War Exercises Among The Gum Trees
In peaceful settings like this, Australia's cavalry carry out war exercises. Four abreast, this squadron of the 6th Light Horse trains in quiet woodlands near…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1940
4,844 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 243
Blight of War on Crops London
Defence preparations in R[?]mama have caused a decline of nearly 40 per cent. in agricultural activity since last autumn…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War on Indian Terrorists New Delhi, February 21
A military clean-up is being launched in an area called the Ahmedzai salient, north of Bannu, where gang warfare has recently terrorised settlements bordering…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Great War Pilot Again Honoured London, February 21
Wing-Commander William Ernest Staton, the first Great War pilot to win an award in the present conflict, has gained the D.S.O…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War Costs to Be Secret London, February 21
For the duration of the war, the Estimates for the Navy, the Army, the Air Force, and certain other services will be presented to Parliament in the form…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Nazi Women Should Have War Babies" Berlin, February 21
"Schwarze Korps," the organ of the Black Guards, says that German women who have stopped having children must get busy in order to populate "the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Children's War Effort Big South Australian Plan ADELAIDE
A scheme for coordinating the war efforts of more than 75,000 schoolchildren in South Australia was announced to-day after a meeting of the Administrative…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Trades Hall War Policy Newcastle A.W.U. Opposed
Opposition to the war policy of the Newcastle Trades Hall Council, defiled in a motion carried unanimously at the last meeting, was expressed at a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Orders by Soviet in U.S. WASHINGTON, February 21
Since the outbreak of the war, 90 per cent. of Russian purchases in the United States and 98 per cent of American re-exports to Russia have comprised…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Rush of Work at War Fund Office Need for Typist Felt
An experienced typist is needed to cope with the rush of work at the office of the Patriotic War Fund in Newcastle. It is suggested that one could be employed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Last War Began New Era for Palestine How Australians Will Fare There
Australian troops have, been safely transported to "a land flowing with milk and honey," the Biblical description of Palestine. Not that it has always deserved its reputation. For centuries…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fashions Forget the War No Gloom In New Colors LONDON, January 30
Spring colors are to be bright, as an antidote to war boredom, with a red sail in the sunset shade as first favorite. Gloomy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dominions' Part in War "AirScheme will Be Decisive Factor" Canadian Commissioner Opens Show
The vital part being played by Australia and Canada in supplying the Empire's war needs of steel, munitions, minerals and foodstuffs was emphasised by the Canadian High Commissioner in Australia (Mr. C. J. Burchell) in a speech at the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Political War in South Africa Stonewalling by Opposition Cape Town, Wednesday. [?] order to save the [?]
[?] [?]ment from what the pro-Government newspapers term "ridicule and inefficiency," the Government will…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Gives Impetus to Artists Abroad Autograph Hunter's Unusual Task (Special Correspondent: Air Mail.) LONDON, January 18
The war has spurred artists and photographers on to new efforts. Many exhibitions are being held here. One famous maritime artist is filling a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Who Will Be in "The Rest"? Likely Selection to Meet N.S.W. Team in War Fund Match
THE TEAM to be known as The Rest, which will meet the New South Wales Sheffield Shield team in the match at Sydney Cricket Ground in aid of patriotic…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Socks for Queensland Soldiers
Mrs. M. Bennett has sent 25 pairs of socks to the 2/9th (Queensland) Battalion at Ingleburn. She acknowledges the receipt of socks from Mesdames Irving,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kurri Comforts Fund Socks for Soldiers
At a meeting of Kurri Returned Soldiers' Women's Auxiliary last night, the Secretary, Mrs. H. Winter, reported that the Auxiliary now had 100 pairs of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Allies to Call Halt Acts of War in Neutral Waters Blockade-runners to Be Checked (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, February 21
The British and French navies "will take all measures" to prevent Norwegian waters being used for belligerent purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"War Not Christian"
Sir,—What must be the attitude of the Christian to war? Surely, notwithstanding the complexity of the international situation, the issue is a straight-out one…
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