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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
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Several charges of false pretences and larceny as a ballee against William Alexander Mackenzie, 35, salesman, were heard by Mr. Atkinson, S.M., at the Central Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The annual meeting of members of the Hurstville sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers League was held in the Memorial Hall on the 13th…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THERE was uproar in the Commons when the Foreign Minister (Mr. Eden) declared that agents had set up recruiting depots in London and that men had been "shanghaied" while drunk to serve in the Spanish civil…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GOULBURN, Thursday.--Ball was refused Frank Eustace Langford, 26, said to have come from Sydney, when he appeared at the police court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SHANGHAI, Thursday.--The Nanking Central Government received a telegram from the commander of the Communist rebel armies in Shensi…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MONTHS of intermittent fighting in Spain seem to have brought the civil war there no nearer to conclusion. Officially, the issue between the Socialist…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A MILITARY pensioner had his scalp lifted at the nape of his neck and the inside of his mouth gashed, while another…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CAIRNS, Thursday.--While bathing in the sea at Branston yesterday, David William Taylor was stung to death by a Portuguese man-o'-war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Minister for Defence (Sir Archdale Parkhill) yesterday announced that one officer and 24 ratings, all of Australian birth, had been chosen as…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →HECTIC incidents in the war-time career of W. M. Hughes are recalled in Vol. XI. of "The Official History of the War." The volume also presents a learned disquisition upon…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Madrid correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" gives an Interesting survey of civilian life in the besieged capital. The cinemas are still open in Madrid. Joan…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →At the annual meeting of the Corrimal subbranch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League of Australia, the following officers were elected:—Returning officer, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In answer, to strong protests against the manner in which the Preference to Returned Soldiers Act was being applied to the railway service, the Minister for Transport…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WHILE Australia is steadily building up her defences and developing her permanent establishments, Japan is drawing on Australian resources for raw materials intended for armament construction…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Portuguese Government will meet to-day to decide what measures will be taken to prevent the occurrence of further bombing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WITH some petrol re-seliers passing on the major oil companies' reduction of 1d. a gallon and others maintaining the former prices of 18…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MR. R. T. McLAUGHLIN, of "Walmac," Baradine, has suggested the formation of a Soldier Settlers' Defence Association, and would like the names of at least seven settlers…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →THE former Irish soldier, who is believed to have been the victim of the Wedderburn mine shaft tragedy. carried papers on which the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A LOCAL "war" between the northern and southern sections of the Erina Shire was taken another stage to-day with elections in three…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →SENATOR PITTMAN introduced a resolution which will require the president not only to put an embargo on shipments of arms,…
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