Singapore "War" Attempted Landing Feared Air Raids All Night Singapore, February 4
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 11
Yesterday was a day of aerial fighting in which an aircraft carrier and several destroyers were bombed, but not sunk. At 10.50 o'clock last night the "attackers"…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Riflemen Out Early a Series at the Anzac Range Anzac Rifle Range
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 7
From 5 a.m. to-day the Anzac Rifle Range was astir with riflemen preparing for the first day's shooting of the "A" series…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Veterans Opposed to War
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 6
Most of the speakers at the annual reunion of the Naval, Military, and Veterans' Association in Newcastle on Saturday referred to the possibility of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bombs Do Not Decide War
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 9
Foreign observers, after five months' observation of hostilities, says a Canton message, conclude that aeroplanes are not a decisive arm…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hitler's Coup France Fears War Whose is the Victory? Reichswehr or Nazis at Helm (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, February 6
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 7
The crux of the problem created by Herr Hitler's assumption of plenary military powers in Germany is whether he is still the "man of the Reichswehr,"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →East Maitland Increased Membership Returned Soldiers' League
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 9
The report presented by the Secretary (Mr. A. McKay) at the annual meeting of the East Maitland sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Anzac Day Hold Service on April 24 Newcastle League Decides
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 6
To allow Newcastle members of the league to attend the service in Sydney on April 25, the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League decided at its annual…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unexpected Cheques Customs Minister as Author Wrote War Book As Hobby Canberra
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 6
The Minister for Customs (Mr. T. W. White) wrote a book 11 years age about his war experiences. He did it mainly as a hobby, but is beginning to realise…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bus Picnic Soldiers' Auxiliary
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 10
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Adamstown Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League arrangement a successful bus picnic to Speers Point on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Greater City Must Enlist Ablest Men Expert's Suggestion Professor Bland at Rotary
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 14
The new adventure of Greater Newcastle was going to be successful only if it enlisted the ablest representatives to be found in the community, and, since so…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Japanese Soldiers' Altruism?
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 6
"Conditions in China are being rapidly restored to normaley," states the latest circular issued by the Japan Tourist Bureau. Travels Agency officials were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Returned Soldiers' League Annual Meeting Last Night
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 8
"A feature of our operations and of the value of our work to the community which is apt to be underestimated is the alleviation of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rifle Scores at Anzac Range Visitors Appreciate Methods Anzac Range
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 10
English and South African riflemen are pleased with the smart method of handling score-cards and issuing result sheets here. The method is in striking…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Snakes and Flies Disconcert Visiting Riflemen at Anzac Anzac Rifle Range
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 10
Files and makes at the range have provided Empire riflemen with an unlooked for diversion. While walking between the 300 and 600 yards mounds, A. Hamilton, a Victorian marksman, used the spinning handle of his cleaning rod to kill a 3ft…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Storage of Food for War Emergencies London
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 9
The Minister for the coordination of Defence (Sir Thomas Inskip) is expected to state to-morrow that only limited action in storing foodstuffs…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rifle Shooting Young Marksman Won Woolcott Forbes Aggregate National Prize Shoot Queenslander Second Anzac Rifle Range
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 12
With 200 points, the young postal drafts man, Denny Roberts, of Concord, to-day won the Woolcott Forbes aggregate, the second most important event in the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Returned Soldiers Slight Increase in Members
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 11
Reporting an increase of eight members during the year to make the membership 40, the Secretary of the West Maitland sub-branch of the returned…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Soldier Preference in Greater City Elections Engagement of Staff Department's Edict Causes Stir
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 8
A stir was caused at the Greater Newcastle headquarters at the Town Hall to-day when an official announcement was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Returned Men Preference as Election Officials Greater Newcastle Poll
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 11
The Returning Officer for the Greater Newcastle Election (Mr. John Glassop) was advised by the Local Government Department yesterday that the Returned…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Shoot for Kings Hoddle Creates Interest Anzac Rifle Range
The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 12
With only a point separating the leaders at the end of the first stage of the King's, interest in to-day's rifle matches is intense…
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