War Talk
The weather more than the war has been the subject of talk from Sunday last in Europe. Snow was falling right across Europe from the North…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mid North Coast · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1940
1,795 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 90
Sherwood Farewell. Soldiers Entertained
In Sherwood Hall on Saturday night a very large crowd attended a farewell tendered to four members of the A.I.F. on final leave…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Farewelled at Jerseyville
Scenes reminiscent of 1914-18 were enacted m the Jersevville Hall on Saturday night, 23rd December, when two local members of the 2nd A.I.F…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Austral Eden Farewell Soldiers Entertained
At Austral Eden Hall on Wednesday night some three or four hundred people from al parts of the district assembled to tender a hearty farewell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News in Brief
The British and French Cabinets believe that their greatest achievement since the outbreak of the war has been the rapidity with which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Million Pots of Jam Result From British War Effort
The women of the villages of England have been busy filling more than 1,000,000 one and two lb. pots of jam in a lightning anti-waste…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War-time Motoring Miscellany
Some motor dealers in the West End of London are working under difficulties other than those caused by the rationing of fuel. Some have had to give up…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War News. Washington
President Roosevelt, in his budget message, recommended Congress to cut nearly everything except national defence funds. It is stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War News Comments Russia and Afghanistan
News that Russia was reported to be massing troops on the border of Afghanistan is a reminder of the enormous expanse of Europe and Asia which is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Position of U.S.A. Speech by the President Washington
Reminding Americans that they could not remain unaffected by or indifferent to the war — like ostriches with their heads in the sand" — President [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Red Cross Work for Soldiers
An enormous supply of hospital equipment is being gradually collected for despatch to the various hospitals which leave with the 2nd A.I.F.; but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lansdowne Farewell to Two Soldiers
All patriotic citizens wended their way to the Lansdowne Hall on Thursday night, 28th December, to say goodbye to Mews. J. Duke and V. Pinchin,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Late War News
A political sensation has been caused by the resignation of Mr. Hore-Belisha as Secretary for War, and his replacement by Mr. Oliver…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Excess Profits In Time of War. Minister Outspoken
Objectionable at any time, excessive profit-making at a time of national emergency is disloyalty in a sinister and represensible form,"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Spirit in Scotland. Letter From Gloucester Resident's Mother
A letter received by a resident of Gloucester from his mother in Scotland, gives some interesting sidelights on conditions there, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Changes Likely British War Policy. LONDON, Jan. 7
Wide changes and reforms, carried out in the British Army, during his tenure of office by Mr. Hore Belisha, and the accord between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier's Eyes Wonderful Device to Protect Them
In 1917, somewhere in France, a young man in the Royal Army Medical Corps sat clown in a trench and considered the fact that more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Talk
There is more noise in London than there is on the Western Front; but the former noise is akin to what Kipling once described as "killing Kruger with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War News. War Minister Resigns. Sensation in British Politics, LONDON, Jan. 5
The biggest political sensation since the outbreak of war has been caused by the official announcement that the Secretary for War, Mr. Hore-Belisha…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Resignation of Mr. Horebelisha Differences with the Army Chiefs London, January 7
A political sensation has been caused by the resignation of Mr. Leslie Hon[?] Belisha as Secretary for War, and replacement by Mr. Oliver Stanley, the…
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