Great Britain’s War Cost
If every man, woman and child in Australia contributed £1 a day, the sum would just about cover Great Britain’s estimated total expenditure…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
603 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 10 of 31
The War Great Battle Raging
LONDON. Wednesday— An Air Ministry communique states that R.A.F. bombers, escorted by fighters, vent into action, in co-operation with…
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German armoured shock troops made further advances westward on French soil on the Aisne and Sambre sector during Saturday’s fighting…
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A well-attended meeting of ladies in connection with the local patriotic and war comforts fund was held in the C.W.A. Rooms on Saturday…
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Arrangements are now well in hand with the programme of events for Bungendore’s big effort on May 24th and 25th. From information coming to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Tremendous Battle Raging France Invaded
LONDON, Sunday.—"A tremendous battle is raging in France and Flanders, and the Germans have broken through the French defences…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →American Wool Position Consumers and the War
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— Considerably more variation in prices for Futures tops in New .York has lately been noticeable than for a number…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frances’s War Effort, No, 1. Sacrifice Is Shared in France
In some ways France has gone much further than any other of the five Allied Democracies in mobilising her full economic strength for the war against the Nazis. This article, the first of a series of four showing the facts and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rugby League Queanbeyan Juniors Win Tournament League’s Effort for War Funds
The Queanbeyan Rugby League staged at Reserve Grade Knock-out Competition on the showground on Sunday. Eight teams stripped, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Safety Is War Effort (By the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Development of the war to its present gigantic stage has coincided with a noticeable increase in the number of road accidents due to carelessness…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Safety Road Safety Is War Effort (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Development of the war to its present gigantic stage has coincided with a noticeable increase in the number of road accidents due to…
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It is officially announced in Paris that the French have recaptured Arras, on the right bank of the River Scarpe, and 38 miles from Amiens…
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The people of Britain have enthusiastically welcomed what is virtually the establishment of a war-time dictatorship by Mr. Winston Churchill’s…
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The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, in a tense atmosphere in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, announced important changes in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Heavy Casualties
LONDON, Wednesday.— Paris military circles estimate that German casualties to date have been 500,000, in the proportion of one killed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Wool Position Consumers and the War
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Considerably more variation in prices for Futures tops in New York has lately been noticeable than for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan and Yarrowluma Shire Patriotic & War Fund
The monthly meeting, of the committee was held on Wednesday night. There was a large (attendance, the Mayor (Alderman H. C. Taylor)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News at Home and Abroad Vast Allied Mercantile Fleet
The effect of the German invasion of Denmark, Norway and Holland and Belgium has been to deprive Britain of certain commodities…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →France’s War Effort No. 2 Taxation Is, High in Flange
France has imposed considerably higher rates of taxation on her people, partly with the object of curtailing consumption. She has also…
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