Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

Sydney · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1938

3,524 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 177

Tug - O' - War "L.d." Cup Eastern Suburbs A.l.p. Picnic

The Labor Daily · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 6

KEEN competition prevailed yesterday at the annual picnic of the Eastern Suburbs A.L.P. branches when the tug-o-war for "The Labor…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Japanese General's Outburst Tells Britain To Stand Aloof In China Otherwise War Shanghai

The Labor Daily · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 5

GENERAL MATSUI, Commander in-Chief of the Japanese Forces in China, has stated that if Britain goes beyond defending her interests…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

"Undesirable Alien" Perturbs Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sunday.--The annual meeting of the Preston sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League passed a motion expressing concern at the influx…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Japanese Loan for China War Tokio

The Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 5

The Government on February 15, will invite subscriptions to a £17,500,000 loan to finance the war in China…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

War's Devastation Revealed in Chapel Shanghai, January 8

The Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 4

STARK walls, in which gape huge and jagged holes, rear themselves in queer serration against the grey heavens…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

I Know What the Horrors of War Mean Chinese Woman Is Outspoken. A Delegate at To-day's International Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 13

STRONG appeals to the women of the world to interest themselves in international problems and to do all in their power to bring about permanent peace will be features of the International…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

White Sympathisers Must be Enlisted the Real Work Begins

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 2

Now that conference has ended the real work of gaining the aborigines’ objectives must be embarked upon. We reiterate that while…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Today's News Of the World From Daily Telegraph Exclusive Correspondents "Terror Against Terror" Two-sided Air War in Spain Upon Civilians Ghastly Rebel Raid Leads To Dread Decision LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 3

A NEW and dreadful aerial war in which terror will be answered by terror all over Spain is expected to follow a ghastly air raid by rebel planes on Barcelona yesterday, when 350 were killed and 700 wounded…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Stamp That Almost Caused A War

The World's News · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 15

NICARAGUA answered the demand made by Honduras by refusing to accept any mail bearing a similar stamn issued by Honduras in…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

The War in China. Japanese General's Sinister Threat

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 20

ONE of the features of the news from China this week was a statement by General Matsui, commanding the Japanese armies in the Shanghai…

Continued on Trove, page 20 →

Boycott of Japanese Cargo Wharfmen Will Not Load War Materials

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 8

MEMBERS of the Sydney Branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation last week refused to load metal cargoes on the Japanese steamers Atsuta Maru…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

"No Need for War or Hunger in the World." Women's Conference Opened

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 9

"Women have always been rebels, as all reformers are; they refuse to believe that there is any necessity for war in the world or that there is any reason why people should go hungry," said Mrs. Bernard Muscio in describing the objects of the International Women's…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Right and Left in Mexico. Struggle for Power. Civil War Possible. by a Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 16

Observers consider that piesent conditions in Mexico are such that a civil war is possible. Fighting between the Fascist Gold Shirts…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Sea Power of U.S.A. Navy Chief's Comparison Blunt Queries In Committee If War Came Washington

The Sun · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 5

"What chance would the U.S.A. fleet, with 21 battleships, have in a war against the combined German, Italian and Japanese fleets, with 30 battleships?" This was one of the pointed questions put to-day…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

ENTERTAINING N.Z, Soldiers. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 15

Following an interview with officials of the R.S.S.I.L.A. in Sydney, Mr. D. A. Prentice, secretary of the Gosford branch, has received the official sanction of Mr. L. Robb, State…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Returned Soldiers' Preference. Discrimination Against British Ex-service Men. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 22

British ex-service men, some of whom fought at Mons, "feel sore" when told that they are not returned soldiers within the meaning of the Returned Soldiers' Preference…

Continued on Trove, page 22 →

Jap. Commander Wounded Condition Is Reported to Be Serious

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 1

"ABOUT 10 o'clock this morning, General Matsui, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Army, had been reviewing his troops at Hanjao, and was returning to his office when he was fired at and shot twice in the right leg and once in the right arm. He was…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Debate on Spanish War

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 3

"The war in Spain is not a fight for Spanish democracy." This statement will be the subject of a debate in the Cabra-vale Town Hall…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

War Surgeon Gets Many Volunteers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 1

NUMEROUS offers of assistance were made yesterday to the Macquarie Street surgeon who will take an ambulance unit to the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

German War Minister Retiring Berlin

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 5

IT is rumored that the Minister for War, Marshal von Blomberg, will shortly resign and that he will be succeeded by Hitler…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →