War Day by Day a Sergeant's Diary
FIRST DAY: Wonder how many people outside know how hard these men of the A.I.F. are working; and how hard they are willing to…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
2,624 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 132
British Race "Slow to Anger-slow to Act" Mr. Casey's View of Australia's Part in the War SYDNEY
Mr. R. G. Casey, retiring Minister for Supply and who has been appointed as Australian representative at Washington, in the course of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sailors and Soldiers Mail for Overseas Instructions of Post Office
In order to facilitate the delivery of postal articles to members of the Commonwealth defence forces, it is of the utmost importance that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Records to Be Kept. Soldiers of Second A.I.F. MELBOURNE
Comprehensive records of numbers of the A.I.F are to be kept, the Minister for the Army (Mr. Street) said. A records office would be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Rumors Are Numerous Active Phase Appears Imminent German Threat to Belgium and Holland Will Bring Immediate Allied Aid Three British Submarines Lost in Daring Raid
There is every indication that an active phase of the war is about to commence, but commentators differ as to where and even when the blow will fall. Germany is making many threats and is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Fund Balance Sheet
A BALANCE sheet to date of the Mudgee and District Patriotic War Fund discloses that the income, including certain trust funds,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest War News "War of Nerves" More Nazi Threats COPENHAGEN
GERMANY is concentrating troops in the north around Kiel, evidently with the object of intimidating Scandinavian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Financing the War" (To the Editor)
SIR,—We have been told that the war expenditure for the current year is estimated at £62,000,000 and that the vote for the year…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Want Peace German War Chiefs LONDON
IT is reported on good authority that the German Army chiefs would favor any settlement of war rather than risk the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Saving Pinching at Canberra CANBERRA
GOVERNMENT Departments at Canberra have been instructed to eliminate waste in stationery and to decrease the wear and tear…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia's War Effort Poor Militia Response CANBERRA
THE Minister for External Affairs, Sir Henry Gullett, said yesterday that Australia's effort in the war to date was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canada's War Effort Huge Red Cross Collections VANCOUVER
SOME idea of the tremendous effort by Canada in the war is afforded by the fact that collections for the Red Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lull in War Mr. Chamberlain's Review Substantial Support For Finland LONDON
In the House of Commons to-day following the stormy debate on the resignation of Mr. Hore-Belisha, the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Grip of Ice Not Satisfactory All Europe Freezes War Operations Held Up LONDON
THE bitterest winter on record is being experienced in Europe. In the Balkans the temperature is 45 degrees…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attack Through Belgium Another War "Dud' German-belgian Trade Agreement Latest Reported Move by Russia and Germany London
Germany and Russia are combining in a joint campaign to intimidate neutrals. The German Ambassador at Moscow (Herr Schulenberg) had a long conference today with Molotov. It was reported that the purpose was to hasten Russian supplies but increasingly active Russo-German…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Enlisted Men's Properties
THE Mudgee Patriotic War Fund Committee is doing some fine work, not the least of which is endeavoring to safeguard the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intense Cold Slows Up War German Lowland Invasion Rumor Is Considered Unlikely to Be a Fact Internal Economic Conditions Bad in Reich
As a result of the intense cold snap now holding Europe in its grip, particularly in the north, practically every phase of war activity has been brought to a standstill. There is blinding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Financing the War--and After
The Federal Government has not committed itself to any financial programme in connection with the war, but has perhaps wisely confined its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Fund Carnival First Class Attractions Arranging the Details
The carnival to be held in Bathurst in March will represent a large-cale effort to raise moneys for the Bath- and War Fund. The method of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oil Necessities War Boosts Sales Selling to Both Sides Washington
"Oil producers feel it is good business to deal with Japan and Russia," Mr. Williams Pemberton, umpire of the Californian on producers, told a…
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