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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
2,574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 129
"Unless the force behind sanctions is sufficiently strong, it means war." said the Minister for External Affairs (Mr. W. M. Hughes) to-day, commenting on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The annual meeting of Kurri subbranch of the Returned Soldiers will be held in the Memorial Hall on Monday night, when the election of officers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Afirca's greatest plant pest, the prickly pear, is collapsing under the onslaught of the cactoblastis, imported from Australia, says the Cape Town…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Industry should be organised to evolve plans to ensure that trade chaos will be averted in the event of war," said Mr. Angus MacKenzie, who is chairman of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"However remote the possibility of war may be, we must prepare in good time against it," declares the Minister of Health (Mr. Walter Elliot) in a circular…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The remarkable increase in Germany's potential war resources by her annexation of Sudetenland is revealed in the half-yearly report of the Reichskredit…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →An official announcement issued to-day stated: "Czech troops early this morning attacked the frontier town of Munkacevo. A battle…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Australians and English-speaking peoples generally have an uneasy feeling about information or proposals that smack of propaganda. Indeed, with us, it rarely requires more to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Cactobastis insect has done "miraculous work" in destroying the prickly-pear in Australia, said the State Prickly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Zealand Government is considering plans as a Centenary feature for a spectacular flight to New Zealand of 30 long range Wellington bombers ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The British War Minister (Mr. L. Hore-Belisha), defending the drastic changes he has made in the Army Council and the Higher…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The militia recruiting campaign in Newcastle resumed to-day after the holiday recess. From now until the district's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Officers of local returned soldier organisations are obtaining particulars of ex-servicemen and women who desire to join the contingent from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"The fight is to the death; the hour has come for a supreme effort," declared the Catalan Minister of Economy (Senor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fragments of a Mills "pineapple" bomb, which exploded and killed a 14-year-old boy who filled it with firework powder, were handed to an…
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. J. S. Woodsworth, Leader of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation Party, a Socialist Party with a strength of seven in a House of The American speedsters, Jack and Cordy Milne. congratulating Bob Hill on having broken "Bluey" Wilkinson's, track record on the Newcastle Showground Speedway last Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The United States Munitions Board states that since July 1 the U.S.A. has not permitted the sale to Japan of aeroplanes or aerial ammunition under the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In 14 months, 104,92 Chinese fisherfolk have been killed and 628 junks have been destroyed as a result of the Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Physical training will be made the major feature of military training, and the scheme for instruction and the purchase of new equipment will cost £24,000,…
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