Preparedness for War Best Insurance For Peace Sth. Africa Looks to Defences
CAPE TOWN, Thursday:-- The British Government has undertaken to supply South Africa with 100 aeroplanes for £200 each, less…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern Rivers · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1937
992 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 50
War Pensions
The secretary of the Lismore branch of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. H. C. Nott) has been informed by the State secretary that a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Danger of War Minister's Warning Appeal For Recruits To Army
LONDON, Saturday.--A grave warning of the imminence of war was uttered by Mr. A. Duff Cooper, British Secretary of State for War, in a speech at Edinburgh…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Battle for Road Controlling Food Supplies Spain's Civil War Successful Counter Attack Claim of Loyalist Forces
LONDON, Sunday:--The battle for the mastery of the Valencia Highway, on which Madrid's food supplies depend, continues. The Government claims that after the defeat of Moroccan cavalry and German mechanised forces at Vacia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Day Holiday On April 26
The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) said that the State executive of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League had advised him that it…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Want to Get Them Off My Chest" Duelling Doctor's Challenges Opponent Seriously Wounded
BUDAPEST, Sunday:--"I want to get them off my chest," said Dr. Francis Sarga, who recently challenged nine men…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Party of War Nurses for Coronation Another Appointment May Be Made
SYDNEY, Monday:--Sir Archdale Farkhill (Minister for Defence) said, to day he was considering a suggestion by the Returned Soldiers' League…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Annual Meeting Lismore Returned Soldiers
A year of many and varied activities will be reviewed in the president's report at the annual meeting of the Lismore branch of the Returned…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Anzac Day 1937 Commemoration at Coolangatta
The Mayor (Ald. S. W. Winders), the Town Clerk (Mr. G. E. Gregory), the Rev. J. A. G. Housden (Church of England), Rev. T. H. Taylor…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Germans' Tribute British Navy's Last Casualty in Great War
GIBRALTAR, Monday:--Officers and men of the German pocket-battleship Deutschland placed wreaths [?] the graves of the personnel of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Where the War Originated
A street in Tetuan, one of the largest cities in Spanish Morocco, where the present civil war originated…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Canadian Defence Policy "Not Preparing for War"
OTTAWA, Tuesday:--The Prime Minister (Mr. Mackenzie King), defending the Government's 35,000,000 dollars defence policy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Day Observance in Quenesland Churches
BRISBANE, Thursday:--The Presbyterian, Baptist and Congregational Churches have decided to observe Anzac Day on Sunday, April 25. No…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Heading Towards War" Warning by Labor Peer Keeping Colonies as Closed Preserve
LONDON, Wednesday:--Initiating a debate in the House of Lords on the subject of colonies, Lord Noel Buxton (Labor) said:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Enough Foreigners For Victory War in Spain 70,000 Italians and Germans
LONDON, Wednesday:--It is widely assumed that the Foreign Governments supporting General Franco believe that they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →With the Missionaries in Abyssinia Troublous Times in War and Revolution. Faithful Natives Give Succor
Writing from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under date November 11th, Missioner Hope Russell says:—I have had it in mind for quite a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Formation Justified Urbenville Returned Soldiers' League President's Review
In his report to the second annual meeting of Urbenville branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, the president, Mr. S…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Light Horse Camp Worth £1700 to Town Citizens' Duty For Soldiers
An encampment of the Light Horse is, worth, directly more than £1700 to a town, while the men also spend well according to Mr. J. S…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"No Ill-feeling" Hitler's Speech to Old Soldiers MUNICH
"The German people no longer entertain the slightest ill-feeling over the war. Nothing remains but the greatest respect for our former…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mullumbmby Returned Men Monthly Meeting Conducted
Mullumbimby Sub-Branch, R.S.S. I.L.A., decided on Thursday night to be represented at the Billinudgel Diggers' re-union on Saturday, February…
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