The War Disastrous Earthquake in Rumania
LONDON (A.A.P.).—The capital or Rumania in almost in ruins. Towns and villages throughout Rumania present a pitiable scene of desolation…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
603 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 28 of 31
War News at Home and Abroad Gallantry of Free French Sailors
The gallantry of the French willors, who form About a quarter of the entire free French forces, is published in the following communique:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War R.a.f. Bombing-raid on Italian Naval Base
LONDON (A.A.P.).—Mr. Churchill walked into the House of Commons smiling to-day and immediately declared:—"I have good news. It is my…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News at Home and Abroad Country Post Offices Train Wireless Operators
Scores of provincial and country telegraph offices throughout Australia have recently become training centres for the R.A.A.F., their job being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →1,000,000 Telephone Insulators Shipped From London Overseas in War-Time
Since the outbreak of war a famous London pottery firm has shipped one million porcelain telephone insulators to marekts overseas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War in the Air
LONDON (A.A.P.).—Thirteen enemy aircraft were destroyed in to-day's actions. Five of our fighters were lost, but the pilots of four are safe. Most…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War Terrorism in Shanghai
SHANGHAI, Saturday (A.A.P.).—The wave of terrorism in the Japanese-controlled area in Hangkew continued unabated to-day, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Notes and News Tarago War Workers
Tarago district has some splendid ?war workers. Mrs. Sturgiss, of Lower Boro, who is one of the oldest workers, has completed 76 pairs of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News (British Official Wireless and A.A.P.)
As the King visited devastated Coventry, where 250 people were killed and 800 injured in Thursday night’s brutal raid, he heard such cries from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News at Home and Abroad Munition Factory Programme Well Advanced
Since the Inception of the mu[?]tions section of the Department of the Interior lest July, sketch plans for munition factories valued at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War Hungary Signs Pact
LONDON (A.A.P.).—Hungary's signature to the Tripartite Pact to-day is not expected to lead to a declaration of war against England and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News London, Wednesday (A A.p.)
Employing a large armada of planes the Germans directed their main attack on Britain last night against key towns and cities between London…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Million Bibles Haye Beep Shipped From War
Bibles to the colossal total of nearly 3,000,000 copies a year are still being exported from Great Britain in Wartime to all parts of the world…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News at Home and Abroad New World Order Is Needed
A great moral crusade which would enable youth to give vent to all it; pent-up feelings and emotions was needed to save civilisation, declared…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Red Cross Bureau for Wounded, Missing and Prisoners of War
It is not generally known that the Red Cross makes enquiries for relatives regarding wounded men- of His Majesty's forces. The Bureau…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Red Cross N.S.W. DIVISION Red Cross Bureau For Wounded Missing and Prisoners of War
It is not generally known that the Red Cross makes enquiries for relatives regarding wounded men of His Majesty’s forces…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War 'Plane Losses
LONDON (A.A.P.).—'Plane losses since the outbreak of war have been: British 1668, German 5089, Italian 336, Greek 11…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Winning the War by Saving
“If people save intelligently and lend to the Government, there need be no fear of unemploymnt,” said th Federal Treasurer, Mr. Fadden, When urging a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Canadian Government’s Money For War Industries
The total investment of the Canadian Government in factories and plant extensions for Canada’s war effort to date is £71,000,000, according to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest War News London, Monday (A.A.P.)
The official. Greek statement that 8,000 additional Italians have been captured helps to confirm unofficial dispatches that the Italian retreat is…
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