A Soldier Shows the Way
"I congratulate Senator Collett on the clear and informative way in which he introduced this, the first major measure of which he had…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1939
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Welcome Home King and Queen Again in London
With the Royal standard flying over Buckingham Palace for the first time in six weeks, the King and Queen and the Processes Elizabeth and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clash with Police Civic Guards Wounded in Eire London
Two civic guards were wounded at Fenmore, County Cork, where a Republican procession clashed with the police. The troops and armored cars…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Spectre Could Be Banished by U.S.A. PARIS
The Foreign Minister (M. Bonnet), in a speech declared: "If the United States would make it known that it would be on our side at the start of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →England's Edison Is 94 Queen Victoria Smacked His Face Fought in Crimean War at Age of Eleven LONDON, June 10
Known as "England's Edison", Colonel Evelyn Rookes Crompton, the man who invented electric light, this week celebrated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War and Peace Ideas That Clash the Democracies And the Alternatives
Following his two previous articles under the captions of "War and Peace" (June 14) and "What is the Cause of War?" (June 17),…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lost in Northern Territory 100 Men Searching for Soldier Darwin
One hundred troops of the Mobile Force are searching the bush 40 miles from Darwin for a gunner in the regiment, who has been lost, since noon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Airman Finds Soldier Wandered From Shooting Party Darwin
Gunner John Harris, of the Darwin Mobile Force, who had been missing in the bush 40 miles south of Darwin since Saturday, was found unharmed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Military Training and Returned Soldiers
The Federal Government's present plan for military preparedness appears to contain the germ of its own undoing. With perhaps a false regard for democratic "rights," military training has been made voluntary, depending for its success on satisfactory response to a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Preference to Soldiers Hospital Board Fined
The Returned Soldiers' Employment Board took action against the Coonabarabran District Hospital on charges of having failed to give preference…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →May Last for 100 YEARS Sino-Japanese War No Nearer End Chinese Resistance Astounds World Japan Has Spent £550,000,000 to Date
SINCE the first rifle went off in July, 1937, the Sino-Jananese war greatest Armaeddon in Far- Eastern history—has cost Japan £6450,000,000, or more than five times the entire cost of the Russo-Japanese war…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War?
"Although the international situation might be extremely grave war is not inevitable," was declared yesterday, to the Sydney Legacy Club, by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"War Not Inevitable" Speech by Mr. Menzies Paying the Premium Against Risk. Brisbane
The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies), addressing members of the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures to-day, declared that war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Memorial Hall and Library
A visiting motorist reports that he almost caine to grief near the Paco Service Station at the foot of Pine Avenue on a recent night. Proceeding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers'Queen On Top As Competition Hears Conclusion OVER £1800 RECEIVED
THE Leeton Silver Jubilee Queen Competition after a very joyful and successful run comes to an end at 9 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Successful Returned Soldiers' Queen Ball
LAST Friday night St. Peter's Hall was crowded with a gay throng of people at the Returned Soldiers' Queen Ball. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Will Not Go to War" LONDON
A high German official to-day told the British United Press: "We will not go into war against half the world for Danzig, which is already…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grave Fears Felt in France "Only a Spark Needed to Blow Up Powder-keg" Calmer Views in Britain Consultations Over Danzig Polish Spokesman Says Any Acts of Violence Will Be Ground For War LONDON
Official quarters in London state that the situation in Danzig is being closely and continuously watched in consultation with the French Government. While alarmist speculations are discounted in London, however, France takes a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"The War of Nerves" Rome
The press celebrates the winning of another round in "the war of nerves" between the Reich and the encircling notions. It is jubilantly claimed that the utmost anxiety regarding the possibility of a Danzig coup prevailed in London and Paris, but…
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