War Clouds Over Iran and Afghanistan Mobilising Against Possible Russian Attack
Tweed Daily · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 2
There is once more ferment north of the Indian frontier. This time the cause of the excitement lies in Afghanistan's nervousness of Russia. Both Afghanistan and her neighbour, Iran, are reported to be mobilising against possible…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →3¾ p.c on War Loan? Likely Rate Of Interest CANBERRA
Northern Star · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 7
It was learned authoritatively that the rate of interest offered for the first war loan…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"This Is the Calm Before Storm" Chamberlain Delivers First Speech of 1940 Stage of War in New Year London
Northern Star · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 1
MAKING his first public utterance in 1940, the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) received a warm welcome when he rose to speak at the Lord Mayor's luncheon at the Guild…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Fined £-5 for False Pretences Sydney
Northern Star · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 2
That by posing as a lieutenant in the Commonwealth military forces he had assumed to obtain employment for James McKnight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Larger Ration for Soldiers on Leave Than Civilians
Tweed Daily · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 5
LONDON, Monday:—Soldiers, sailors and airmen on leave in England will have much larger ration allowances than civilians. The latter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wounded Airman Dies While Landing Plane
Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 10
His pilot dead, himself dying from a bullet wound in the head, an heroic French observer grounded his crippled plane safely in a ploughed field…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Canada's Part in the War Soldiers' Great Reputation
Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 6
The first Canadian troops have landed in Britain—successors of the gallant half million, 60,000 of whom did…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Allied War Aims Unchanged
Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 4
Mr. Hore - Belisha's resignation as British War Minister leaves the Allied war aims unchanged. Being no mere pack of yes-men, a British…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →France Wins "Train War" LONDON
Northern Star · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 5
In all Franco-German hostilities since 1870 there has been a war within a war over the Eastern express trains. This time France has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →30 Germans Naturalised Since War Began
Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 5
CANBERRA, Wednesday:—The Minister for the Interior (Senator Foll) stated to-night that only 30 Germans had been naturalised in Australia since…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Savings Certificates: Issue Soon Canberra
Northern Star · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 7
War savings certificates will probably be available for sale about the end of February, the Acting Treasurer (Mr. Spender)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Casualty Lismore Woman 'Plane Shot Down
Northern Star · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 6
Miss Franchi Lisma, the talented Lismore singer, and youngest daughter of the late Mr. J. H. Armstrong, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wings Over The Lonely Shetlands Disturbed by War
Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 2
Once again the timeless peace of the islands off the north of Scotland is being disturbed by the alarms of war. Not so long ago Scapa Plow, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Near East May See Gloomy Shadow Of War Approach
Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 6
Recent reports of Russian troop concentrations on the Afghanistan frontier and of British and French troops in Iraq turned the eyes of the world to three countries about which the world in general knows little-Iran, Iraq and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers Training for Service Abroad
Northern Star · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 7
Members of the 2nd A.I.F. have undergone intensive training in the past three months. Here they are engaged in range-finding practice. (Dept. of Information photograph)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Beer Garden for N.z. Soldiers
Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 9
Members of the Government have claimed from time to time since New Zealand began training her Expeditionary Force that the soldiers in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Base Hospitals for Soldiers Federal Building Decision
Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 3
The Minister for Repatriation (Mr. Harrison) has announced that steps are being taken by the Federal Government to provide for the erection…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Doubtful Cases of T.b. in Soldiers Were Re-examined
Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 5
SYDNEY, Wednesday:—Thirty-one men of the 16th Brigade, 2nd A.I.F. were shown by re-examination by X-ray to be suffering from tuberculosis…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Honour Roll For Men Of Old A.I.F. Were Some Names Missed?
The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 1
Kyogle Shire Council believes that there are several names missing from the Great War Honour Roll now…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Casualty in War
Tweed Daily · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4
Miss Franchi Lasma the talented Lismore singer, and youngest daughter of the late Mr. J. H. Armstrong, of Dunoon, and Mrs. J. Smith, of…
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