Bombs Returned for Gifts Italian Chiefs and Bishop Wounded Rome
An official communique states that after the distribution of gifts at the churches and masques at Addis Ababa a section of the crowd threw…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1937
3,421 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 172
Dog War N.C.A. to Meet This Week Owners Are Between Two Stools
THE dog war has by no means ended. When the bomb burst on January 1 it did not have the effect…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To Aid Children of Soldiers Legacy Club Appeals for Funds
"A square peg in a round hole is an age-old problem, but when applied to the youth of Australia," said Mr. A. E. Church, president of Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →One Possible At Anzac Rifle Range
WITH clubs shooting at 300, 500, 600, 700, and 800 yards at Anzac range on Saturday, E. Faux (Yorkshire) was the only…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →War Souvenir. German Soldier's Letter Sent to Owner From Adelaide
A letter which an Australian soldier found on a German soldier after an engagement in Flanders, in 1918, and which he sent to his sister in Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rifle Shooting. Club Matches at Anzac. at 700 Yards
ANNANDALE.—10 shots: v. Smith 47, M. O'Connor 46, C. Fox 16, E. Loncragan 44, R. Parsons 44, J. Butterworth 44, E. Fox 44, S. Thorpe 44, G. Daniels 44, F. J. Wilmette 44, A. Fox 43, W. R,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grenader Hurled. Addis Ababa Crowd. Italian Leaders Wounded. London, Feb. 21
An Italian official communique states that, after a distribution of gifts to the churches and mosques of Addis Ababa, people in the crowd…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →German War Lord. Conciliatory Speech. BERLIN, Feb. 21
The Minister for Defence and head of the Reichswehr (General von Blumberg), when opening a war commemoration service in the Opera House, in the presence of Herr Hitler…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War Planes Cost Too Much, Is Argued LONDON
POINTING to marked price discrepancies between civil and military aeroplanes, the Sunday Express's aviation correspondent asks, "Is there a ring controlling military aeroplane prices?"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Returned Soldiers. Kempsey
A the annual meeting of the Macleay subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League, Dr. Earle Page, Mr. L. O. Martin, Mr. R. S. Vincent, and Messrs. H. E. Chapple (Mayor). A…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →News of The World Cabled By Our Correspondents Conscription Call-up in Civil War Cabinet Summons to 150,000 Young Men Slow Paralysis Spreading In Loyalist Areas 'From Bad to Worse' Madrid
THE Spanish Government has turned to conscription in its war against the rebels. The Premier, Senor Largo Caballero, has signed a decree calling up all men between 23 and 27 years…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wounded by Bullet. Man's Condition Still Critical. MELBOURNE
William Thomas, 73, who was wounded [?] a stray bullet while police were ch[?] thieves at Kew on Saturday, had not [?] any improvement in his condition to-[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Africa Looks to War Revenue
CAPETOWN, Monday.--The Government has decided to spend £2,250.000 on improvements to Capetown Harbor. The work is designed to make the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fifth Doctor on the Way Wounded General At Addis Ababa ROME
A fifth medical man, Dr. Cesare Frugoni, is flying from Rome to Addis Ababa to assist in attending General Liotta, who was seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →German Play on War Incidents Berlin
A PLAY dealing with the achievements of the German spy, Loder, who was imprisoned in the Tower of London during the war, is at present…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Govt’s Counter Attack Successful Madrid Front In Biggest Battle of war. "Closing of the Frontiers"
MADRID, Feb. 21.—Victorious counter-attacks by the popular forces, the easing of the pressure of the Valencia Road sector, and in general the wresting of the Initiative from the hands of fascists marked the fighting during the latter part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →As London Grows So Does Danger Menace of Air War Limit the City, Says Expert London
"THE contingency of war was symbolised on January 1 by the dropping of insurance against war risks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Woman Soldier, Sailor, and Pirate. The Remarkable Life of Mary Read
FACT is stranger than fiction, and the career of Mary Read, soldier, sailor, pirate, and lover, goes beyond the wildest dreams of the most advanced feminists. The slory of this seventeenth century girl, recorded in a recent volume of female biographies, seems to show that if Europe flies again to arms, regiments of women may be a natural rather than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returned Soldier Bank Clerks
At the second annual meeting of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Ltd., subbranch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia, the report showed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatally Wounded Kyogle
Injuries which resulted in his death in the Kyogle Memorial Hospital last night were suffered by Albert Featherstone, 18, of Homeleigh, when…
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