War Saving Certificate Sales
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Sales of war savings certificates when business closed. last night had roached £11,190,452, said the Federal…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
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Wool Growers And War Loan
THE final payment for last season's wool clip is now heine distributed by the Central Wool Committee through the Woolselline Brokers to…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. A COMPREHENSIVE survey of Australia's war nreenredness is set out in a statement issuet on…
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IN a recent broadcast to the Empire, the British Prime Minister (Mr.-Churchill) issued a warning that the war would be long. The implication is that, enormous as the cost has been already, it is going to-be much greater still. In obtaining a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Berrier Minner Thursday, August 1 1940. "Impudence" and the War Effort
RECENTLY South Australia's tennis star, Adrian Ouist. made "suggestion to the Lawn Tennis Association. It was that, since he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Navicert System Explained New British Move Will Simplify Blockade (Daily War Commentary issued by the Department of Information) MELBOURNE
THE British blockade of Germany's overseas trade is one of our most powerful long term weapons against the enemy, although, because results are not spectacular, it is rather apt to be overlooked. The process of economic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farewell To Soldiers And Sound Advice By R.S.L. President Comforts Given
CONFIDENCE that the men who had enlisted in the R.A.A.F. and 2nd A.I.F. would emulate the traditions of the 1st A.I.F., was expressed by the president of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. T. E. Clark) at the smoke…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Applications for enlistment in the A.I.F. in Sydney yesterday totalled 59. Of this number 53 underwent a preliminary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waxworks and the War Dummies Are In Demand
ELEGANT female figures in wax for shop window display are luxuries which a nation at war can well do without, but the British…
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COMPLETE mobilisation ot Australia's industria's resources and plants is visualised by Commonwealth experts who are preparing a report…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A.I.F. Can Take Its Medicine (From Kenneth Slessor, Official War Correspondent) HONDON, Auftust 1
Australian troop's in Britain have revealed an astonishing fondness tor taking medicine. "I have never known any troops in the World with such a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Books for Soldiers
Books have been received from the following:—G. Gregory, F. W. Smith, Rev. D. Livingstone, R. Crossing and J Simpson…
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Fred Bonser, who is enjoying camp life to the full, had a few days in the camp hospital with a bout of influenza. Fred is quite well again…
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An appeal for books for the soldiers in camps in South Australia and on troop ships and overseas has been made by tho local Y.M.C.A. One…
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CANBERRA, Saturday.—On October 1 the Director of Mount Stromlo Solar Observatory (Dr: Woolley) was to be in Karoo, South Africa, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MORE A.I.F. Men in Britain (From Kenneth Slessor Official War Correspondent). LONDON, August 2
A.I.F. reinforcements have landed in England. They reached Britain safely a few days ago after a long and uneventful voyage…
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The second day of the appeal for books for soldiers closed with the number having reached 416. With the calling up of the militia there will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soviet Interest in Finland No Improvement Yet In Anglo-Soviet Relations Dally war commontary Issued by the Department of Information MELBOOURNE
THE speech of the Russian Premier (M. Molotov) gives no sign of any improvement in Anglo-Russian relations. It had been hoped fer some time that a general improvement might tobe place which would enable the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →France's Entry Into War Court To Decide Influence. LONDON. August 5
THE Petain Government is asking the French Supreme Court to determine the exact extent to which the British Govern…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Moves Near West African Port (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Department of Information) MELBOURNE
THE reported arrival of Germans at Dakar, the West African port, has given rise to further speculation on a possible German move against Africa. Dakar is one of the principal ports on the west coast of Africa, and the centre of the government and its…
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