Suppression of News on War London, January 19
There has been far too much official suppression of news since the outbreak of war, declared Mr. J. W. T. Ley, in his presidential address at the annual dinner…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1940
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"Slow, Inefficient" Canada's War Effort Condemned MONTREAL, January 19
The Premier (Mr. Hepburn), in the Ontario Legislature to-day, moved a motion condemning the Canadian Government's prosecution of the war. He…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →British Firms Converted to War Needs London, January 19
Two thousand firms are now engaged in munition Work throughout Great Britain. Three thousand firms have Government contracts for general stores, clothing, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Finance War Effort Tax on Land Values Suggested SYDNEY
To finance Australia's war effort all existing taxes should be abolished, and all money should be derived from a tax on land values, M. F. J. Craigie, a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gilbert And Ellice Islands £10,000 War Contribution LONDON
The Ban[?]ans a native community on Ocean Ire]and in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony—have placed at the disposal of the King a sum of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Red Indian Wrestler at Carnival Sporting Interests and War Fund
Sporting interests are rallying to the support of the Newcastle and District Patriotic Fund. The Indian wrestler Hiawatha,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Biggest Since War Began Contracts for R.A.A.F. Stations CANBERRA
Two of the biggest contracts let by the Federal Government since the war began were announced to-day by the Minister for the Interior (Senator H. S. Foll)…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Norway United for Freedom King Sees Danger in Finnish War Reds in Flight (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, January 19
"Fortunately, Norway remains outside the war, but difficulties are many," said King Hakon VII. in a speech at a banquet at the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Returned Soldiers and Ingleburn Camp
Mr. E. Kitching, representative of the State branch of the Returned Soldiers' League in Newcastle, will attend a conference in Sydney to-day regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers Under Confinement Avoid Atmosphere Of Gaol SYDNEY
Soldiers confined in the old Bourke-street police station are being held there until the army detention camp is completed it was officially stated at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russian Soldiers' Equipment
Clothing worn by captured Russian soldiers. In this wretched equipment Russian troops are expected to withstand temperatures many degrees below zero…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Keep War Out of South America Argentine's Attitude to Safety Zone "Treatment As Equals" (Australian Associated Press.) Buenos Aires, January 19
Britain and the other belligerents were closing their eyes to reality if they pretended that international law was so fixed that the South American…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Man Wounded in Alleged Brawl Melbourne
In an alleged brawl outside a foregn club in Shepparton yesterday, xhezar Ramadon, 40, was shot in the stomach. He walked to the police station, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alignments For The Total War
TMAY be observed that even in the confident speech of Mr. Winston Churchill, as well as in the more restrained utterance of Lord Halifax, there is a warning to the British people not to take the war too easily nor to under-rate Germany's power…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Stops Demand Magic Lantern LONDON, December 27
[?] have lost their allure. Since the war even country parsons have ceased to hire them for school treat and village…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mile of Pennies Muswellbrook's War Effort MUSWELLBROOK
Up to yesterday 126 yards of pennies had been obtained for the Muswellbrook district Mile of Pennies for patriotic purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Italy and the War Refuses to Be Ignored London
"The policy openly voiced by Mussolini does not put Italy outside the war," declares Signor Gayda who is regarded as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canada's War Efforts Huge Delivery Of U.S. Planes AUCKLAND
Squadrons of United states bombing aeroplanes, arriving over Hawaii in perfect formation, after a night flight of 2440 miles, from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Keeping Note of Newcastle Volunteers Scheme to Help War Fund Work
A scheme to compile a record of the Newcastle men serving with the 2nd A.I.F. and other military unto is being considered…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"War Dangerous to Dominions" Independence at Stake Says Professor PHILADELPHIA, January 21
The professor of history at Princeton University (Professor Herbert Heaton Long) said the war was dangerous to the Dominions. The position of Australia…
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