The War
SPAIN'S ENTRY INTO THE WAR LONDON (A.A.P.).—Italian newspapers to-day carry editorials on the front pages suggesting that Spain's…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
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Patriotic and War Fund Committee Meeting
The committee of the Queanbeyan and Yarrowlumla Shire Patriotic and War Fund met at the Council Chambers, Queanbeyan, on Tuesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News at Home and Abroad Sierra Leone Welcomes Participation
"By the shameful demeanour of Italy, Sierra Leone has been brought nearer the scene of warfare than, otherwise would have been expected, but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Diggers on the Air Australian Life (From the Commonwealth Official War Correspondent)
Thanks to the presence of the Australian forces and the slouch hat, acts as a kind of perambulating advertisement, there has been a perceptible…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. L. A. Robb to Retire Returned Soldiers’ President
Mr. L. A. Robb, who for ten years has been President of the New South Wales branch of the Returned Sailors arid Soldiers' League,…
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The City Coroner, Mr. Oram, on Wednesday recorded an open finding at the inquest into the death of Lynden Louis Wyatt, a soldier, who was found…
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The annual congress of the N.S.W. branch of the Returned Soldiers League carried a motion urging that Anzac Day should be proclaimed a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Indies and the War
The entry of Italy into the war and news of the end of the French resistance exerted a powerful strengthening influence on the loyalty of West…
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CAIRO, Sunday (A.A.P.).—The Australians are completing their training in preparation for joining the English, French and Indian troops…
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“Baraza” '(British East Africa) writing of the consequences of Italy’s entry into the war says:— “We have one great advantage over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News at Home and Abroad Sultan Refutes German Lies
The Sultan of Zanzibar has issued the following message to his people: "My Government has done nothing hitherto to hinder people from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Not “If” But “When” America’s Entry Into War HONGKONG, Monday (A.A.P.)
In a leader on the International situation as a result of the new tripartite pact the Chinese-American newspaper “The China Press” to-day declared…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Britain's Civilian War Victims Fund Opened in Braidwood Over £60 Subscribed at Public Meeting
There was a large attendance at the public meeting convened by the Shire President, Cr. J. Grigg, on Saturday in response to the Lord Mayor's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Patriotic Fund Xmas Hampers to Be Sent to Soldiers
At a meeting of the committee on Saturday Mr. J. Grigg presided. There were present Mesdames Blessing and Bassingthwaighte, and Messrs. Astill,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Farewelled Presented With Gifts
The Queanbeyan Council Chambers was insufficient to accommodate those who gathered last night to say farewell to a number of A.I.F. men who were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.L.F . Plays Football In Britain ALL Ranks Levelled in Mud Novel Australian Rules(From Kenneth Slessor, Official War Correspondent)
Australian soldiers in Britain played their first football game of the season yesterday on a typical village green near headquarters where they are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£1 War Savings Certificates
It has been queried whether there is a savings group in Queanbeyan for the purpose of purchasing £1 War Savings Certificates by small weekly payments,…
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LONDON (A.A.P.).—There have been many astonishing happenings in daylight attacks against Britain, but none more remarkable than that of…
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NEW YORK, Tuesday.—Despite military victories, the German masses are gripped in an epidemic of despair and hunger, reports Richard Boyer,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News at Home and Abroad Muslim's View of Dictators
"Muslims in Malaya should help to destroy the vile and wicked ambitions of Hitler and Mussolini," declared Mr. S. M. Alkaff, a leading…
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