Slowing Up of Enlistments
SYDNEY, Thursday.âThe decision of the Government to delay enlistsments would enable stens to be taken to restore the balance that was vitally…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
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War Veteran Saves Woman
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday. —Cpl. Kiernan, a returned soldier with a Croix de Guerre, ran to a large boarding house fire in Welling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.s. War Material May Be Held
NEW YORK, July 19.—Indications that the U.S. Government would not release to Britain further 1918 rifles (of which a million are in hand), field…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Problem Of Dobruja Nazi-russian Clash Nearer (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Department of Information). MELBOURNE
REPORTS of clashes between Bulgarian and Rumanian troops have drawn attention to the problem of Dobruja. This…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Enlistments Hit Sheep Stations
BRISBANE, Saturday.—A sheep station which usually employs 11 hands now has to rely on two men to look after 17,000 sheep, so heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Ambulance From Mine Workers
As a result of donations made by mineworkers throughout Broken Hill sufficient funds have been raised to purchase a war ambulance. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attorney-general and Anti-war Leaflets
SYDNEY, Monday.— According to the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) the anti-war leaflets which fluttered into Martin Place on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Social Si Quartette Club's Fine War Effort
ORCHIDS to the Broken Hill Quartette Club and its assistant artists for the very fine concert given last week in aid of tho Fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local Soldiers' League Volunteer Defence Gorps
Returned men who attended the special meeting of the Returned Soldiers' League ut the Palace Hotel yesterday to select a Commanding Officer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Restlessness Over Eastern Europe Balkans Provide Big Problem for Germany (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Department of Information.) MELBOURNE
UNSETTLED conditions in the Balkans are likely to diminish Germany's chances of secur ing'supplies front this area. Many observers considtr that increasing restlessness over the whole of eastern Eurone will shortly prove one of Germany's most…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local Defence Corps 90 Returned Men Seek Membership
APPROXIMATELY 90 local returned soldiers have now applied join the R.S.L Volunteer Defence corps and many more applications…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£2 A Second; Cost Of War CANBERRA
PRELIMINARY arrangements for the issue of the second war loan are being made by the Commonwealth Treasury…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Many Militiamen Enlist in A.i.f
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—During the 10 weeks ended JLuly 15, enlistmerite from he militis to the A.I.F. increased appreciably…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sons of Clergyman Enlist
The three sons of the Rev. and Mrs. D. T. Reddin, formerlv of Broken Hill, have offered themselves for service abroad. The sons. Messrs. Alec…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Active Policy of Soviet Chun ges Likely In Eastern Europe Dally War Commentary Iseued by the Department of Information MELBOURNE
PROSPECTS of'considerable changes in the political alignment of Eastern Europe are being widely discussed, following a request by the Baltic States for a union with the Soviet. While political observers con…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First N.z. War Casualties
AUCKLAND, Wednesday.—When one of their transport sunply columns was bombed from. the air. New Zealand forces in Egypt suffered their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Certificate Funds Reach 10[?] Million
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Spender) today announced that the total sales of war savings certificates in Australia had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Material From U.S.A. Facts and Figures LONDON, July 23
THE U.S. State Department announces that licences issued to Great Britain for the export of war materials in June, represented 70,968,036…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Friendly Spirit Displayed Australians, British And Wounded Italians (By J. A. Hetherington, "The Miner's" Special Correspondent with the A.i.f.) Alexandria, July 23
THE most interesting part of a visit I paid today to the hospital overlooking Alexandria, where wounded Italian seamen from the cruiser, Bartolomeo Colleoni, are being treated, was the friendly relations existing between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bitter Nazi Press Attacks British Blamed For Civilian Deaths "Halifax Speech New War Declaration" (Special io "The Miner") LONDON, July 23
IN addition to vitriolic attacks on the British Government, the German press is alleging that since Hitler's speech on Friday the R.A.F. has bombed non-military objectives, 18 people having been killed and 23 seriously…
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