A.I.F. Enlistments
It was reported by the local recruiting officer (Lieut. W. J. Stevens) today that there are vacancies for six ambulance men in the 8th Division…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
1,076 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 28 of 54
War Marketing
Subsequent events have proved that the contract, in addition to solving and immediate, problem, has relieved Australia of the necessity of…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday.— Federal Labor's war policy has been endorsed by the Northern Miners' Management Board by a majority of six to one. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brass Knuckles Wanted Newspaper Tells Of Way to Win War LONDON, June 26
"THIS war can be won only if we show 100 per cent resolution and guts waging it," declared the "News-Chronicle," adding: "We must fight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Surprise at Armistice Terms (Daily War Commentary Issued by Department of Information.) MELBOURNE
OFFICIAL circles have felt no great surprise at the Italian armistice terms. It is considered that they are harsh, particularly so in view of the fact that Mussolini entered the war so recently, and had not exposed his forces to many risks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rights Lost On Enlistment City Council Attitude
COUNCIL employees who enlist for service with units of the Commonwealth's fighting forces surrender all rights, including that…
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By making available £300 of its funds for war purposes, the West Football Club has made a worthy step, one which will earn the full…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bradman Enlists in Air Force
ADELAIDE, Friday.—Don Bradman today Joined the R.A.A.F. With flying colors the Australian Test captain passed his medical examination at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Barrier Miner Saturday, June 29, 1940. City Council and Enlistments
A LARGE section of the community will undoubtedly view with amazement the decision of thu City Council that no effort will be made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Driving The Enemy From The Air Outstanding Successes Of R.A.F. (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Department of Information.) MELBOURNE
FURTHER successful air raids by the Royal Air Force on Germany and German occupied territory are a significant indication of the new phase on which the war is now entering. Britain is to become more than an island fortress from which we will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Women Doctors and War Service
SYDNEY, Monday— Dr. J. G. Hunter, president of the British Medical Association, states that although Sydney has nearly 200,women doctors,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stop Press Latest War News
NEW YORK— It is reported that the British steamer, Guido, of 3922 tons, and the Canadian Vessel, Zarin, have been torpedoed off the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Public Meeting on War Certificates
A public meeting to inaugurate a campaign to further the sale of War Savings certificates will be held in the Town Hall on Wednesday night at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →School Help for War Funds
Substantial sums will be contributed to the Government's war effort through the action of Broken Hill public schools in conducting functions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →C.w.a. and War Certificates
The Broken Hill branch of the Country Women's Association has decided to invest £40 in war savings certificates. This amount is additional…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Views on War Effort "Sack Those Inefficient" Sydney
THE Deputy Premier (Mr. Bruxner), criticising a suggestion made in Canberra that the Commonwealth Government…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Certificates
In less than three days more than £56 worth of War Savings Certificates have been purchased by the subscribers in the Co-Operative Building…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Will Hitler Attack British Isles? Chamberlain's Warning (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Department of Information) MELBOURNE
MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S statement that the Nazis were completing preparations for an invasion of England is generally regarded, not as a vague warning, but an indication of definite information in the possession of British authorities…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"When We Go In We Must Win"General Blamey (From Ian Fitchett, Acting Official War Correspondent) JERUSALEM, July 1
"WHEN we go in we must win," declared Sir Thomas Blamey, C.O.C., A.I.F., in a special order issued today, in which he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work Among the Soldiers Cheer Up Hut Efforts Appreciated
BROKEN HILL reruits in all sections of the Defence Services have been entertained at the Cheer Up Hut at the Adelaide Railway Station yards. In a letter to 'The Barrier Miner" the publicity officer, Mrs. E. Morison, has Riven an outline of the…
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