Japan Plans for War of Four Years
TOKIO, Saturday:-- The Premier (Prince Konoye), on the assumption that there will be four years war in China, has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Northern Rivers · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1938
1,368 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 69
Population Loss of Babies Greater than Number of War Dead
A population loss of babies, rather greater than the number of men killed in the war, was shown by Australian statistics, said Professor Harvey…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Shot Dead Woman Wounded in Head
After shots had been heard at the rear of an office in Oxide Street, Broken Hill, a woman rushed into the street bleeding from the head. More shots…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Game of Chess Completed Interrupted During Great War
LONDON, Monday:--A game of chess, which was interrupted by the sinking of the battleship Queen Mary during the Great War, has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Declaration of War ? Japs. Policy Towards China TOKIO
The Cabinet to-day resumed its important series of conferences designed to "settle finally Japan's fundamental policy towards China.'' Among the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Come and Help Us" Sino-Japanese War Chinese Broadcast Appeal Cut Short by Japs LONDON, Sunday. (Continued from Page 7)
"Come and help us, or it will be too late." These were the last words on earth of three Chinese wireless operators, Hju San, Cho Ling and Feu Hu, who, on January 5, were working behind locked, steel doors…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Record Anticipated Sydney's Anzac Day March SYDNEY
An official of the Returned Soldiers' League anticipates that the Anzac Day match this year will be the greatest on record. Apart from a special…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Anzac Day March Free Railway Passes Record Expected This Year
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--An official of the Returned Soldiers' League anticipates that the Anzac Day march this year will be the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cagoulards Affair "Provoke Civil War to Lead to Foreign War"
PARIS, Tuesday:-- "The Cagoulards affair is entering on an entirely new phase," declared the Minister for the Interior (M. Dormoy), addressing newspapermen after a day of intense police activities following further confessions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Demilitarised Japanese Battleship Prepared for War Again
LONDON, Monday.-- The naval correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says it is learned in London that Japan has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ranks of Pre-war Cricketers Being Reduced
A cablegram from London announced recently that F. E. Woolley will play for Kent County Club for one more season, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Spanish War. Terrific Explosion in Madrid ? PARIS
Mystery surrounds reports from Valencia that a terrific explosion in Madrid wrecked eight blocks of houses and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Suggestion Rejected Referendum Before War In United States WASHINGTON
The House of Representatives rejected, by 209 votes to 188, a proposal to take up an amendment by Mr. Ludlow, providing that any suggestion that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lord De La War in Fremantle En Route to Sydney Celebrations
FREMANTLE, Tuesday:-- Coming to Australia at the invitation of the Federal Government to represent the British Cabinet at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Franco's War On Basque Culture LONDON
Further evidence of General Franco's plan to exterminate the Basque culture and break the Basques' national pride is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Visit to Northern Ireland British War Secretary
LONDON, Tuesday:-- The Secretary of State for War (Mr. L. Hore-Bellsha) is flying to Northern Ireland on a visit of inspection to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Memory of Great War Tribute to Britain
The gigantic statue of Britannia at the entrance to Boulogne Harbour which will for ever commemorate the landing there of a million of Britain's manhood…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Speed In War Motors and Mobility Suggestion For Australia
Recent happenings in Japan and Spain have served to emphasise the fact that, in modern warfare, speed is a decisive…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Japan No Longer Recognises Govt. of Kai-shek Compromise with Those Desiring War Declaration
LONDON, Sunday:--The Japanese Government announced to-day that it would no longer recognise the Chiang Kai-shek Government. "We will continue our punitive measures," it added, "and fully…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"War Far From Being Inevitable" MELBOURNE
The belief that war was far from being inevitable was expressed by the Lord Privy Seal (Earl De La Warr) when he was the guest of the…
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