War Hoax in Hobart
Residents of Hobart were alarmed on Tuesday by a war hoax. Notices stating that German troops had invaded Poland and that war was likely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Riverina · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1939
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This Is a Man's War!
During the discussion on war by the Congregational Union in Melbourne, the Rev. A. J. Moyle said that he had been a letter censor in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Industries Control of Profits Bill Before Parliament Manufacture of Aircraft Canberra
To guard against excessive profit-making by private manufacturers, (the Defence Contracts Bill was introduced in the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storing War Material
The whole of the Protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia was finally stripped of its huge reserve supplies of wheat when the last series of motor…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Australian and War Common Cause With Britain
An emphatic declaration that the Australian Government would make common cause with Great Britain if that country were plunged into war…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Duke's Call to Peace Broadcast As Soldier From Verdun to U.S.A. Full Test
Aa a soldier of the last, war, the Duke of Windsor broadcast (as briefly reported In our Wednesday's Issue) a moving appeal for peace after he and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"No Problems of Such Magnitude to Justify Universal War" Mussolini's Speech in Rome Rome
A review or the situation showed that at the present there does not exist in Europe problems of such magnitude justifying a war, which would become universal," declared Signor Mussolini, speaking at the opening of the Economic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia and War Mr. Menzies States Policy If Involved in Strife Will Be With Britain SYDNEY
Prolonged cheering greeted the statement of the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) at the Town Hall to-night that the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldiers' Auxiliary Monthly Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Returned Soldiers' Women's Auxiliary was hold in the League Rooms on 2nd May. The President (Mrs. Clarkson)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Graves Visited by English, German and French Officers London
Engush, French and German officers, representing the War Graves Commission, silently paid tribute to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Latest Second Edition London Stock Exchange No Transfer in Event of War London
The "Financial News" understands that the Stock Exchange is likely to remain in London in the event of war, owing to the practical difficulties and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Secretary Charged Alleged Theft of Soldiers' Funds Brisbane
The hearing began to-day of the cue In which Leslie Duncan Sinclair, Wed 46 years, clerk, was charged with stealing £1303 belonging to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japan and European War London
The "Daily Telegraph" correspondent in Tokio understands that the Government definitely decided that its attitude in the event of a European…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →How a War Would End
A former Governor-General of Australia, Lord Stonehaven, speaking at Oxford, said that the returning of German colonies would be a perfect…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →University of Sydney Tutorial Classes "The Disenchanted Age—aftermath of War"
These classes arc held every Wednesday night at the Cootamundra I.H. School, and all members of the public are invited to attend, and, if possible,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Barellan Returned Soldiers' League
At a meeting of returned men of the Barel[?]an district held recent[?] was decided that the sub-branch should not be allowed to disband…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Far East War Activity at Shanghai Protection of International Settlement London
The Shanghai correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that, in anticipation of a large scale Japanese effort to dominate the International…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Secret War Office Plan Pound in Dustbin London
A secret War Office plan, taken mistakenly from the Government £4,000,000 Monkswood arms factory, was found in a dustbin by an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →King and Queen Delight 100,000 People Unveiling National War Memorial Ottawa
The King, [?]dveing the National War Memorial, declared "Without freedom there can be no enduring peace, and without peace no enduring freedom. Peace and freedom cannot long be separated."…
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