War on the Economic Front Export Council Chosen Mr. Chamberlain’s Explanation (British Official Wireless) LONDON, Feb. 1
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 1
An Export Council is being established to assist In the organisation of Britain’s export effort in war-time. This was announced by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Slashed in House Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 2
During an argument in a house at Surry Hills to-night Corporal Raven, aged 40. a member of the Second A.I.F. was slashed across the right arm with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Pass Through Albury
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 4
Patriotic hearts in Albury were all a-flutter yesterday afternoon when a mechanised unit of the Second A.I.F. passed through the town. The men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“China Campaign Is Holy War” Tokio, Feb. 3
Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 3
In an uncompromising answer to the leader of the Minseito Party (Mr. Takao Saito), who yesterday demanded a statement of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germans Deny Barbarism in War at Sea London, Feb. 4
Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 3
The bodies of 15 members of the crew of the destroyer Exmouth, which was torpedoed by a German submarine, have been washed up on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“War Must Be Fought to the End” Negotiated Peace Useless War Minister’s Warning Hecklers Thrown Out of Hall LONDON, February 3
Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 3
“A negotiated peace now would not settle anything. It would only mean a troubled truce,” said the British War Minister (Mr. Oliver Stanley), speaking at the City Hall, Newcastle-on-Tyne, to-day. It was his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming After War Development to be Discus Conference in Hobart Canberra
Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 4
Plans for post-war development and control of Australian prl[?] industries will be discussed by the Australian Agricultural Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Compulsory Sayings Plan Supported Britain’s War-time Economy London .February 3
Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 6
Now that sufficient time has elapsed to reveal the vital necessity for a far-reaching measure to preserve the nation’s economic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Killed by Car [?]fter An Alleged [?]ltercation With Soldiers HOBART
Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 3
Following an altercation arid an al[?]ged assault by two soldiers in Elizabeth st., city, late last- night, William [?] Rennie, aged 59. died in hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers and Civilians [?] Fierce Brawl in Sydney Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 3
More than 60 soldiers and 250 civilians fought in Campbell street last night in Sydney’s fierced brawl for years…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No War-Like Decisions From Belgrade Temporary Triumph or Germany and Italy Political Disunity in the Balkans in the [?] Air Soon to Be Cl Eared Entente Seeking Closer Collaboration BELGRADE, February 4
Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 1
Discreet announcements of the Balkan Entente deliberations indicate at least a temporary triumph for German man and Italian efforts to keep the Balkans politically disunited, the signs are not lacking that greater…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Progress of the War
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 2
The conference of members of the Balkan Entente has ended and a joint statement has been issued by the parties, disclosing a unity of purpose striving to maintain peace within their territory. Comment in Berlin describes the conference as a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War, Day by Day Germany's Oil Problems
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 3
Even if Nazi Germany succeeded in transporting the whole of Rumania's oil output into her domestic reservoirs, it would be only a small…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cabled War Items The Horrors in Poland COPENHAGEN
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 2
The newspaper, Politken, describes how German soldiers, returning to the Homeland, from Poland, confess relief felt after leaving the horrors they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Curtin Defends Labor’s War Policy Melbourne, Monday
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 3
A claim that the Labor Party’s defence programme was more constructive and patriotic, having regard to the true interests of Australia and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Day by Day By the Department of Information Wheat Yield
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 2
The Australian Wheat Crop for 1939/ 40 season is expected to approximate 204,000,000 bushels. In 1932/33 the crop reached the record figure of 214,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →End of First Five Months of War; All Quiet on Western Front Paris, February 5
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 1
Infantry Ore across the Rhine, between Strasbourg and Lauterbach, previously the quietest sector on the Western, marked the end of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Youths Remanded Sequel to Clash Between CIVlLIANS and Soldiers Sydney. Monday
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 6
[?] of a disturbance between soldiers and civilians in [?] on Saturday night. Re[?] Seon aged 22. and John Patrick…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Said to Suffer From Hallucinations Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 3
When Jan Francinson, who wore a military uniform, came before Darlinghurst Sessions to-day on a charge of theft it was stated that he suffered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Leniency for Erring Soldier “Should Be Morally As Well As Physically Fit” Gaoled for Six Months Melbourne
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 2
Soldiers were tested to discover whether they were physically fit, but there seemed to be no reason why they should not be morally [?] as well,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →