The War, Day by Day Hotel Fast, Jerusalem— Allenby's Big Bluff
Men of the A.I.F. Light Horse, when they read that an hotel in Jerusalem will be converted into a club to accommodate leave parties of 50 men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murray · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1940
3,171 stories in Murray's papers · page 26 of 159
Spending Our War Funds Large Sums Circulated Australia Benefits Melbourne
Taxation for defence is going to be heavy in Australia and the public will be asked to contribute freely to war loans…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day's Cables. Cabled War Items Scandinavian Neutrality A Joint Statement COPENHAGEN
Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Foreign Ministers have completed negotiations, despite delays due to the weather. A joint statement issued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Profit Without Sacrifice Labor War Policy Attacked BITING U.A.P. Comments Geelong
The only interpretation that could be placed on Labor’s war policy was that it was prepared to accept the privilege of Empire membership without regard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Full Meaning of War Not Realised by People in Britain Professor’s Belief Melbourne
Speaking at the Melbourne University Union luncheon to-day, Professor S. M. Wadham who recently returned from a lengthy stay in England said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Labor Will Stand by Australian Soldiers Now Abroad” GEELONG
Broadcasting at Geelong to-night the leader or the Federal Opposition (Mr. Curtin) dealt, with many questions which had been asked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Bayonet Wound Liverpool Camp Incident Soldier Had Been Placed Under Arrest Sydney
The City Coroner (Mr. Oram) today inquired into the death of Sapper William David Calrncross, also known as David Kirk Campbell,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →T.B. Soldier Sufferers Housed in Ordnance Store SYDNEY
An order that men rejected from the ranks of the A.I.F. through having T. B. are to be housed in the ordnance store at Ingleburn camp until their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Turks Withdraw , After Clash with Russians? Situation Is Now Easier Allies Want to Widen War Assertion By Italian Journalist LONDON, February 25
The situation on the Caucasian border has eased the withdrawal of both Turkish and Russian troops the immediate vicinity of the border in order to avoid friction. Turkey, however, is believed to be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War on Weeds. Councils in Conference
Representatives of the Urana, Lockhart and Berrigan Shire Councils held a conference at the Urana Council Chambers recently, to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →100 Million People Now Engaged in War Work WASHINGTON, February 27
The United Stales Secretary of State (Mr. Cordell Hull) to-day told the Senate Finance Committee that an extension of the reciprocal trade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Pictures of the War at Sea and the Men Who Engage in It
This batch of photographs was received by the last air mail from England, several having been just released by the censorship department…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War, Day By Day What Russia Demanded
While the world admires the resistance the Finns have offered to overwhelming Russian numbers, it 13 well that the extent of Russia's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Economic Side of War Interest in Rumania Italy Wooing France Bucharest, February 27
Interest in the economic side of the war was heightened to-day when it was revealed, after the return of the Rumanian Finance Combination from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Halifax Defines The Deeper Issues of The Present War LONDON, February 27
Speaking to a large University gathering at [?] to-day in the dual role of [?] of the University and Foreign Minister, Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Empire Air Scheme “Not Merely Family Gesture” “Mr. Menzies on War Developments Melbourne
The whole purpose of the Empire air scheme was not a pleasant family gesture, bat a determination to establish superiority In the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Hotheads to be Curbed By Military Authorities MELBOURNE
Steps had been taken by the Military Board to prevent breaches of the military regulations, arising from members of the forces in uniform taking part in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gayda Believes War Will Be Long Says Bitterness of Years Barrier to Early Peace Italy May Enter Conflict Sumner Welles’ Visit May be Fruitless LONDON, February 28
The visit to Europe of Mr. Roosevelt’s envoy— Sumner Welles—is not likely to halt the war, according to the views expressed to-day by Signor Gayda, the official Italian publicist…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Progress of the War
The fighting in Finland continues with the Finns with their backs to the wall. The Russians have made some notable gains towards Wiipuri and with the Finnish defences weakened on the western end of the Karelian Isthmus, the Russians are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Day by Day By the Department of Information France’s Vast War Effort
While the British Navy rules the waves, the French Army, entrenched in its millions behind the Maginot Line, makes the Allies position impregnable…
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