
Ministers believe, says the diplomatic correspondent of "The Daily Telegraph." that Signor Mussolini would welcome the opportunity of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →America's Part in Next War Won't Be Caught Napping Washington
"I do not want a lapse of 14 months between our declaration of war and the day when our first division, canable of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Proposal Build 200 War 'Planes a Month Expanding Industry Paris, December 1
The French Air Minister (M. Guy Lachambre) told the Air Committee of the Chamber of Deputies that by January France would be producing aeroplanes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers' Club Waratah Leads Suburbs Old Council Building
The Town Hall at Waratah, which housed the Waratah Council for a number of years, is to be converted into a club for returned soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Mistake Admitted Seizure of Wheat Ships by Franco's Forces Incidents of Spanish War Death Sentences Suspended (British Official Wireless and Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, November 30
The Prime Minister (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) announced in the House of Commons to-day that a report had been received from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anzac Sentenced to Death London, December 1
Sidney Paul, an Anzac, was found guilty on a charge of having murdered his wife at their home at Ruislip, and was sentenced to death…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Prelude to War"
The "Saint" books, by Leslie Charteris, have unfailing appeal in detective fiction, notably for the emotional intensity of their action and their lofty themes in…
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