China War Defenders Take Heart Japanese in Difficulties SHANGHAI
The fighting at Chengkufeng, between Russia and Japan, has heartened the Chinese troops and increased the general optimism due to the slow…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1938
1,157 stories in Riverina's papers · page 37 of 58
Local and General Did the Great War No More Good Than Harm?
Tomorrow night, at the Assembly Room of the Town Hall, a public debate upon the above question will be held. The side taking the affirmative…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spanish War British Liner Held to Shot Fired Over Bows London
The British liner, Liandaff Castle, bound from England to South Africa, was held up by a Spanish Nationalist armed trawler In the Straits of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Trocadero" to Be Soldiers' Memorial Hall Pine Avenue Block to Be Relinquished Returned Soldiers' Executive Meets Council
IF arrangements now under consideration are completed, the Leeton Beach of the Returned Soldiers and Sal[?] League will relinquish its occupancy of the Gildeaway block in Pine Avenue, which has been the headquarters of the League for many years…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Preparations in Wipe Italy "Getting Ready" Mussolini's Speech Rome
"Italy has no illusions about peace and is preparing for war declared Signon Mussolini reviewing . 25,000 officers and men to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Spanish War Case of British Liner Shot Fired by Dutch, not Nationalists LONDON
The Union Company to-day denied reports that the liner Llandaff Castle was ordered to heave to by a Nationalist aimed trawler in the Straits of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bombers Raid Alicante 50 KILLED; 200 Wounded Valencia
Then Savo[?]a bombers Majorca raided Alicante to-day, and in half an hour dropped 150 high-explosive bombs on the city. Fifty person were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →France and Italy "War" on Tourist Front London
A curious "war" on the tourist front has broken out between France and Italy, according to a message from the Paris correspondent ol "The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →500 Killed and Wounded More Japanese Bombings Shanghai
The Japanese bombed Yanghshi, and 500 people are reported to be killed and wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Economics in the Far Eastern War The Deciding Factor
The undeclared war in China has now been in progress for twelve months, and, despite the continued Japanese victories, the end does not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War In Spain Eighteen Nationalist 'Planes Shot Down Barcelona
Eighteen Nationalist 'planes are reported to have been shot down in the Gandesa sector in one of the largest air battles of the war. The fight…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Returned Soldiers' Women's Auxiliary Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the of the Women's Auxiliary of the Tumut Branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. was held in the. C.W.A. Rooms last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dance at Lamalac T.b. Soldiers and Hall Benefit
One of the most successful country dances held this season eventuated in the Laemalac Memorial Hall on Friday night last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rival Claims in Spanish War Barcelona
The Loyalists claim that their troops wiped out the entire Rebel Fourth, Navarre Division, south of Gandesa. Rebal headquarters state that after several days' hard fighting, they dislodged the Loyalists from their last position before…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italian Casualties in Spanish War Rome
The total Italian casualties, in the Spanish civil war are now given as 11,468…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German People Have No Desire for War London
Reports from various parts of Germany state that the public is becoming seriously alarmed regarding the extent of the military manoeuvres,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →China War Japanese Embassy Official Arrested in London; Later Released LONDON
Following an incident outside the Japanese embassy. Major T. Takahashi, Japanese assistant military attache, was arrested…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Synod Discusses War and Peace "Must Face the Facts" Sydney
War was not inevitable, unless made so by fierce patriotism, yet the world to-day was spending £3,000,000,000 in preparing for war, said the Rev. J. H…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Remarkable Letters Britain, Germany and War Would Dominions Fight? L0rd Rothermere and Mr. Steed London
A remarkable series of letters between Mr. Henry Wickham Steed, the noted journalist and lecturer, and Lord Rothermere, proprietor of the "Daily…
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