Spanish War Non-intervention a Farce? Influx of Volunteers London
The admission that while the Spanish Non-Intervention Committee was considering ways and means of preventing the influx of volunteers to…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1937
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Huge Programme of Defence Britain Plans to Raise £400,000,000 Money to be Borrowed Under War Loan Act Budget Surpluses Earmarked Labor Opposition Expected; Liberal Leaders Astonished LONDON
To meet the rapidly growing expenditure on defence programmes, the British Government is taking powers to raise capital and use the Budget surpluses for defence purposes over a period of live years, to the maximum fixed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Is War Inevitable?"
Five thousand delegates from all over the world attended the People's World Peace Congress, at Brussels on September 3-6 1936…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Badly Wounded Shot by Youths with Blank Cartridge Melbourne
Horace Hunter, who was badly wounded by young bandits with sawnoff shotguns at his shop in Northcote last night, was shot with a blank…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hungarian Duellist Bank Official Seriously Wounded Question of Wife's Honor BUDAPEST (Hungary)
"I want to get them off my chest," declared Dr. Francis Sarga to-day, referring to three remaining duels to which he had committed himself. One…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another War Nurse Included Melbourne
The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) to-day approved of the selection of a seventh war[?]murse, Miss E. M. Paton, of Queensland, of represent Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain's Defence £400,000,000 SCHEME Defended by war Secretary "Fearful Menace Lurking" London
Declaring that Britain was arming in the cause of peace, the secretary for War (Mr. Duff-Cooper), speaking at a Conservative meeting to-day, said:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Day, 1937
Anzac Day, 1937, falls on Sunday and already, there is a move to hold sporting events on Monday, April 26, which will be the day observed as the public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Youth Fatally Wounded Shot While Rabbiting Gundagai
Edward George Clarkson, aged 19 years, was fatally injured yesterday when he was shot through the abdomen while out rabbiting. The police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Avoid War!
Last night an address on the "World Peace Movement" was given by one of the delegates to the Brussels Peace Conference; and he stressed what had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldiers
An invitation is extended to returned soldiers to attend the annual meeting of the Wagga sub-branch of the league, which will be held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →1938 Celebrations List of Events Australia Day to Anzac Day SYDNEY
The Minister for Labor. (Mr. Dunbingham), who is Minister in charge of the 1938 celebrations, to-day made available the first authoritative list of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nations Profoundly Stirred Biggest Post-War Development LONDON
The "Morning Post" diplomatic correspondent says that the British rearmament programme is regarded in diplomatic circles as the most…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nations Profoundly Impressed Biggest Post-war Development London
The "Morning Post" diplomatic correspondent says that the British rearmament programme is regarded in diplomatic circles as the most…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spanish War Loyalist Offensive Rebels Withdraw Near Jarama River But Advance in North London
Under cover of an intense artillery bombardment before dawn, General Miaja to-day launched a powerful loyalist offensive on the Jarama…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wires, 'Phones, & Cables Featuring News a Day Ahead of Other Newspapers Reaching Cootamundra Will Prevent War Lord Nuffield's View CANBERRA
Lord Nuffield said to-day, before his departure from Canberra, that Britain's £1,500 million rearmaments programme would prevent war rather than cause…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spanish War Big Rebel Attack Halted by Dynamite and 'Planes LONDON
Fighting has been resumed on the Jarama front, south-east of Madrid, where the Spanish rebels, after resisting counter-attacks for two days, have ed the road with ''…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Europe Through Australian Eyes Will There be War in 1937? the Spanish Cauldron Glimpses of Dutch Royal Wedding
In her latest budget of articles from Europe, Aileen Alpen, the special correspondent of "The Daily Advertiser" touches on the situation in Spain and criticises the British attitude, which she describes as…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Woman Wounded by Masked Robber Melbourne
Miss E. Spurr, of Station-street. Burwopd, was shot in the breast, put only slightly wounded, by a masked man, who entered a shop in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Abyssinia Bombs Thrown in Capital General Graziani Wounded Rome
After the distribution of gifts to churches and mosques at Addis Ababa, a section of the crowd threw several hand-grenades, slightly wounding .the…
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