Soldier Farmers. Public Meeting at Denman
It was decided at yesterday's meeting of the Shire Council to hold a public meeting at Denman on Wednesday, 24th inst., for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1940
4,041 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 203
COST £40,000. Refrigerators For Soldiers’ Camps SYDNEY
It is expected that ref[?] plants will shortly be installed at Ingleburn Great [?]therford [?] pool, A[?] Wallgrove and Da[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Killed When Car Overturns
When a car Overturned on a bend on the Liverpool-road. Cabramatta, Staff Sergeant Major e[?] Alehouses Doorey 32 of the Second A.I.F was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hitler Hesitates To Invade Holland Might Be Tactical Blunder Why The Swedes Nazi Threat (Daily War Comma[?] Issued by the Department of Information)
The warning issued by Holland to potential aggressors was prompted by renews activity of German troops on her frontiers, and the campaigner against neutral countries in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War and Cancer Research Canberra
Because of the war there will be no conference of Common wealth and New Zealand cancer experts this year…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Huge Cost of War Effort German People Must Pay
The increasing burden of taxation on the German people is discussed by the Danish newspaper "Politiken," which quotes repoits from its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Determined to Prevent War Spreading Italy and Hungary in Alliance
Although neither Rome nor Budapest will confirm or deny the reported conclusion of a military alliance between Italy and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Temporary Lull in Finnish War ("Mercury" service) LONDON, January 9
The war in Finland in at a Mandrill, [?] that the Russians are temporarily [?], but are possibly preparing new attack, either at sale or [?] the [?] Line. The Finnish communion [?] that land operation were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Prime Minister To German People Must Accept Responsibility for War
The German people must realise that the responsibility for the prolongation of this war and the suffering it might bring in the coming year was theirs, as well as that of the tyrants that stood over them, said the Prime Minister (Mr N. Chamberlain)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russo-finnish War Upsets Hitler’s Plans (“Mercury” Service) London, January 9
Herr Hitler, who has returned to Berlin, is reported to be conferring with his advisers on the implications of the conflict in Finland as it affects Russia and Italy. Hitler is believed to be trying to reconcile Germany’s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Advance Guard Only” British Soldiers In France (“Mercury” Service) LONDON, January 9
“The Present British Expeditionary Force in France is merely the advance guard,” said the Minister for supply. Dr. Burgin, in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Help for Victims of Turkish Earthquake Soldiers Fight Way Through Snow
Thousands of soldiers are making their way through snowdrifts across the blizzard-swept Anatolian Plateau in a desperate effort to succour in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Going Away for Noble Purpose Bishop's Message to Soldiers
"You are soldiers with Christ's name marked on your breasts," the Bishop of Maitland, the Most Rev. Dr. E. E. Gleeson, C.SS.R., told…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Our People Are United and Determined” Prime Minister’s Optimism “Grimmer Phase of War to Come” (“Mercury” Service) LONDON, January 9
Referring to civil defence in his speech to a crowded audience at the Mansion House to-night, the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain. said it was not surprising that some asked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Polish War Fund
Contributions to the Polish War Victims Relief Fund in Sydney, now exceed £4000. Stock Exchange activity is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War at Sea Nazi Bombers Active (“Mercury” Service) LONDON, Jan. 10
Yesterday it was admired by the Admiralty that there of [?] [?] attacked by German planes in the North [?] were [?] but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cases of T.B. Soldiers Discharged SYDNEY
[?] a result of re-examination [?] men of the [?] Brigade Second A.I.F, were found to be suffering from [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Canadians Enlist (“Mercury” Service) OTTAWA, January 10
Recruiting is proceeding apace in Canada. Three thousand men joined up at Toronto, 600 at Montreal,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SECOND A.I.F. Work of Returned Soldiers PRESENTATION
At the monthly [?] of the West [?] Sub-Branch R.S.S. I.L.A it was [?] that the sub branch had been taking a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Comforts Fund Thanks from Soldiers
A letter has been received from Corporal S. A. Blackford thanking the Maitland District Comforts Fund for the parcel which he received…
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