First War Loan Likely To Be £20,000,000
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Plans for raising Australia's first public war loan will be discussed by the Loan Council when it meets in Canberra…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
1,076 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 54
Sweden Must Make Her Choice Threats From Germany Melbourne, Sunday. (Daily War Commentary supplied by the Department Of Information)
THE German Foreign Office spokesman has issued a warning to Norway and Sweden "not to let themselves be used in the plan of the Western Powers to help Finland unless they want to sacrifice their neutrality."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brave Action Saves Life Of Soldier SYDNEY
LEAPING in the path of an approaching train at the Town Hall underground station Senior Constable William Plummer rescued a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Veteran Enlists in Second A.i.f
On a visit to his brother, Mr. Fred Walsh, of the Exchange Hotel, Mr. Jack Walsh, of Adelaide, is at present in Bremen Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Clouds Over Afghanistan
THERE is once more ferment north of the Indian frontier. This time the cause of the excitement lies in Afghanistan's nervousness of Russia. Both Afghanistan arid her neighbor, Iran, are reported to be mobilising against…
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ORIGINALLY fixed for Thursday afternoon, the next meeting, of the War Cabinet may be postponed until Friday, or even until early next…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Toys Help Pay for War London, January 2
OVERSEAS children have had more British toys this Christmas than in 1938. Toy soldiers and guns shipped to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Declared on Cyclists Riding on Footpaths A Menace
War has been declared on cyclists who continue to ride on footpaths. Action will be taken by Council and police officers to stamp out the offence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Service to Soldiers Y.m.c.a. in Camps
Recent reports of the work that the Y.M.C.A. is doing amongst the soldiers in military camps speak of a varied programme and of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disturbance in Dcmain Soldiers Fined
SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Two members of the Second A.I.F. were fined at the Central Police Court on charges arising out of a clash in the Sydney…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Born in Tipperary, Ireland, 92 years ago, Mrs. C. McDonald, a former resident of Charlton, now living with her…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Arts and Crafts Society, the Girls' Secondary Schools' Clubland other organisations, have sent gifts of clothing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mannerheim Line Constructed by Sacrificing Men and Women (Daily War Commentary issued by the Department Of Information) MELBOURNE
THE Finnish fortification in Karelian Isthmus, known as the Mannerheim line, consists chiefly of lines of antitank obstacles filling gaps between big lakes. There are strong points behind them covering various lines of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cost Constable £42 to Enlist
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—To join the Second A.I.F., Constable Joseph Sampson, of the Northern Territory Police, chartered a plane from his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spain and the Allies Further Sign of Better Feeling (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Department of Information) MELBOURNE
THE resumption of full railway communication between France and Spain which has been interrupted since 1936, is a further sign of the improvement of Spain's relations with the Allied powers since the outbreak of war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goering Is Germany's War Dictator Hitler Confers with His Chiefs Nazi Help for Russia? (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, January 4
MARSHAL GOERING has been appointed Supreme Director of War Industry in Germany. He has now become virtually war dictator. Herr Hitler is conducting important consultations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LinklnWarsGrowsCloser Nazi Threat to Sweden Finns Fighting for Independence (Daily War Commentary Supplied by the Department Of Information) MELBOURNE
RELATIONSHIP between the Russo-Finnish war and the general war continues to grow closer. There is increasing identity of interest between Finland and the Allied Powers as Russo-German co-operation becomes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Finland's War Zone
MAP OF FINLAND, showing the places where the Finns have met with further success against the Soviet troops. At Tolvajarvi, 18,000 Russians were routed, while on the Kuolajarvi front the swiftmoving Finns threaten to encircle and annihilate another 16,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Stops Migration Latest Figures CANBERRA
FOREIGN migration into Australia has practically ceased as a result of the war. Figures issued by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Must Pay Full Share Of War Cost MELBOURNE
THERE was no doubt that as the war progressed the present people of Australia would be asked to pay the full share of the cost of the war,…
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