Canadian Election on March 26 Soldiers Under 21 to Vote Ottawa, January 27
Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 6
Mr. Mackenzie King, the Prime Minister, has announced that the general election will be held on March 26. He promised to call Parliament together…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fly-blown Meat for the Soldiers Sir E. Page’s Allegations Camp Conditions Attacked Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 3
Sir Earle Page, M.H.R., returned to his attack on military camp conditions yesterday. He alleged that 20 per cent of the goods at Ingleburn went…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Churchill Again Bitterly Assails Nazis “Beaten Now,” He Asserts “Afraid to Bomb England” German Cruelties Exposed Praise for Labor War Co-operation LONDON, January 27
Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 2
In a speech al Manchester to-day the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill) referred to people questioning why the enemy had not yet attacked England from the air, and said that he himself had wondered whether the enemy was saving up for some orgy of frightfulness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Progress of the War
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 3
This morning's news discloses that the Nazi air raiders attempted their most ambitious series of attacks on British shipping yesterday, although not a great deal of damage was done. The raiders were intercepted over a large length of coast line…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The District. Ivanhoe. the War Memorial Hall
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 1
The annual report and statement and District Memorial Hall was held on Wednesday, 24th. instant. There were present : Messrs. C. Shephard…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Society of Friends and the Present War Melbourne
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 6
The Society of Friends (Quakers), Australia, has issued the following statement defining its attitude towards the present war:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cabled War Items Polish Leaders Executed Exterminating Population PARIS
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 3
A Polish white paper sets out that the Germans executed 18,000 Polish leaders from all classes in the Germanised Poland. It states, that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War, Day by Day Second A.i.f. March
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 4
Cheering thousands lined Melbourne streets under an overcast sky to witness the march of 5000 members of the Second A.I.F. The troops…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accuses War Cabinet of Being Stubborn Wet Canteen Issue Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 1
In resisting requests for wet canteens and the extension of afternoon leave for the Second A.I.F. the Federal Cabinet was being “purely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War Day by Day By the Department of Information British Fighter Types
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 3
Royal Air Force fighter defence consists of Supermarine Spitfires, Hawker Hurricanes and Gloster Gladiators. The Spitfire is a single seat low-wing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Supplies From U.S.A. Liquidation of Allied Assets Washington. January 28
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 3
The Treasury has revealed that Britain and France during October liquidated 100.000.000 dollars (£20 million) worth of United States…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Workers and N.Z. Soldiers in Fierce Street Battle Wellington (N.z.)
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 1
As a result of a street battle between Australian slaughtermen and New Zealand soldiers in Christchurch on Saturday night, four Australians…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lavington a Soldier Farewelled
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 4
A farewell social to Private Alf. Lord, 2nd A.I.F. arranged by the farewell committee, took place on Saturday evening. An overture was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bogus Telegrams Warning to Soldiers’ Relatives
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 4
Relatives of lads in the war services are warned that the old trick of sending bogus telegrams for money is already being practised, as it was with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Midget “War Widows.”
The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 1
Ten German midgets, returning from the World’s Fair, New York, to Genoa, on the liner Saturate, have been interned by the order of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →that America into the War LONDON, January 29
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 2
Sir Frederick Whyte, director of the American section of the Ministry for Information, in the course of a speech. suggested the possibility of America’s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Farewelled. Presentations Made
The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 3
On Saturday evening last, after [?] at the pictures, opportunity was taken by a large and residence audience to bid farewell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Soldiers’ Club
The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 3
[?] wards the three men of [?] A.l.F. and the executive officers a [?] Organisation were the guests of the members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Verses Tor Australian Soldiers. Poet Laureate’s Tribute
The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 4
The Poet Laureate, Mr John Masefield, has written verse in honor of the Australians, who will light in the war. The Prime Minister (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fifty Thousand More Miners Helping Britain to Win War
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 1
"Old King Coal" is helping Britain to pay for the war by providing a valuable export to set against imports of war materials…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →