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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
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A vivid story of Chinese guerilla warfare in the conflict with Japan has been told by Miss Agnes Smedley, the American authoress, according to reports…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →WE had driven over a tiny knoll to come upon the huge grey city spread out like a relief map on a shallow flank of hillside. There it lay, at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →HERE is presented a story that will make the average man's blood tingle -- one that will leave him proud of the race from which he has sprung…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An increasing use is being made of the screen for the objective training of troops in the use of weapons, transport, signalling, anti-gas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN the Gordon (Sydney) cemetery is a tombstone with the inscription: "To the memory of Private Roy Robertson, 3rd Batt., killed in action in France…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →On November 11, 1918 a tortured world hysterically acclaimed the Armistice as the end of the war to end all wars. Despite that bright moment in history the blood of nations, in major conflict, has never ceased to flow. This map locates, by shaded areas, the more important clashes in this war-torn world…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →His face distorted with the agony of his wounds, this Chinese soldier who has lost his right arm in the Sino-Japanese hostilities, finds it tough going when offered fond in the Shanghai hospital where he lies. Note the girl photographer in background calmly taking her pictures…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SINCE last Tuesday John Thomas McLean. 50. a war invalid pensioner, has been lost in the snake infested Otway Ranges. A large party,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →CHINA is believed to have ended 1937 with a substantial balance in hand, and is at least as able as Japan to maintain her currency and meet her liabilities. EVERY month, of course, brings the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A strong north-casterly wind prevailed at the An[?]ac Range, on Saturday, when club matches were [?]red, A. Jones (South Sydney Waverley) was only one point o[?] a double possible with 14 shots…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THIS SCENE OF ACTIVITY is the Woronora Dam, which is rapidly talking shape on the Woronora River. Work is being pressed on at a feverish rale to cope with the problem of water supply during dry seasons. ALTHOUGH HE APPEARS to be in mortal agony, he's only training for the Police Sports. Constable E. Jones, member of the Balmain police tug-o'-war team, shows an agonised face as he puts every ounce of his strength into a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →JAPAN intends to continue the war in China until the whole of that country is subjugated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Gosford sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League will seek the co-operation of the league headquarters, with a view to inviting the 1,350 New Zcnlnnd returned soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The death occurred yesterday of Sergeant-Major Darken, one of the oldest soldiers in the Commonwealth. He was in the Imperial Army and served in several wars, receiving…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the conference of the New South Wales Railways and Tramways Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Association on Saturday, Mr. Guhl. a past president, complained about the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Many and varied matters of policy brought forward at the annual conference of the New South Wales Railway and Tramway Returned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mrs. Mary Josephine Toohey, 75, was found in her room in Regent Street, Paddington, yesterday, with a deep cut in her chin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TOKYO, Jan. 17. The Foreign Office spokesman (Mr. Kawai) said that the Ambassador for Japan in China, Mr. Kawagoe, was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →During 1937, the British-owned Rio Tinto copper and iron pyrites mines were compelled to hand over £1,250,000 to the Franco Government in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PARIS, Monday.--Twenty-two N[?]ian Alpine soldiers, lost in a blizzard, crossed the frontier into French territory…
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