Tennis Players to Enlist. Melbourne
Harry Hopman, captain and manager of Australia's 1938 Davis Cup team, and interstate tennis players, Lionel Brodie and George Holland, have decided to enlist in the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1939
6,728 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250
World Cables From the Daily News Special Correspondents U.S. Gangster Slang Used by War Office in Denunciation of Arabs London, Tuesday. Our Own Cable Service
HISTORY was made in the style of Government documents to-day by the extravagant use of American slang in a War Office denunciation of Arab rebels…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Welcome Home. Liverpool Young Men
"Riverside," Liverpool, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Everingham, was the scene of a merry party on Christmas eve, the occasion being a welcome home…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wounded Man's Arrest Ordered by Magistrate
A warrant was issued yesterday from the Central Police Court by Mr. Reed, C.S.M., for the arrest of the victim of an alleged gun attack…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wounded Man Sat With Woman On Settee
In describing a visit to a George Street residential, Detective-Sergeant Clifford stated at Central Police Court yesterday that he saw 'a wounded man sitting on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →U.s. Envoys Predict War
WASHINGTON, Wednesday.--War in Europe within six months has been predicted by two American ambassadors. They are the U.S. Ambassador to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Hostage Again Sold
During the Great War many cargo steamers were built in the United Kingdom and became known as the "War" steamers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Struggle For Franco's Mines Hospitals Filled with Wounded Rebels From West London
SPANISH Republican forces in Western Spam are now concentrating upon the capture of the Panarroya lead mines, which are one of the principal sources of General Franco's payments to Italy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anti-war Rally Women's Keen Interest
At the Peace Pledge Union's demonstration at Manly yesterday, only elderly men, long past military age, refused the pamphlets…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland Coursing. War Princess' Runaway Win
WAR PRINCESS, having her first start, made poodles of a field of maiden performers at the Hedley Park Coursing Club's recent meeting and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Sino-japanese War and the Missions
Rome.—News from China continues to reveal that, despite the destruction of Church property and the disorganisation of regular mission work, the Catholic…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Lyons' Axe Poised Over Anti-war Play
Time: The beginning of the next world war. The scene is laid in a small inn in an unspecified country…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hitler's War Pledge To Duce LONDON
HITLER has told Mussolini that in the event of a conflict between Italy and France, Germany will maintain a "benevolent but armed neutrality," provided France is not aided by any other nation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain's Interests and the War in Spain
LORD STRABOLGI, Chief Whip of the Labor Opposition in the House of Lords, who is visiting Australia, told a Sydney newspaper man the other day that he was greatly disturbed at British complacency towards the outcome of the war in Spain, as it was his opinion that if the Nationalists won, and…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →"Major War in the Spring." Washington, Jan. 11
It is believed that the possibilities of general war in Europe were reviewed by the United States Ambassador to Britain, Mr. Kennedy, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Forecast War In Spring Our Own Cable Service
WASHINGTON, Wed. AS the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, passed through Europe on his way…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Missionaries in China. Remain in War Zone. Shanghai, December 12
Italian missionaries working at Kaifeng, China, remained at their posts despite heavy fighting in the district, and are now sheltering 3000 refugees. Latest reports still…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Spanish Civil War. Both Sides Claim Gains. LONDON, Jan. 11
The Nationalists claim to be only 18 miles from Tarragona. They also occupied the monastery at Poblete, near Montblanch…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →N.S.W. Jewish War Memorial Sunday January 15.—Social Evening and Games. [?] (Emd I[?] Hon, Secretary, FX2142.)
We are presenting the "Mikado" an the Conservatorium, on Thursday and Saturday, 2nd and 4th February under the patronage or Dr. Edgar Bainton…
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