War News at Home and Abroad Malaya's War Effort
Malaya is to raise war loans to the amount of 45,000,000 Straits dollars, or over £5,000,000. One loan will te floated in the Straits Settlements and…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
603 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 23 of 31
War in Middle East
Italian forces have occupied [?] on the Egyptian-Libyan frontier, which has no strategic importance, and from which British troops were withdrawn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Win the War Unite Australia
Oh, what a fight for London! What magnificent courage and defence are our British kinsmen putting up! Let us cable Mr. Churchill and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War Wool for United States
BOSTON (A.A.P.).—Shipments to the United States of 250 million pounds of Australian and New Zealand wool is expected to begin after…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Savings Groups 16,000 in Australia
Since the first war savings group was formed in Sydney four months age, other groups have been registered at the rate of 4,000 a month. On…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Post-war Reconstruction Mr. P. J. Osbobne's Views
"The greatest victory has to be won when the war is over," said Mr. P. J. B. Osborne, endorsed U.A.P. candidate for Eden-Monaro, when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers" Send-offs Cr. Hassall's Complaint
When the matter of enlistment certificates was brought up at last Shire meeting by the President, the question of giving district soldiers on final…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters to Soldiers
The substitution of a particular place instead of the correct postal address on letters to members of the A.I.F. abroad is likely to delay delivery…
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GERMANY'S HUGE AIR LOSSES LONDON (A.A.P.).—Britain has lost 621 machines of all types in action since August 8, but Germany has lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News London, Thursday (A.A.P.)
Apart from isolated attacks on the southeast of England, causing several casualties, Germane air activity over England was exceptionally light since…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →How Germany Lost Last War Battle of the 100 Days
Last November Hitler said: "Britain and France did not defeat us on the cattlefront. That was a great lie." The Fuhrer said nothing new in these…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News at Home and Abroad Leave for A.i.f. Men in Reserved Industries
Shearers in the A.I.F. and other seasonal workers whose services are sought by employers, and farmers with duties on their own properties,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Relentless War by R.A.F. Many Bombers Attack the French Coast LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.)
Steadily increasing the pressure on the German-held Channel ports, the bomber command of the R.A.F. last night sent one of the largest forces of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recreation Hut for Soldiers
His Excellency the Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) on Tuesday officially opened the recreation hall erected at Goulburn Showground for the benefit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Military Blankets Stolen Soldier Sent to Gaol for One Month
At Goulburn Police Court on Monday cosmos Francis Hennessey, 36, a soldier attached to. the Home Defence Force, was sentenced to one month’s hard…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Evacuee Ship Torpedoed
LONDON (AAP.),—Eighty three children evacuees, aged between five and 15, were drowned when the ship on which they were being convoyed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War News [?]Leone Welcomes Participation
By the shameful demeanoun of Italy, Sierra Leone has been brought nearer the scene of warfare than otherwise might have been expected,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A War Problem Shortage of Skilled Labour and Tools
One of the greatest war problems facing the Empire and the United States of America at the moment, is the shortage of-skilled labour and tools…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News at Home and Abroad Malaya—the Empire's Dollar Arsenal
Malaya has been described as the "dollar arsenal" of the Empire. Because the sells so such be the United States, principally rubber and tin,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Greatbritain’s Civilian War Victims’ Relief Fund Queanbeyan Mayor’s Appeal
The Mayor of Queanbeyan (Alderman H. C. Taylor) broadcast the following over the air on Sunday night:— The Lord Mayor of Sydney has, as…
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