Motoring Notes "The Miner" Motor Section Britain's Motor Industry Effect Of War
EVIDENCE of the effect of the war and petrol rationing on the British motor industry is seen in the attenuated size of the latest English…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1940
1,076 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 54
Finns Score OnTwoFronts Fighting Now at a Standstill Russian Soldiers Eat Horses (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, January 17
SUCCESSES were scored by the finns on two fronts though they fell back on a third before the intense cold brought all activities to a standstill…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Spiders of War Webs Used
EVEN British spiders are mobilised as industrial war workers. Instrument factories keep groups…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A War About an Etcetra
In 1654 a Polish nobleman became obnoxious to the laws of his country by reason of a crime. He fled to Sweden, whereupon John Ca[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Prisoners Set to Work Nazis Employ Poles
LONDON, January 19— It is officially stated in Berlin that 310,000 Polish prisoners of war are working on German farms and in German…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Methods Attacked in Canada Toronto, January 19
A motion condemning the Canadian Government's prosecution of the War was carried by the Ontario Legislature by 44 votes to 10…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Controlling Properties of Soldiers
SYDNEY, Saturday— The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sinclair) said today that the majority of shires in the State had supported the move to set…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Finnish Troops Capture Soviet War Material
DURING THEIR RECENT successes against the Communist troops, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Britain's Coal Industry Helping To Pay For War
"OLD King Coal" is helping Britain to pay for the war by providing a valuable export to set against imports of war,materials…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Move to End Finnish War Hitler Proposes Settlement LONDON, January 21
GERMANY is said by the diplomatic correspondent of the "Evening Standard" to be making strong efforts to end the war m Finland. The correspondent adds that, with the object of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Speaker Denies Ban On M.L.A Soldiers
SYDNEY, Tuesday— The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (Mr. Weaver) denies having forbidden Parliamentary members of the Militia to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French War Correspondents In England (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, January 24
FRENCH war correspondent attached to General Headquarters with the British Expeditionary Forces Who are at present in England,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Earthquake and War Take Their Toll
THESE PICTURES were taken in Europe by the leading English American, and Continental photographic,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aggression in Balkans Will Mean War Germany Demands Oil Monopoly In Rumania (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, January 25
THE Danubian and Balkan countries will fight Germany and Russia at the firat sign of aggression in south-eastern Europe, say Turkish newspapers. French journals regard Rumania as lost unless Britain, France and Turkey, are able to break the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Must attack Nazis To Win War Blockade Not Sufficient Declares Lord "Long, Arduous Contest" (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, January,25
IT is useless to hope that the application of economic pressure and the reinforcement of the blockade. would induce Germany to surrender, declared Lord Dudley Gordon today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Precautions Work
STOCKHOLM. January 26.—Air raid precautions work is going on day and night in Stockholm, and accommodation has already been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Review of Pre-war Wheat Contracts
SYDNEY, Saturday.-—A committee has been appointed by the Australian Wheat Board to review pre-war contracts made between growers and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →80 Clergymen Offer to Be War Prisoners
LONDON, January.26.—Eighty British clergymen want to become prisoners of war in Germany in order to minister to captured members of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Quake Shattered Turkey Ex- War Prisoner Suggests Aid For Late Enemy
THE tragedy of the earthquakes which have rocked Turkey is more real to Mr. White, M.H.R., than to most Australians. He knows many of the shattered areas from personal experience as a Turkish prisoner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N Z. May Establish Hospitals in War Zone Wellington (N.z.)
Establishment in the war zone of big military hospitals staffed by New. Zealand doctors and nurses is considered by the Savage Government…
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