Finland Jubilant. Crushing Defeat of Another Russian Division. Huge Amount of War Material Captured. Latest
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 2
Finland is wild with jubilation over the third and greatest conquest of the campaign, namely, the crushing defeat of the 44th Russian Division of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Second A.I.F. Honoring Wingham Soldiers
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 5
There was quite a large gathering of members of the Wingham Sub-Branch of the R.S. & S.I.L.A. in the Council Chambers of the Memorial Town Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mount George Pays Honor to Its First Soldier
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 5
Mr. Edward Andrews, second son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Andrews, of "Athlone," Mount George, was home on leave for Christmas, and expects…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier Farewelled
The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 4
Brigadier A. S. Allen, D.S.O., V.D., Croix-de-Guerre, in charge of the New South Wales Contingent of the Second A.I.F., was entertained at a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Greater War Man's War Against Disease
Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4
Man's war against disease has been described as the "greater war"--greater than the present war and greater than the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Transport and the War
Macleay Argus · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2
There has been widespread interest in a series of articles on producer gas as a fuel, by Professor Bustall, of the University of Melbourne,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagging Tongues and War
Macleay Argus · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4
The military authorities have by word exhorted soldiers in the Ingle burn Camp to keep a silent tongue on their future movements. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War News in Brief
The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2
The frankness of the warning against complacency in the speech of the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, at the Mansion House, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Day by Day. Germany and the Finnish War
Macleay Argus · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2
In the opening stages of the Russo Finnish War, the alignment of the countries engaged in the major war, was not clear. Assistance has now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News. London, 11140
Macleay Argus · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 5
Believed to have been smuggled out of Germany, the plans and details of a new German plane, the Messer Schmidt Model 101, which is called…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First War Loan Next Month
Macleay Argus · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4
It has been learned authoritatively that the rate of interest offered for the first war loan will not exceed 3¾ per cent., the effective yield…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.s.a. and Export of War Materials. New York, 1114
Macleay Argus · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 5
The former Secretary of State, Mr. Stimson, urges the passage of one of four Bills at present before Congress to prohibit the export of army…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rumination - Review - Reminiscence. the War and Australia--our Territorial Integrity Appears Assured-- an Era of Unexampled Prosperity Forecast--the Situation of the Macleay and the Need for Organisation to Further Its Development and Safeguard Its Existing Activities
Macleay Argus · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 3
In my last article I discussed the war position and the international situation as it at present exists, and I purpose now considering it from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News Comments Germany and the Finnish War
The Northern Champion · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 2
In the opening stages of the Russo-Finnish war, the alignment of the countries engaged in the major war, was not clear…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Foretold in 1600
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 5
Police Inspector, J. H. Nicholls, of Hornsby, has unearthed the following remarkable prophesy, which is an extract from a Bodleian Library…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Nurse Ranks as Officer
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 7
Matrons, nurses and masseurs with the A.I.F. rank as officers, but soldiers do not have to salute them. "If the man is a gentleman, he…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War News. Mr. Chamberlain on the War. His Sole Aim to Win. Public Warned of Sacrifices. London, Jan. 9
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 8
The Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, in his speech at the Mansion House to-day, did not mention Mr. Hore-Belisha (whose sudden…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Late War News
The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 2
By calling up two more military classes, Belgium has brought herself to a verge of a general mobilisation. The new call mobilises between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Ruins Hamburg
Macleay Argus · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 2
There could be no more striking commentary on rule in Germany than the spectacle presented in the country's principal ports, including the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News in Brief
The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 3
Allied aircraft have gained a notable series of successes in the last few days. In the greatest air survey since…
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