Telegraphic News Greatest Air Battle of War British Planes Destroy Five German Planes London
Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 2
One of the greatest air battles of the war was fought yesterday between British and German machines, just beside the Maginot Line. British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jobs to Be Kept for Soldiers
Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 2
It was revealed at the last Municipal Council meeting that the law provided that positions vacated by Local Government employees who joined the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nurses Share the Soldiers Lot Jerusalem, Feb. 24
Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 7
The sixty Australian nurses at present in Palestine are living under most Identical conditions as the men and "loving every minute of it," to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →First Returned Soldier Back in Melbourne Melbourne
Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 1
The [?]st Victorian returned soldier of the war of 1939-40 is back in bourne, but his name, address, and movements are secrets known…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Items of News Returned Soldiers' Meeting
Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 4
A meeting of the Wagga sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League will be held in the Soldiers' Hall to-night. The president (Mr. John Graham)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Stops Honeymoon
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 6
The Earl of Chichester, who is is charge of British propaganda in Holland, was married on Tuesday to Miss Ursula de Panwitz, a slim,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Brevities London
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 2
Sir Edward Ellington is vacating the Inspector-Generalship of the R.A.F. at his own request. His successor is Mr., Ludlow Hewitt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Savings Certificates Satisfactory Response Reported Canberra
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 2
The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Spender) said to-day that the investment in war savings certificates had been gratifying. In less than a fortnight £72,300…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Ace's Career Wanted to Fly When Ten Auckland (N.z.)
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 2
At the age of ten Flying-Officer E. Kain, who has become a Royal Air Force ace on the Western Front, said that he was determined to become an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Red War Policy Mr. Thorby on the Side of Mr. Lang Sydney
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 2
The outspoken comment made by Mr. J. T. Lang, former leader of the State Labor Party, on the Red war policy declared at the A.L.P. Easter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Allies' Supreme War Council Mr. Chamberlain and M.Reynaud Attend Solemn Declaration of Co-operation Desire For More Energetic Leadership Preparations to Counter German Moves London
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 1
The sixth meeting of the Supreme War Council was held in London to-day. Britain was represented by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain), Viscount Halifax, Mr. Winston Chruchill, and Mr. Reynaud), Stanley, and France by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australians and the War
The Gundagai Independent · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 2
Nine out of ten of our Australian people hardly seem to be taking this frightful war with the seriousness it deserves. And…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dependants of Dead Soldiers Legacy Clubs' Request Launceston
Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 1
The conference of Legacy clubs of Australia to-day decided to approach patriotic fund controllers in each State to see if it is possible to create a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Scheme Proposal of Enlistment
The Gundagai Independent · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 3
The Minister for Air, Mr. Fairbairn, said last week that it is honed to increase the intake of members of air crews for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Our War Aims"
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 2
The Leeton University Tutorial Class will commence the 1940 session to-morrow (Wednesday) week in the C.W.A. rooms, commencing at 8 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Found Wounded Man and Wife to Hospital Melbourne
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 3
Staggering from her home in South Melbourne to-night, Mrs. Martha Berry, aged 42 years, who had several stab wounds in her chest and right…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →With the Second A.I.F. Diary of a Soldier (Who, having enlisted as a private, is now a lieutenant.)
Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 3
Time to think over the "evacuation" now—the quiet departure of hundreds of men on pre-embarkation leave. At 2.30 in the morning first men for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Veterans No. 2 Art Union Opens
Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 2
The veterans, of the Great War 1914-18 will, in the not distant future, be reinforced: by the veterans. of., the present war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fashions As Usual War-time Hats Are Novel
The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 7
In London, Paris and New York, fashion is carrying on as usual in spite of the sudden demand for uniforms for women…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Roosevelt and War Mediation Opposed by Republicans Washington
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 1
The Republican National Committee has issued a statement, as follows: "We have advance notice that the President contemplates…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →