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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

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British Food Stocks in War Time London

Northern Star · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 12

A private member's motion urging that in view of experience gained in [?]e war, and to avoid similar risks in any future emergency, the…

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Lunghai Battle on Long Front War in China Shanghai

Northern Star · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 9

The battle of Lunghai is developing on a front of 400 miles from the Hawai River to the Peiping- Hankow railway, 300 miles south of…

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Lord Nuffield Says Britain Will Not Become Involved in War. Sydney

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 5

Viscount Nuffield, British car manufacturer, who arrived in Sydney to-day by the liner Orion, said he was convinced that there was no industrial boom in…

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WOUNDED Wife, Then Suicided Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 9

After shouting and seriously injuring his wife in a street at Belmore early to-day, Walter Ernest Hall (44), a painter, of…

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Undenominational Services Urged Anzac Commemoration In Victoria

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday:--A move to have undenominational Anzac services in Victoria this year is receiving support and is likely to cause keen…

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Anzac Day in Sydney Coraki Arrangements Coraki

Northern Star · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 5

The annual report of Coraki branch of the Returned Soldiers' League stated that 1937 had been a successful year. In efforts to help Diggers the…

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Anzac Day March in Sydney Question of Leave For Diggers

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 10

Recently Mullumbimby Sub-Branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. suggested that the parent body ask the business firms throughout the State to grant leave…

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Wounded Left to Die on Battlefields China's Ghastly Wastage Of Man Power

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday:--A message from Shanghai states that hundreds of thousands of Chinese wounded have been left to die on the battle fields. The utter failure of China to organise a medical service is the principal weakness…

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War Risks for Australian Primary Products Conference with Minister

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 6

CANBERRA, Friday:--War risks are being considered by Australian primary producers. Representatives of all the major…

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Averse to Games in Country at War British Empire Federation

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday:--The members of the British Empire Games Federation placed on record their disinclination to participate in Olympic Games…

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Soldiers Took Sergeant's Car

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 8

Sentence of 28 days' detention was promulgated at Aldershot on L. Cpls. Henry Brookfield and George Petrie, of the Queen's Bays, who had been found…

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Anzac Service New Form Suggested in Victoria

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday:-- A move to have an undenominational Anzac service in Victoria this year is gaining support, and is likely…

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War Graves Planner Dead

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 8

LONDON, Saturday:-- The death occurred to-day of Captain J. S. Parker, chief horticultural officer to the War Graves Commission, who laid out…

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The War in Spain

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 3

ST. JEAN DE LUZ, Sunday:-- Rebels report that in the course of the Palomera operations they took prisoner 11,768, buried 5000…

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China War. Japanese Gain Walls of Tangyin Shanghai

Northern Star · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 7

The Japanese have reached the walls of Tangyin, and are now only 80 miles from striking distance of the Lunghai railway…

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Two Killed and Three Wounded Terrorist Outrage in Palestine

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 8

JERUSALEM, Sunday:-- Masked terrorists invaded the home of an Arab policeman and fired at all the males there, killing the policeman and…

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Japanese Advance Continues China War. Shanghai

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 7

There were further smashing Japanese advances today, in a steamroller push from the north towards…

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Lull in War in Spain Franco's Eyes on European Situation

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.-- A Barcelona message states that fierce fighting continues on the Estramadura front. Rebel infantry…

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Seaplane's Forced Landing Navy's Practice "War" Interrupted

Tweed Daily · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- The practice "war" between the "Red" and "Blue" forces was interrupted late this afternoon when the reconnaissance…

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Rebel Ship Surrenders to Govt. Spanish War. Barcelona

Northern Star · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 9

A REBEL armed trawler and 20 members of the crew surrendered to the Government and entered Barcelona harbour. The…

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