Pope on Cause of War
VATICAN CITY, March 27.— Addressing 4C00 pilgrims, the Pope said that lack of Christian charity among some statesmen had caused the war…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
1,076 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 14 of 54
"Too Casual About War" Prime Minister Critical SYDNEY
AT next Federal elections Australian people would show that they were "British and not Russian or piebald," declared the Prime Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Vaticah Protest Triumph for Mr. King in Canada (Daily War Commentary. Issued by the Department of Information)
THE Vatican has once more broadcast a protest against Germany's treatment of the persons and properties of Roman Catholics under the power of the Reich. This time the issue concerned is the expropriation by the Nazis of a Convent, and protests…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Run Wild Train Delayed Hours MELBOURNE
MEN of the Second. A.I.F., who crowded on the last troop train at Melbourne last night, caused considerable, delays to railway traffic and…
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The Federal Treasurer, Mr. Spender, has sent a to egram to the Mayor, Mr. E. C. Young, eliciting his co-operation and assistance in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Religion And War Terminate Frog Industry MELBOURNE
WAR and religion have ended, at least for the present, the effort of two young Euroa men to found an edible frog industry in their home…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Phase of War Allies' Attitude To Neutrals Becoming Sterner (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Department of Information.) MELBOURNE
MANY indications are now present that the war is about to enter a new phase. With the coming of spring further activity…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supreme War Council Close Anglo-French Co-operation; Future Line Of Action (Special to "The Miner.")
THE Supreme War Council of the Allies at its meeting in London today agreed to the following solemn declaration:— (1) The Governments of Great Britain and France mutually…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Finland's Defeat Galls for Urgent Problems For Meeting Of War Council (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, March 28
THE sixth meeting of the Supreme War Council, held in London today, will probably prove the most important to date. The Allies had to make a fresh start as the defeat of Finland nullified some of their previous…
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LONDON, March 28.—Addressing the Students' Congress at Leeds, Mr. H. d. Wells Said that the Government Was grossly incompetent and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Ace Wanted to Fly When 10
AUCKLAND (N.Z.) Fiiday.—At the age of 10 Flying-Officer E. Kain, who has become a Royal Ali Force [?] on the Western Front, said that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charge Against U.S. and Britain So Called Plot to Make War (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, March 29
WHILE the Soviet Foreign Minister (M. Molotoff) was addressing the Supreme Soviet Council in Moscow, the German Government today launched one of the most astonishing propaganda tricks oif the war…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →129 German Planes Down British Record Since War Pilots Tell of Thrills (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, March 28
BRITISH arms Were successful in the air again today. An R.A.F. plane tackled two Dortttefs over the North Sea and poured bullets into one of them. In addition a German raider was shot down off the north-east coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fantastic Nazi Charges (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Department of Information) MELBOURNE
OF the many, fantastic examples of Nazi propaganda, none had been so clumsy or ill-conceiyed as the accusations launched against the United States. Mr. Cordell Hull, United States Secretary of State, has given a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labor's War Policy
SYDNEY, Monday.—In a joint statement issued today the New South Wales president of the A.L.P. (Mr. J A. Cranwell) the Vice-president…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At 82, Will Fight His Fourth War
PRIVATE John Wright, aged 82, refuses to be evacuuted. White haired and bearded, he stumped his stick on the ground at the Royal Hos…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Taxation Bill (Special to "The Miner")
SINGAPORE, April 1.—A War Taxation Bill, itroduced in the Federal Council in Kuala Lumpur today, provided for increases in estate duty,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soviet Water System Inefficient, Slow (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Department of Information) MELBOURNE
IT was recently reported that a canal linking Dneiper and Bug was to be opened, and that this would greatly facilitate the transport of supplies from Russia to Germany. Presumably the canal to which the report…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →France's Gigantic War Machine (Special to "The Miner.")
LONDON, April 2.—After six months' feverish activity France's gigantic industrial war machine is nowr in full blast towards victory,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Chamberlain's War survey Must Deprive Nazis of Materials (Special to "The Miner") LONDOtf, April 2
"THE Allies are determined to prosecute the economic war to the utmost," declared the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) in his war survey in the House of Commons today…
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