£86 in Credit Returned Soldiers' Annual Meeting
The activities of West Maitland Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League were reviewed by the Secretary (Mr. T. B. Scobie) at the annual meeting last…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1939
2,574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 129
Arab Wounded in Jerusalem Jerusalem, February 22
Zuhdi Nashashibi, a cousin of Ragheb Bey Nashashibi, an Arab delegate to the Palestine conference in London, was at tacked and wounded near Herod's Gate,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"No War" Tip Based on Buying Sydney
"I don't think we are going to have war," said the Vice-president of the Chrysler Corporation (Mr. W. Ledward Mitchell) yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →War Cripple Dies After 21 Years Melbourne
Mr. A. L. Ponting, who had been a cripple and cot case for 21 years because of war injuries died in the Caulfield Military Hospital to-day. He had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Healthier Darwin Entomologist's Aim War on Mosquitoes Darwin
A Darwin without mosquitoes is the aim of the Federal Health Department. Mr. F. H. Taylor, a Commonwealth Government entomologist, has arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →N.Z. Road Building Use in War-time Kept in View Wellington (N.z.)
In the event of Wellington being bombed by enemy aircraft, it would take five days to evacuate the population by the one narrow outlet, said the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mystery of a Soldier Many Families Have Claimed Him LONDON, February 10
The mystery of the identity of a living "unknown soldier," which has puzzled psycho-analysts for the past 20 years, is to be settled, if not solved…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Infantry Recruits Signing on Steady Stream of Enlistments
Vacancies in the infantry unit are being filled by a steady stream of recruits and it is hoped that when the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Peace and War Christian Viewpoint Address by Rev. J. H. KING
The Peace Pledge League's attitude towards war was stated by Rev. J. Harold King, of the Brown-street Congregational Church, who is president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →White Lie to Be a Soldier Sydney
In their enthusiasm to enter the militia, many young Australians are doing what many Diggers did during the Great War . . . they are adding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Catalonian Army Retreat France Buying Up War Materials Guns and Aircraft Mussolini's Pledge to Franco (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, February 22
France is completing a big deal with the Spanish Government in connection with the retreat of the Catalonian Army, states the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Man Dead, Wife Wounded Melbourne Shooting MELBOURNE
A domestic quarrel is believed to have been the cause of a shooting which resulted in the death of William Simpson, 54, at North Fitzroy, and serious wounds…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Skill On Skis . . . . Photographing Spanish War....New Luxury Liner
BRILLIANT SKI-ING DISPLAY. A competitor in the 33rd annual tournament of the Norge Ski Club, Cary, Illinois, soars over the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thrilling War Stories Related at Founding of New Club London, February 20
A Bradford, England, man who was captured by the Germans on the Aisne in September, 1914, and was then for four years a prisoner of war in Germany, told the story of his eventual labor strike and escape to another Bradfordian who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soft Jobs in War Time Police Chief Got Crisis Shock LONDON, February 10
"Although my capacity for surprises has been very strongly tested, in my lifetime, it gave me a severe shock last September to sec the large number…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Clothing Alight Paralysed Returned Soldier Burned SYDNEY
Lazarus Philip Moran, 66, an invalid returned soldier, was badly burned when his clothing caught alight at his home at Hurstville to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Returned Soldiers' League
To build up the library in the Cessnock Memorial Hall, readers have agreed to a voluntary levy of sixpence per week. The local sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers'…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Buildings Reveal War Ideas
Architectural trends in Europe seemed to be a guide to the thoughts of the nations, according to Mr. Kenneth McConnel, Sydney architect, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Italian Tenor's Views America Heading for Civil War MILAN, February 26
The famous tenor, Signor Benjamino Gigli, on his arrival from New York, stated in an interview that something like a civil war was forecast in the United…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War in China Wakes Up Japan's New Drive Large-scale Moves in Central Area London, Sunday
After a lull of many weeks large-scale operations have been resumed in Central China. The Japanese have launched a new offensive 50 miles west of Hankow, in Hupeh province…
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