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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
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GOVERNMENT Spain was ready to negotiate peace with Franco, declared Dr. Negrin, Spanish Premier, in a speech to-night. He laid down three points as a basis of negotiations: 1. The independence of Spain and guarantee of freedom from foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Working with armed guards, to protect them from Arab raids, Jewish immigrants in Palestine have been making great improvements in the agricultural centres and especially in the orange groves. Left: A Jewish girl, with rifle leaning against a tree, gathering oranges in the groves of Palestine. Top Right: Armed soldiers in tractors escort workers to the groves and bring back cases of fruit to the railhead. Lower Right: A busy waterfront scene where the fruit is loaded under the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →At the annual meeting of the Returned Soldiers' League the report showed that there were 45 financial members and a credit balance of £20 Disbursements during the year…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Francoist troops in Spain are again driving north after a brief lull, due mainly to the weather, the correspondent of "The Times," who is with them, reports…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →EUROPE rocked to-day at the double-barrelled volley against dictators from the United States. It was accompanied by a sensational report at Washington of a huge air base being built by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police will not make further attempts to induce John Frederick Hayes, 27, who was shot below the heart last night, to seek hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LYING in agony Royal Prince Alfred Hospital last night with a bullet wound below his heart, John Frederick Hayes, 27, refused to tell how he had been shot, or to be treated by a doctor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sir,—The following statement, passed by the London yearly meet-ing of the Society of Friends last November, was adopted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →DARWIN, Friday.--If war comes Britain may go down, and it will then be left to Australia and New Zealand to carry on the British tradition…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DURING the past two years Great Britain baa spent over £5,000,000 on ships built in continental dockyards. This was revealed by unions last night in the course of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The final phase of resistance by Government troops in Catalonia seems to have been reached…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Twelve men, in time of war, will have the powers of dictators over 12 separate regions of Britain. This is the essence of the new plan announced by Sir John Anderson,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extensive plans have been completed by the Commonwealth Government to ensure prompt delivery of defence supplies and immediate mobilisation of industry in case of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A message from Brussels says that the Premier, M. Spaak, was slightly injured on the face during a demonstration by ex-servicemen against the Government's appointment to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SOFAR, income from traffic in this drug has been an important factor in the support of both sides; Japan now holds an edge…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Many returned soldiers, unable to satisfy the Repatriation authorities that their breakdown in health is due to war service, are now finding that the only doors open to them are State institutions and Old Men's Homes…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"The present Anzac Day spectacle of an almost endless stream of very ordinary men in civilian clothes, who do not even march well, is no inspiration to youth," declared Mr. K. McConnel, Sydney architect and original Anzac,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The first block of the War Veterans Home, at Narrabeen, which will be opened officially on Anzac Day, is approaching completion. The secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SINCE last Sunday, the world's anxieties have become less sharp. Herr Hitler could not make a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The final phase of the resistance by Government troops in Catalonia seems to have been reached. Deserters, in increasing numbers,…
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