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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
2,574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 129
The voluntary national service scheme outlined by the Prime Minister (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) aims at a civilian defence army of 1,200,000, and also a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A message to men suitable for military service will be contained in a four-page free programme to be distributed by the Newcastle branch of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Military officers are delighted with the progress of the recruiting campaign this week. Up to yesterday 18 enlistments had…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →To provide a pattern which could speedily be duplicated in an emergency, the Victorian railways have built a special experimental…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the meeting of the Newcastle Labour Council last night, reference to the international position was made by the President (Mr. J. Wilson) and other…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Britain, France and Russia together possess 20,000 war-planes, according to an article in the "Voelkischer Beobachter," signed by Captain yon Zeska, an officer…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Australia's National War Memorial at Canberra will probably be opened by the Duke of Kent early in his term as Governor General. The Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Three hundred soldiers travelled secretly on Tuesday night from a camp in the south of England to guard the Government's new £10,000,000 munitions factory…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Despite rain, troops of the 13th Heavy Battery, R.A.A.(M.), 39th Fortress Company R.A.E., and 8th Garrison Company A.A.M.C., are comfortable in their…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →One of four, doctors sent to the Chinese war areas with drugs and medical supplies from the N.Z. Red Cross, Dr. J. H. Moaka, is returning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The creation of further capacity for production of war aircraft in Australia—the objective of the British Mission now on its way here—will be advanced next…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"The civil war is not nearing its end. It will continue as long as is necessary to make Spain safe for Spaniards." This communique has been issued since the fall of Barcelona by the defenders of Madrid…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Australian and New Zealand soldiers in the great war were excellent examples of the perceptual type of realists to the nth degree, unappalled by prospects of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A searching Senate inquiry into the Administration's entire foreign policy appeared to be likely at the week-end as the result of reports…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—Now we are aware that another world war is inevitable, would it not be an opportune time, before the war hysteria descends upon us, to ask ourselves the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir.—"A stupid Impertinence" is an apt title for the sub-leader in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" on Monday. It describes the incident of a man at a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Special efforts to increase Russia's ability to carry on a prolonged war are embodied in the Soviet's third Five Year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The aviation correspondent of the "Daily Herald" says that by April Britain will turn out more first-line military 'planes than Germany. Production is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Among the 52 persons who have applied to be general manager of the Sydney County Council—worth £3000 a year…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Japanese national weakness is the "round-table" of symposium discussions of everything under the sun, from impressions of the fronts in China to reasons for domestic discord. A recent "round-table," convoked by…
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