Britain And War Points
MAP SHOWING distances in miles between a British air base and strategic points in Europe…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
1,076 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 16 of 54
Price Rises Not As High As in Last War
SYDNEY, Friday.—While retail prices in Sydney generally had been increased since the war began, the increases, it is stated, had not been as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Allies Trying To Cut Nazi Supply Lines (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Department of Information.)
Strategic implications of Germany's action in Scandinavia are still a matter of surmise. It is reported that an army of many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Invasion Appears To Be Gamblers Throw (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Department of Information) MELBOURNE
FROM the facts coming to hand, Germany's Invasion of Norway and Denmark is beginning to wear the appearance of a gambler's throw, or what Lord Halifax (British Foreign Secretary) described as the act of a homicidal maniac, involving a strategic risk of the first…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Savings Scheme
SYDNEY, Saturday.— The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Spender) announced that sales of war savings certificates to April 14 had slightly exceeded…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Test Team Wanted After War Sir Home Gordon's Plea For English Cricket
LONDON.— An appeal to Australia to send a Test team to England in the first year after the war to help replenish County exchequers, and act as a tonic to English cricket, is made by Sir Home Gordon in an article…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Outstanding Move in War Sowing Minefields in Baltic (Daily war commentary issued by the Department of Information) MELBOURNE
THE announcement by the British Admiralty that the new minefield sown stretching across the Baltic coast of Germany discloses one of the most astounding incidents of the war. It means that British minelayers,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Developments In Coal Strike Effect on War Effort Sydney
THE opinion is expressed in political and industrial circles that some action will shortly be taken against the leaders of the coal strike…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Soldier's Diary Shock Troops in Camp---dentists
In the army you are not considered really a good soldier—by your mates, anyway—unless you are a good "bung-holer"; that is, unless on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Men for Adelaide Will Attend Anzac Celebrations
NINETY-SIX local members of the Returned Soldiers' League will leave by train for Adelaide on Monday night to attend Anzac Day celebrations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Victims' Relief Day on May 17
A War Victims Relief Day has been arranged to assist the Australian Committee of Aid for Czech Fighting Forces Polish War Victims Relief…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flashes From War Zones LONDON, April 14
SIX British warships successfully evaded s bombing attack by 22 Nazi planes and are reported to have entered the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Roosevelt's Warning If War Comes to U.S. New York, April 15
"THE United States and other American republics do not want war but if war tomes to the New World our forces will be irresistible," said President Roosevelt, addressing the Pan Pacific Union…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Troops In Norway Made Possible by Allied Naval Strength (Daily War Commentary issued by the Department of Information) MELBOURNE
LANDING of British troops in Norway within five days of the German invasion is particularly significant. Athough the precise date of the arrival has not been released, the British forces clearly lost no time in getting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plans For Local Anzac Services
The usual civic service in commemoration of Anzac will be held on Sudday afternoon next at 2.45 in the Town Hall Mr. T. E. Clark,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cricket--and" War Sydney, Wednedsay
ADDRESSING a social gathering last night, the former international wicketkeeper, W. A. Oldfield, declared that cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers' Compensation
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A bill will be introduced during the coming session to provide for payment of compensation to members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Soldier's Diary If You Lose A Knie And Bayonet--Run!
Heigho! Keigho! It's back to camp we go. The men on the train on the way back to camp in the evening were in high spirits—probably…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Britain Grins At War
THE barmaid was a flirt, and when the corporal went out to buy a paper she pursed her lips invitingly and leant…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Himmler Reported Wounded (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, April 16
HEINRICH HIMMLER, Chief of the Gestapo anti the most feared man in Germany, is reported to have been shot in the…
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