Tax Increase Not Due to War Cause
A challenge to the Government that unless the Treasurer, Mr. Richardson, gives "a foil and frank explanation" of the financial position…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1939
226 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 12
Motorists Declare War (“Carbon,” of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia)
When Parliament discusses the Budget this week, not a solitary member will be under the slightest illusion regarding the viewpoint the motorists of…
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Everywhere in Warsaw there are signs of the defenders’ heroic efforts. In many sections every building was turned into a fortress, which had to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Shipping Seized
LONDON.—The First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Churchill, said that between September 24 and October 9 Britain's loss by submarine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War in the Air Canada As a Training Ground
The Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, announced in the House of Commons that Lord Riversdale and a staff of air experts were en route to Canada to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan’s First Shot War Effort Launched Patriotic Fund Formed
There was not a large attendance, but the meeting convened jointly by the Mayor of Queanbeyan, Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Wool Price Causes Surprise
LONDON.—The price at which the Government is acquiring the Australian and New Zealand wool clips caused a complete surprise at Bradford,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War News British Troops in France
A British army of 160,000 men, with vehicles, has occupied a wide tract of France, and is fortifying its line. The “Sydney Morning Herald’s” war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Safeguard for Soldiers’ Jobs
The early introduction by the Federal Government of regulations to safeguard the employment of men who volunteer for service in the Australian…
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Turkey’s refusal to act disloyally to Britain and France, and especially her refusal to close the Straits, may have important reactions on the Soviet’s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Success of Britain's Campaign
LONDON, Wednesday.—Reviewing the war situation, in the House of Commons to-day Mr. Chamberlain said there was nothing he could add…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Time Wool Clip Average 13.4375d
It is an extraordinary fact that fears of war during the past two years have disturbed wool markets (reports Winchcombe, Carson Ltd.), but actual war has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Booby Traps" Tricks of the War Game
War cables have contained numerous references to "booby traps" set by retreating Germans to catch unwary enemies; explosives placed in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News War on Shipping
The Official News Agency in Berlin announces that attacks on all ships carrying contraband in all seas will be expanded and strengthened in order to…
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A review of public utterances throughout the Commonwealth over the' last fortnight discloses complete agreement on the point that Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Polish War Victims’ Relief Fund
Appalled by the sufferings of the people of Poland following the invasion by Germany, a committee of leading citizens of New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War German Ship Blown Up
STAGE (Denmark).—All but five, of the members of the crew of 74 of the German mine patrol vessel. Este 701, were drowned when she…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Facing the Facts Why Truth Must Be Told Information Head on War Aim
The Government’s outlook on the war situation as it affects Australia was outlined frankly by the Minister for External Affairs and Information…
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In a recent review of naval activities, the Minister for Defence, Mr. Street, stated that the Royal Australian Navy had taken more than 30…
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The German Foreign Minister. Herr von Ribbentrop, in a speech in Danzig, accused Britain of responsibility for the war. Germany he declared, would…
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