A Soldier's Diary Reinforcements In Camp: Wealth Of Legal Talent
Everybody in comp today is laughbig at a story told against himself by one of the younger officers. He was on leave and wanted to go across…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
1,076 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 19 of 54
"New War Taxes Heavy, But Justified" SYDNEY
"Although we have been warned of the severity of the new War taxes, the Federal Budget comes as a staggering shock, not because of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mediterranean Battle Fleet Allied Vessels Superior (Daily War Commentary issued by the Department of Information) MELBOURNE
THE situation in the Mediterranean, where Britain has adopted a firm attitude has not shown any further deterioration. That the Allies are prepared to meet any emergency is shown by the announcement of the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Italy Is Massing Troops, Ships And War Planes Reports From Mediterranean (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, May 3
SIGNIFICANT reports are arriving from the easterns Mediterranean. From Athens comes news that Italy is massing troops, war ships and fighting planes in the Dodecanese Islands, especially Rhodes, and from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →U.S. Warning To Mussolini If Italy Enters War Neutrality Act Will Operate (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, May 2
THE United States has warned Mussolini that if Italy becomes involved in the war, American shipping in the, Mediterranean will cease immediately in conformity with the Neutrality Act…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Assistance for Polish Soldiers and Sailors
Polish destroyers and submarines are actively engaged with the British Navy in Norwegian waters. The Polish submarine "Orzol' ("Eagle")…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Hied Troops Depart From Stockholm News of Norway Seeking Armistice War Office Gives Denial (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON. May 3
THE War Office announced tonight that the Allied troops had re-embarked at Namsos, north of Trondheim last night without loss. The Stockholm correspondent of the Associated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labor and the War (Special to "The Miner")
LONDON, May 5— The attitude of Labor leaders to the war was shown by two speeches made on Saturday. Mr. Ernest Bevin, of the Transport…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers' War On Mice
SYDNEY, Tuesday—The invasion of millions of mice in-wheat areas is assuming plairue proportions. Farmers are working desperately to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Empire's Steel Output Double That Of Last War
So great is Britain's annual steel production that if all the materials required for it were put into 12-ton railway waggons, the train would…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vehicles Collide Enlistment Age May Be Raised
John Henry Palmer, residing at the North mine, has reported to the police that he was driving a utility truck north along Argent Street…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Confidence in Army of Norway Well Trained Soldiers Still Standing Ready (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, May 6
CONFIDENCE in Norway's army in the north was expressed by the Norwegian Foreign Minister (Professor Koht) in London tonight. He received the press after he had seen the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Soldier's Diary The "Rough Element" Defended
On leave with friends in Sydney I had a discussion concerning what was termed "the rough element" among the soldiers. I defended the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flashes From War Zones
IT is officially confirmed that in reply to King Gustav of Sweden Hitler stated that Germany would respect Sweden's neutrality…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British War Pictures Are Becoming Popular
The topical film takes more and more of a hold on the imagination of British producers. At first they were all set to make come…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Y.m.c.a. War Services
Mr. W. S. Kelly, of Melbourne, member of the Federal Tariff Board and of the Legacy Club, has been appointed Honorary Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest War Newsr Nazi Planes Bomb Big French Cities
LONDON.—Telegrams pouring into Paris tonight reveal that German bombers carried out a systematic bombardment of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Effort Being Intensified Speeding Up Production Of Munitions, SYDNEY
The Minister for Supply (Sir Frederick Stewart) has given orders that production of munitions and other wartime requirements…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Returned Soldiers at Indoor Bowls
The Returned Soldiers' Indoor Bowling Club is at its height of popularity. All members are very keen and are taking great interst in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Escape In Stolen Ship
LONDON, May 10.—Wearing dungarees and scarves given them by Norwegian fishermen and farmers, nine British soldiers who had walked…
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