South Africa Prepares Insurance For Risk of War 100 Cheap 'Planes Capetown
ON the principle that the best insurance for peace is preparedness for war, the Union Government is taking…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1937
3,421 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 172
Hitler, Mussolini Wage Open War Against Big Sydney Peace Rally Brussels Congress Delegates Report
SYDNEY, Feb. 8. — The Savoy Theatre was packed to the doors last night when Raymond Watt, of the League of Nations Union, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Planning for War. Ensuring Adequate Food Supply (From Our Special Representative.) London, Feb. 11
A warning that, in the event of war, Germany's economic structure must be so strong that it would not collapse as it did during the last war, was given in a lecture by Colonel…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A.j.c. Anzac Day Meeting
PRIZE-MONEY totalling £2300 will be distributed at the A.J.O. meeting on April 26. when half the profits are to be distributed among soldiers'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hughes and War Pensions Marked Change of Attitude
Mr. W. M. Hughes won an election by promising the returned soldiers a gratuity which cost the Common-wealth many millions of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bread War Now at Bondi Price Cutting Extends To Eastern Suburbs
The bread war, which began in Redfern and Waterloo, has now extended to the Eastern Suburbs. A Bondi Junction grocer to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Spanish Civil War 'Planes Bomb Warships Cruiser Severely Damaged Ruthless Reprisals Gibraltar
SEVERE reprisals taken by Government 'planes against the Spanish rebel cruiser Canarius are reported from Bilbao. It is claimed that the cruiser was bombarded by two squadrons of 'planes, several direct hits being recorded, and the vessel, severely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Game Lessons at Singapore Value of Aircraft for Combating Attack Singapore, February 4
WHAT are the lessons of the three-day-long Singapore defence manoeuvres-- the biggest combined operations ever held east of the Mediterranean? They ended to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Minister Talks of Risk of War "Imminent Danger" Defence Loan Lessons Men Wanted London
EVEN the most optimistic people must recognise the signs of an approaching catastrophe, said the War…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Carnival. Parade of "Wooden Soldiers."
The chairman of the New South Wales Police Carnival committee (Sergeant A. W. Pickard) stated yesterday that a record number of entries had been received for the athletic events at the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Soldiers' Pensions. Payments to Dependents. Restoration Sought
The Minister for Health (Mr. Hughes) has agreed to lead a deputation to the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) on behalf of limbless and blinded returned soldiers and sailors' who are…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Pensions and Tribunals--No. 11 Medical Benefits To Deceased Soldiers' Dependents
FREE medical attention and medicines are made available to certain dependents of deceased soldiers. Those eligible are: widows and…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Armament Shares Soar in Britain £400,000,000 to Be Borrowed by War Loan Authority Sought For Five Years' Programme LONDON
ARMAMENT shares rose generally following the tabling in the House of Commons last night of a war financial programme unprecedented in British history. Gilt-edged securities dropped sharply but recovered under the weight of newspaper propaganda to the effect that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Today's News Of The World From, Daily Telegraph Exclusive Correspondents Secret Raid While Town Slept Atmosphere of War Created Ghostly Traffic Under Purple Lights LONDON
WHILE the 40,000 inhabitants of Bedford were asleep and entirely unaware, the Air- Ministry carried out secretly over their town the most complete air raid test ever held in England…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Play Competition
The winner of the 193637 Play Competition held by the Anzac Festival Committee is Mr. Roy S. Hodge, of 47 Ashburner-street, Manly,…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →No Religion At Civic Anzac Service CASINO
On the grounds that certain prayers and hymns were from Protestant books and that this prevented the attendance of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →58 Pellets Wounded Man in Hold-up Melbourne
Horace Hunter, who was badly wounded by young bandits with sawn-off shot guns at His shop in Northcote last night…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →War and the Masses
IN almost every newspaper published in any part of the world there is talk of war. But generally speaking the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →'Treated Like Dogs' In Spanish War PARIS
"We fought like lions, but they treated us like dogs." Thus wrote 14 French…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Warning of Imminent War "Approaching Catastrophe," Minister Says LONDON
ANY lingering doubts that may be held as to the imminence of a devastating war, in which Britain fears she may be involved, should…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →