Black Lamb Sent to Princesses Canadian War Widow's Gift
Mrs. Rosa Brown, 82-year-old Canadian war widow of Kirkland Lake, Ontario, send a four-month-old black lamb, Miss Lusitania, to Princess Elizabeth and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1939
2,574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 129
Oppose Cooperation in War Indian Congress's Resolution Bombay
The committee of the Indian Congress adopted a resolution today opposing any British attempt to secure India's cooperation in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →1000 PLANES U.S. War Department Order WASHINGTON, August 11
The United States War Department announced yesterday that It had lot contracts for the construction of 1000 air. craft and engines…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →War Memorial Hall Proposed Use for Lambton Council Chambers
The District Council of the Newcastle district sub-branches of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League decided at its last meeting to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Norway Buys U.S. War Planes Oslo, August 12
The Government has ordered 12 Curliss fighters from the United States, coating £150,000. It has also obtained a licence to manufacture them in Norway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →India and War Congress Against Aiding Britain BOMBAY, August 13
The committee of the All-India Congress (Nationalist Party) is opposed to India's becoming involved in a war in which Great Britain might be concerned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Liner's Final Voyage Services In Peace And War LONDON, July 28
Two Union-Castle liners with records of 35 years' service and eventful wartime histories, have made their last voyage in the South African…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returned Soldiers To Visit New Zealand SYDNEY
With a view to engaging the steamer Katoomba for a trip, the Returned Soldiers' League has decided to call for applications from war veterans…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Army Command To Be On War Footing Details in Few Days Officers New Retiring Ages MELBOURNE
Full details of the new command system of the Australian Military Forces will be announced by the Minister for Defence (Mr. G. A…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wounded, But Did Not Know It
Twenty-one years have passed since the Great War ended, but it was not until a week ago that Mr. J. B. Baird, of West Ryde, and formerly of Lambton,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War-time Food Storage London, July 28
Problems of food storage in time of war, and the best methods of preservation were discussed by doctors in the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →"War Inevitable Unless" U.S. Congressman's Views Saw Leading European Statesmen (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, August 16
"The situation has developed so far that I believe war is inevitable," said Mr. Hamilton Fish, jun., a members of the United States House of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Poland Closes Frontier to Germany Action Increases Tension and Angers Nazi Press Polish Soldier Shot Dead in Danzig Danzig Senate President and Polish Commissioner Meet in Free City (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, August 16
Tension has been increased by the action Of the Polish authorities in closing overnight the border between Poland and Germany in Upper Silesia. This action was taken when a contingent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hitler's "Silver Anniversary" As a Soldier London
The German was flag flew all day over the Adolf Hitler barracks at Munich, which houses the Fuchrer's wartime regiment, the Bavarian reserve of infantry…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War Is Not Inevitable
DEPRECATING talk about the inevitability of war, the Prime Minister reminds the Australian citizen that nothing is inevitable except death and taxes. "If everybody," says Mr. Menzies, "talks like that we will certainly have war,"…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Plan for Schools Sydney
The Director of Education (Mr. Ross Thomas) has issued to all public schools in New South Wales a comprehensive plan for the protection of children in a time of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fear of Worse Than War
Europe at the moment is a chess-board on which Governments are moving millions of armed men, ostensibly for autumn manoeuvres;…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Militia Reserve Returned Soldiers Feel Discouraged MELBOURNE
Most returned soldiers evidently did not believe that the Federal Government was really serious in its efforts to deal with the defence position, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Soldiers From Civilians
WILL the changes in the military High Command speed-up the efficiency of our land defences? The Cabinet recently sprang a surprise by reversing the decision for a permanent mobile force. A substitute was promised in the shape of an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Britain's Air Force Factor Against War Sydney
"Close investigation has convinced me that Britain is producing 1000 war planes a month," declared the president of the Associated…
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