Soldier May Be Outside Scope of Law Sydney
Harold Forster Dawson was to have appeared in the Bankruptcy Court today to defend a creditors’ petition, but when the matter was called it was…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
3,171 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 159
Wodonga Returned Soldiers
At the annual meeting of the Wodonga sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers’ League, the following office-bearers were elected: President, Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Verses for Soldiers Written by Poet Laureate SECOND A.I.F. Honored Melbourne
The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) has received a letter from the Australian High Commissioner in London (Mr. S. M. Bruce) enclosing verses…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letters for Sailors and Soldiers. Correct Method of Address. Special Postage Rates
In order to facilitate the delivery [?] postal articles to members of the Commonwealth Defence Forces, it is of the utmost importance that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Post-war and War-time Education for Soldiers N.S.W. Minister’s Plans Sydney
When the Australian Council of Education meets in Tasmania next month, the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) will refer to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Mysteriously Wounded While in Bed Wellington (N.z.)
Mrs. Emma McCarthy, aged 80, received a wound in the head in mysterious circumstances early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Women to Drive Firm’s Cars Union Official’s Protest “Making Men Available for War Service” Sydney
It would be a disgraceful position if motor trading firms employed on women drivers while men over 40 years of age and unfit for war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hertzog Would Call Off the War Move in S.A. Parliament Prime Minister’s Scathing Reply Cape Town, January 23
Moving his motion in the Legislative Assembly to-day, that the war with Germany be ended now. General Hertzog, a former Prime Minister, declared: “If Britain had not declared war against Germany, South Africa would not be involved.”…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier From Ingleburn Camp Admitted to Hospital with Bayonet Wound Sydney
A private attached to the Second A.I.F. at Ingleburn was admitted to hospital to-night suffering from a wound believed to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →230 Soldiers in Hospital in Sydney Sydney
The Minister for Health (Mr. Fitz-Simmons) stated to-day that 150 soldiers were receiving treatment at one hospital in the metropolitan area, and 40…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Corowa Returned Soldiers
Election of officers at the annual meeting of Corowa sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I.L.A. resulted as follows: President, Mr. P. W. Pritchard;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers and Preference Albury Council’s Attitude an Important Decision
Provisions of the Returned Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Employment Preference Act had prevented a number of unfortunate men, who had not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Enormous Crowd Acclaims Men of the A.I.F. 5000 Soldiers March in Melbourne Cheers, Streamers, Confetti Confusion at Town Hall Corner Memories of 25 Years Ago An Inspiring Sight as Successors to the Anzacs Swing Along MELBOURNE
Cheered by an enormous crowd. Victoria's 5000 A.I.F. men inarched through the city’s streets to-day. For every inch of the route, crowds of people—many of whom had waited for hours—were packed from the barriqades on the roadway back…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Progress of the War
The most important developments in recent days have been the concentrations of German troops in the vicinity of the Hungarian and Rumanian frontiers, and reports of large concentrations of allied and other anti-German forces in the Near East…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Boom in Marriages London, Jan. 24
A marriage boom, due to the war, has been revealed in returns for the third quarter of 1939. The total jumped 31 per cent, or 40 000 compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Hope for Australia If England Loses the War
Speaking at a meeting at Kew on Sunday, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said that Australia was first prise to the victor in this war, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Young Women Rush Chance to Join War Corps Melbourne
Young women caper for service with the women’s air training corps, attended the Kelvin Hall in such numbers to-night to hear the objects of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?]stralia Spending £75 [?]ilion on the War [?]is Year SYDNEY
In terms of money In this financial [?] the Australian Government [?] spend on direct war purposes [?] £75,000,000, declared the acting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On the Seas. War On Neutral Ships Nazi Campaign Continues LONDON
The Nazi campaign of terror against neutral shipping continues. Three more neutral vessels have been sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Young Soldier Dies. From Bayonet Wounds. SYDNEY
Private D. K. Campbell, of the Second A.L.F., who received a. bayonet wound at Liverpool camp, on Wednesday night, died last night. A military…
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