"No Time for Wishful Thinking" the British War Policy. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON
Singleton Argus · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 1
The Under-Secretary for Air (Mr Harold Balfour) stated to-night that it would be dangerous to allow the wishful to thinks for example, that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kurri Returned Soldiers Offices Elected
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2
At a meeting of Kurri Kurri Returned Soldiers' Sub-branch the executive officers were returned for the ensuing year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Denman Soldier Farmers. Committee Appointed. (From our Correspondent)
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 1
A public meeting held at Denman to form a committee to act in an advisory capacity in connection with properties owned or leased by men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bayonet Wound. Soldier's Death. SYDNEY
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2
Detectives are satisfied that the death of Private Donald Kirk Campbell (28), of the A.I.F., in Randwick Military Hospital, was due to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DENMAN Helping Soldier Farmers State Scheme Denman
Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 6
A public meeting held here to form a committee to set in as advisory capacity in connection with [?]owned or leased…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Help Enlisted To Save Orchard Properties GOSFORD
Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 6
Police patrols enlisted the help of men in the main street of Gosford last night to fight bush fires which threatened many homes and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Returned Soldier's Long Ride 23,286 Miles Round Australia
Singleton Argus · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 7
Douglas Hart, 45, a returned soldier, of Albert Park, returned to Melbourne on Wednesday after cycling 23,286 miles around Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr Murray Robson, M.l.a, Enlists Leave of Absence Granted
Singleton Argus · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 7
Mr Murray Robson, U.A.P. member for Vaucluse in the Legislative Assembly, has enlisted in the Field Artillery of the Second A.I.P…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Needs Heavy Drain On Super Petrol
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 6
The need for conserving high[?] petrol for use in [?] is placing a premium on this comedies in all countries involved in the war…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NOTSTTINGBACK Australia and the War Mr Menzies’ Speech
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 4
That Assurance was presences in face the effects of war was [?] [?] Mr. R. G. [?] is a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Review of War Development of the Week German Threats (Weekly war Commentary Issued by the Department of Information)
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 5
One of the most remarkable features of the war to date has been the degree of collaboration by Britain and France Last Sunday a comprehensive agreement was announced for posting the manufacturing [?] of the two [?]later…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fighting for Oil Nazi War Aims Defined (“Mercury” Service) PARIS, January 26
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 2
Naxi circles in [?]lin, according to [?] that the war is certain to degenerate into a war for all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Will Be Over in Six Months Confident German Rumours(“MERCURY” Service) London, January 23
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 1
There are rumours flying throughout Germany that the war will be over in six or eight months. The rumour undoubtedly bears the official stamp, and is based in the hope that early action may be able to break down the Allied…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S.A. CITIZENS Enlistment in Foreign Armies (“Mercury” Service) January 26
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 1
The United press says that President Roosevelt told a Press conference that Americans entering in foreign armies would [?] their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Deaths Accidental Four Soldiers Killed in Truck Smash at Rutherford Overturned Twice
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 4
A verdict of accidental death was schussed to by the [?] District Co caner (Mr. A. W. Johns) when he conducted an honest st the Win Maitland Courthouse to-day bite the deaths of the four second A.I.F. was who were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →International “Co-operation” Long Range Post War Planning
Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 4
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Measure Should Live on £500 A Year CANBERRA
Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 6
Speakers at the Summer School of the Australia Institute of Political Science at Canberra, urged the adoption of a maximum personal living allowance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Early Stages of War Britain Was on Verge of Food Shortage
Singleton Argus · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 3
The Minister for Focd (MrW. S. Morrison), in the House of Commons revealed that Britain was threatened with a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Will Be War for Oil Nazis Preparing Extension of Military Operations
Singleton Argus · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 1
Nazi circles in Berlin, according to neutral sources, consider that the war is certain to degenerate into a was for oil…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Cars for Australia War Time Plan to Replace German Exports
Singleton Argus · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 3
Conferences between motor manufacturers, the Ministry of Supply, and the Board of Trade have resulted in a plan to increase the export…
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