Britain's War Spiders
Even British, spiders are mobilised aa industrial war workers. Instrument factories keep groups of these eight-legged "craftsmen"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mid North Coast · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1940
1,795 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 6 of 90
War News in Brief
A statement denying reports that Rumania is increasing exports of petroleum to Germany, or discussing a guarantee pact with Germany and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pigeons As War Birds
Records of the lives saved by pigeons in the Great War are numerous, and well-worth recording in the Great War are numerous, and well…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War News in Brief
Events of the past few weeks have led to a growing fear that the war between Britain arid France and Germany will spread, setting the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Day by Day. Mobile Recruiting
Mobile recruiting units for the country districts, expanded recruiting facilities for the cities, and an intense publicity campaign, are to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Day by Day Mobile Recruiting
Mobile recruiting for the country districts, expanded recruiting facilities for the cities, and an intense publicity campaign, are to be used…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Divided Village. Half at War -- Half Neutral
In a queer spot are the landowners who live in the Irish Village of Pettigo, which is on the border between the counties of Donegal and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Should Live on £500 a Year. Maximum Urged as War Measure
The adoption of a maximum personal living allowance of £500 a year for Australians as a means of conserving financial resources for war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Machine-Gun Regiment. Keen Soldiers
From all corners of the Commonwealth and from every infantry battalion in the Second A.I.F. men have been drawn to form the 2/1st…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Bayoneted
Private D. K. Campbell, of the Second A.I.F., who received a bayonet wound at Liverpool camp on Wednesday night, died on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Talk
The following news from Montevideo under date December 19 is informative:—Naval sources intimated to-day the Admiral Graf Spee's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Prophecies
All London is talking about a book by the Rev. Roes Howells, Director of the Bible College in Wales, containing some extraordinary prophecies…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Churchill Sums Up War Position London
"I know nothing more remarkable in British history than her willingness to encounter and endure the unknown. This is not a war planned and entered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News Comments Mobile Recruiting
Mobile recruiting units for the country districts, expanded recruiting facilities for the cities, and an intense publicity campaign, are to be used…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News. Finland Acores. Red Drive Ceasing. London
Russia's big offensive north-east of Lake Ladega, designed to o[?] the Manner[?]m Lane is now [?] spent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hertzog Beaten "Stop the War Motion" Eighty-one Votes to Fifty-nine Capetown
General Hertzog's "Stop the War motion was defeated in Parliament by 81 to 59 votes. In a statement after the vote was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pay for Soldiers N.z. and Australia Lead the Way
The private soldier in the Australian Militia gets £2 16s a week while in camp. Later on his pay is going to be standardised at a lower rate. That's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Poet Laureate Tribute to Australian Soldiers
The Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) has received a letter from the Australian High Commissioner in London (Mr. S. M. Bruce) enclosing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Ace
General Vuillemin, Commander-in-Chief of the French Air Force was a French ace in the last war. His squadron was involved in 101 air…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Effort
London: The Prime Minister. Mr. Chamberlain, declared in the House of Commons that the position of Minister for the Co-ordination of the…
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