British Soldiers Guard Arms Factory Fear of Bombings
LONDON, Wednesday:—Three hundred soldiers travelled secretly through the night on Tuesday from a camp in the South of…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1939
1,741 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 88
Australia Would Be Involved If War Broke Out Melbourne
Speaking at a civic reception to-day, Mr. Bruce said that if there was a world war in the future, it was inevitable that Australia would be in it. If…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →China War Japanese Claims Tokio
The Japanese claim to have occupied Yunglochen, in Tatyuan Province, killing 250 of the 1500 defenders. They also claim that they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →America to Aid France in War? Washington
A searching Senate inquiry into the administration of the entire foreign policy appears likely as a result of reports that President Roosevelt, through the Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Morgenthau) and heads of the army and navy,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maori War Canoes for N.Z. CENTENARY Ancient Tapu Ceremony
AUCKLAND:—A fleet of seven Maori war canoes is being built by the Maoris of the North Island, under the sponsorship of Princess Te Puea…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ENLISTMENTS Good Response in North
BRISBANE, Sunday:—Last week's record enlistment of 712 men from Queensland has been followed by requests from men on the North Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War on Cactus Drive Among Sydney Gardeners
SYDNEY, Monday:—War on cactus plants growing in suburban gardens has been declared by the Prickly Pear Destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Ambulance Train Australia Ready For War Casualties
Designed to carry 41 seriously wounded war casualties, the first railway ambulance carriage to be built in Australia since the war was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Opening by Duke New War Memorial At Canberra
The Australian War (Memorial at Canberra will probably be opened by the Duke of Kent in the early months of his term as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Possibility of World War Grave Warning by Mr. Bruce
Whether or not there was a world war depnded on the next few months, conceivably on the next few weeks, the High…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To Urge Linking of Power Systems War Time Supplies
SYDNEY, Monday:—The chairman of the Sydney County Council (Councillor Parry) will urge at the next meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Britain Will Turn Out More War Planes Than Germany by April"
LONDON, Sunday:—The aviation correspondent of the "Daily Herald" says that by April Britain will be turning out more first line war planes than Germany. He says that production is nearing the war-time peak of 100…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trade Chaos Danger In War-Time Australia Needs Plan to Prevent Collapse
If war comes into the Pacific Australia's export and import trade would at once become demoralised, if not temporarily…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bodies of Refugees Line Roads to France New Depths In Spanish War's Miseries LONDON
ANARCHISTS and Communists control Puigcerda, which is full of starving refugees from Spain, states a message from Perpignan (France). The Loyalist colonel commanding…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Increasing Ability To Conduct Prolonged War
LONDON, Monday:—The Russian Five Year Plan, says a Moscow message, embodies special efforts to increase Russia's ability to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hitler Looks Forward to Era of Peace "On Italy's Side if War Does Come" Colonies Claim: Hate for Jewry Berlin
"IF Italy is involved in a war it is absolutely certain that Germany will be on her side, but I do not think that there will be a war. I think that there will be a long period of peace," said Herr Hitler, in his address to the Reichstag to-day. Herr Hitler did not threaten the democracies, except to declare that Germany and Italy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Compensation for Civilians London
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Simon), in the House of Commons to-day, foreshadowed the payment of compensation to civilians…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →China War. Anxiety in Jap. Diet Tokyo
Questions directed to Ministers in the Diet reflect anxiety regarding the course of events in China, but the suggestion that Japan will call a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German War Prisoner May Be Exhumed After 20 Years London (By Air Mail)
A German officer who died in November, 1918, while a prisoner of war in England and was buried at Bray Cemetery, near Maidenhead, may be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Move to Define Canada's Attitude to War
OTTAWA, Wednesday:—A House of Commons definition of Canada's status in the time of war is proposed by Mr. J. T. Thorson…
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