War Material. Manufacture in Australia. Progress Last Year
Government factories engaged in the manufacture of munitions and clothing for the Defence Department made great progress in 1936…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1937
3,421 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 172
N.s.w. Jewish War Memorial. Maccabean Institute
Sunday, January 10.—Talkies, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Special Programme. Members' Monthly Dance. Owing to the holidays it was deemed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Deaths "As Heavy As Spanish War" Detroit, December 18
A big list of injured and dead is being set up in Detroit, according to Traffic Director Edward A. Mitte. "I don't know why everyone is so…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →War Fears May Cause Crisis "Courage Needed To Maintain Peace"
Unless great efforts are made in Europe, fears of war may precipitate a crisis, said the secretary of the League of Nations Union, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →War on Religion. "Godless International." New Communist Proposal. Moscow, Jan. 6
Sixteen hundred delegates from 40 States will attend the Godless Congress in February. The agenda includes motions for the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →New Governor Appointed. Lord Wakehurst of Ardingly. "A Brilliant Young Man." Conspicuous Service During the War
Lord Wakehurst, of Ardingly, has been appointed Governor of New South Wales, in succession to the late Admiral Sir Murray Anderson. The Lieutenant-Governor (Sir Philip Street) announced last…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Soldiers' Offences the Death Sentence
There are more than a dozen different offences for which a soldier may be sentenced to death while on active service…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Appreciation
Each Christmas the female staff of the Rural Bank provides cheer for the soldier inmates of the Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick. Each man receives a packet of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →State's New Governor N.S.W. Will Like Lord Wakehurst Soldier, Author and Sportsman
THE new Governor of New South Wales will be Lord Wakehurst, who until last year was Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Distinguished Soldier Dead Lieut.-col. Woods
Lieutenant-Colonel Percy William Woods, D.S.O. (Bar), M.C., late Officer Commanding the 55th Battalion, A.I.F., died in Sydney Hospital on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Passing Of War Worker
The death occurred last Tuesday at Mosman, after a short illness, of Miss Annie A. Evans, M.B.E., an outstanding war worker, whose work at the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Russia's Immense War Fund Moscow
RUSSIA'S defence Budget will involve more than £750,000,000, it is indicated officially from the Kremlin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Australia a Haven." European Unrest. War Psychology
Mr. Raymond Watt, national secretary of the League of Nations Union, who returned to Sydney yesterday by the Mongolia, after leading the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Prevention of War Possible Peace Delegate's Views
"WHAT will you do towards preserving pence?" Mr. Raymond Watt, secretary of the League of Nations Union, who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Debts May Be Discussed British Minister's Visit To U.S.A. LONDON
The President of the Board ol Trade (Mr. Runciman) will sail for America to-morrow, ostensibly on a private visit, but "The Sun" under…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →International Fascism Wages War on Spain Complicity of Baldwin Government German Troops Lead Latest Offensive Against Madrid
WAR! Without the formality of declaring war, fascist Germany, fascist Italy, aided by fascist Portugal, are conducting open and direct military aggression against the Spanish government and nation!…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →End of Dispute with Ireland May Be Near Why de Valera Is Anxious for a Settlement Alive to British Power in War London
THERE is good reason to believe that an important new move towards terminating the deadlock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Memorial Hospital Decorated for Christmas
The Christmas season was carried out with the usual warmth and festivity. At the main hospital the decorations were very beautiful. Morning Glories were used to decorate the main hall, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Military Heroes." School Teacher's Criticism. History Glorifying War. Melbourne
A South Australian delegate to the annual conference of the Australian Teachers' Federation to-day attacked the methods of teaching history in the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Franco-turkish War Alarm Is Raised in Paris Turkey Asked to Recall Ships, Troops, From Syrian Zone Paris
LE JOURNAL says of Turkey's demand that the Syrian provinces of Alexandretta and Antioch should be made independent of the French mandate: "Frenchmen will, no doubt, be surprised to learn that there is a menace of war;…
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