Keen Interest Taken Returned Soldiers' League
The year was one of successful endeavour, says the annual report of the Cessnock sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League presented last night by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1939
2,574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 129
Brisk Week for Enlistments Defence League Gratified
Enlistments for the militia in Newcastle this week had beer better than in any other week since the beginning of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cessnock Returned Soldiers' Annual Meeting
A year of satisfactory activity was reviewed in the annual report of Cessnock Returned Soldiers' League, presented at the annual meeting last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hitler in 1939 Does He Mean Peace or War? British Wonder Issues in Home Politics (Special Representative: Air Mail.) LONDON, January 20
With Parliament, again in session from the end of January, the political pulse of the nation is quickening. There is an increasing realisation on all sides that in…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →12 Dictators in Britain Rule Regions in War London
Twelve men in time of war will have the powers of dictators over 12 separate regions of Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All-vitamin Food Quest Would Be Valuable in War Time Sydney
English physiologists, working on the new theory or purification of vitamins, may shortly make a discovery that would be of tremendous…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Riot in Brussels Prime Minister Injured Echo of War-time Scandal Brussels, February 2
A riotous demonstration, in which the Prime Minister (M. Paul Spaak) was hurt, followed the Government's appointment to the Royal Flemish Academy of Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Havoc of Spanish War
One bomb did this. Tearing through a dozen homes, it caused 20 deaths. An incident in the capture of the town of Borjas Blancas, strategic Tarragona…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Women's Part in War
The newly formed Newcastle branch of the Women's Voluntary Services began operations at the City Hall to-day. Vountary helpers enrolled a large number of women. The picture shows the President (Mrs. A. C. Arnold) advising Mrs. F. Lane and Mrs. M. A. Fitzpatric on details of the new movement. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fostering War Spirit Menace To Human Nature
Any nation that cultivates the spirit of war is a menace to the development of the noblest attributes of human nature, Sir Richard Gregory,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Germans Do Not Want War Says Traveller Sydney
"People in Australia do not realise how lucky they are to be living here," declared Mr. A. Bakker, general manager of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charges Against U.S. War Material Supplied to Germany MIAMI, February 5
Mathew Woll, a Labour leader, to-day charged the United States Administration with giving preferential treatment to Germany, enabling the Nazi Government…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Left to Members Support for Recruiting Campaign Wallsend Returned Soldiers' Decision
Wallsend sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League has adopted an attitude to the recruiting campaign different from that of at least four other sub-branches…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →More Join Units Big Increase in Enlistments
Military authorities said to-day that there had been a marked increase in enlistment figures during the past week…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Not Getting a Fair Deal" Two Returned Men at the Lake
"These two returned soldiers in the shire are not getting a fair deal," declared Cr. J. Harrington last night at the meeting of the Lake Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Changes in Anzac Day March Newcastle Officials Disapprove
The President (Mr. G. Shaw) and Secretary (Mr. H. G. Peters) of the Newcastle sub-branch of the Returned. Soldiers' League disagree strongly with the suggestion of Mr. K. McConnel, a Sydney architect and original Anzac,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War; Brother Against Brother
Human incident from the Spanish civil war, when brothers serving in opposing armies were united. When the nationalist forces captured Tarragona, the soldier serving with Franco's forces (wearing steel helmet) embraces his brother of the Government side, before he was taken prisoner…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Office Ignores New Shell
Inventor of a new-type shell which, he claims will affect the entire trend of modern war in the air, a young British scientist…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mother's Will Contested "War to Death," Said Judge Sydney
"She has declared war to death," said Mr. Justice Lukin in the Federal Bankruptcy Court to-day, when combined…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →306 MEMBERS City Returned Soldiers League Sub-branch Meets
Although sub-branches of the Returned Soldiers' League have been formed in several suburbs, the membership of the Newcastle Sub-branch has continued to…
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