War Cabinet Meets In Melbourne To-day Seventh Division A.I.F. QUESTION
Decision to raise a 7th Division of the 2nd A.I.F. may be made at the vital War Cabinet meeting in Melbourne on Monday…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
1,985 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 100
U-boats Four More Sunk War Planes Bomb Three Fourth Damaged in Collision London
Four U-boats have been sunk in the last few days, according to unofficial reports. Two were accounted for in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Summary the Altmark Incident Sweden's Aid For Finns Solidarity in the Balkans Melbourne
The Altmark incident serves the purpose of attracting attention to the extent to which Germany has been making use of Norwegian territorial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Charges Wounded with Intent. Melbourne
Ledwedge Vincent Lawlor, 42, munitions worker, appeared at the Criminal Court to-day on six charges of wounding on the night of December 7. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Tragedy Man Dead, Another Wounded. Brisbane
As the result of an affray at Ravenswood. near Townsville, to-day, Robert Hedlefs, 67, a well-known selector, is dead, and Gordon Stewart Pask, 50,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Battle for Mannerheim Line How Long Can Finns Hold Out? Review of War Melbourne
In spite of the heavy Russian offensive launched at the beginning of February, the Finns and the Mannerheim line remain unbroken. Yet it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War and Works Loan of £18 MILLION Opens On Friday Long and Short Term Conditions Canberra
The first Commonwealth war loan will open for subscription next Friday. The terms and conditions of the loan will be announced by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Turkey's Silence Few Messages Reach Outside World Nation Prepared for War 200,000 Men on Soviet Frontier Reports of Secret Military Movements London
Turkey and Russia have withdrawn their troops from the immediate vicinity of the Caucasus border to avoid friction. Turkey is believed to be maintaining 200,000 soldiers in the Caucasus. A message from Budapest states that telephonic communication with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Review Neutrals and Germany Hate Campaign Fails Russia and the Allies
The week-end conference at Copenhagen of the Foreign Ministers of Nor why, Sweden, and Denmark resulted in the adoption of a firmer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Lahn German Steamer Arrested Fled From Sydney Before War Sydney
The German steamer Lahn, 8498 tons, which left Sydney before dawn on August 26, a week before the outbreak of war, without obtaining…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Funds Allies Have Plenty Rumor Denied in U.S.A. WASHINGTON
Questioned regarding rumors that England and France were having difficulties in raising funds for the procurement of military weapons in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Night Flight War Planes Surprise Berlin Many British Machines Dramatic Survey Flight London
Behind the Air Ministry's communique dealing with the night flight of R.A.F. planes over Germany, lies a story of probably the most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returned Soldiers' Preference Act
Sir,--At the meeting of the last Copmanhurst Shire Council I notice Marrickville Council wrote asking the Copmanhurst Shire Council's co-operation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Finance in War Government Control Necessary. Melbourne
Australia would be compelled to select the kind of enterprise which should be allowed to obtain fresh capital for its' expansion, said the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Italy Enters War If It Spreads to Balkans" Rome
Emphasising that it was his personal opinion, Signor Gayda, interviewed, said Italy was entering the war if it spreads to the Balkans, because the Danube, in addition to the Mediterranean, is the key to Italian security. Signor Gayda is quoted as being the unofficial mouthpiece of signor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Long War? National Planning Utilising Our Resources Greater Federal Powers Sir Earle Page at Glen Innes. Glen Innes
"I would like to see a flint instalment of greater Federal powers being exercised by the handling during wartime by the Federal Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier Settlers at Dyraaba
Dyraaba Soldiers Settlement is to be visited by the chairman of the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Board, with Mr. J. T. Reid, M.L.A., in March,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"All About the War." Sydney
"Why isn't the Government, pressing on with the Empire air scheme? "Does the presence of minesweepers around the Australian coast mean…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War at Sea Nine Germans. London
According to the Yokohama correspondent of the United Press, a British cruiser transferred to the Japanese authorities nine Germans taken from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Air War How the Allies Will Win
How German air superiority, which is not great enough to be decisive, is rapidly being overtaken by British, French and American factories is…
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