Canadian War Loan Subscriptions Ottawa. January 18
Applications in the first Canadian war loan are 25 per cent in excess of the 200.000.000 dollars (£40 million) sought. It is likely that the final…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
3,171 stories in Murray's papers · page 11 of 159
Suppression of War News Alleged London. January 19
There had been too much suppression of news since the war commenced. said Mr. W. J. Ley, of the National Union of Journalists, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Consuls of Neutral Countries Talk War Sydney
Holland's defences made the complete subjugation of the country an almost impossibility, declared the Consul-General for the Netherlands (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War, Day by Day. MODERN T.B. DETECTING
The nation will save a large amount of money in payment of pensions for tuberculosis because of the careful examination which the Army Medical…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Empire Air Scheme “Will Prove Outstanding Feature of War” London. January 18
Sir Kingsley Wood, Secretary for Air. in a speech to the Overseas League, said that the air scheme in Canada no doubt would prove to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →65 M’s.P. in the War (British Official Wireless) LONDON, January 18
It was disclosed in a Parliamentary answer to-day that 65 Members of Parliament are serving in the Army, apart from those [?]ding…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hertzog to Move That War with Germany Be Ended Cape Town. January 19
When the Union Parliament met today, the former Prime Minister (General Hertzog) gave notice he would move that the war against Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Suggests Australia’s War Effort Be Financed From Tax on Land Values Sydney
A suggestion that in order to finance Australia’s war effort Ml fritting taxes should be abolished and all moneys be derived from tax on land values,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Military Hospitals for Civilian Needs After the War Aim of the Government Sydney
The establishment of military hospitals in N.S.W. and their conversion to civilian uses after the war is a subject which will receive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Knits Socks for Soldier Grandsons
Born in Tipperary, Ireland, 92 years ago, Mrs. C. McDonald, a former resident of Charlton, now living with her daughter in Herbert Street, Albert…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Enlistments in N.Z. Beat Australia's Wellington (N.z.)
Including last week’s total of 2354 the aggregate number of enlistments for the New Zealand expeditionary force is 22,895. Of this number, about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Troops Now Said to Be Moving South Move in War of Nerves Concern in Danubian Countries Closer Relations with the Soviet Finns Claim Another Mammoth Victory LONDON. January 19
The Belgrade correspondent of the “Times” states that authenticated reports of the entry of German troops into the south of Sovietised Poland has aroused interest and apprehension in the Danubian countries. It is widely believed that an important re-arrangement of Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia First Prize in This War says Mr. Menzies MELBOURNE
Australia was first prize lo the victor in this war, which was bound to the greatest and most decisive war in the history of the world, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) declared to-day, in an address at a special, gathering al the Kew drill hall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Measles Among Soldiers Sydney
Since last Saturday 187 members of the A.I.F. camp at Ingleburn have been treated at metropolitan hospital for measles. The outbreak is now…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“No Unemployed Soon” War Creates Jobs An Optimistic Minister Thousands of Planes to Be Built Over-production Already Occurring in America SYDNEY
Thousands of aircraft will be manufactured in Australia within the next year or two at a cost in the vicinity of £20 million…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dictator of the Whole of Europe Hitler’s Aim Revealed Wanted War Months Ago Lord Halifax Speaks “Britain Will Not be Vindictive” LONDON. January 20
In a speech at Leeds to-day, the Foreign Secretary (Lord Halifax) revealed that the Munich settlement gave Germany “all that she immediately wanted.” In applying that statement, he said, every contentious point had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Brings Its Worries
British censorship of American mails and falling trade on account of the war are worrying problems confronting Mr. Roosevelt, President of the United States. (Sec story on this page)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Progress of the War
The situation on the Western Front remains comparatively calm with rome patrol work being carried out. The threat of German invasion of Holland has been lessened, and the Dutch army leave has been restored. German leave has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest War News Hitler Must Decide Soon War Effects Visible on Germans LONDON.--Jan. 22
The "New York Times" correspondent in Berlin states that Hilter is confronted even more urgently with the fateful question whether to attack…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Preparing for War Expensive Item for Australia Canberra
The long period at training of the militia forces this year added to list year’s camp of one month, win form the major item of defence…
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