N.Z. Player Enlists Wellington (N.z.)
T. G. Lowry, the former New Zealand cricket captain, and now sole selector of Kew Zealand teams, has enlisted in the second echelon of the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
4,075 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 204
Militia Enlistments Sydney
A total of 9245 youths of the age 21 class attended for enrolment under the compulsory military training scheme in New South Wales up to to-day. Of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Savings Certificates Canberra
Final approval of the design of the war savings certificates is expected this week. The Treasury anticipates that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Financing the War (To the Editor)
Sir.—We have been told that the war expenditure for the current year is estimated at £62,000,000 and that the vote for the year 1940/41 may…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Brevities World Cable Reports London
Hundreds of civil servants employed at the Health Ministry, refusing to evacuate to Blackpool in accordance with instructions, staged a stay-in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Corio By-election War Policy as Issue GEELONG
The policy of the Federal Government at the by-election for the Corio seat, to be vacated by Mr. Casey, in whether Australia should prefer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Sales To Foreign Countries [?] Payment of Profits Till After the War
Woolgrowers will not receive the profits from wool sold to foreign countries until one year after the war has ceased. This is the effect…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gorio By-election War Policy As Issue Mr. Menzies' Statement GEELONG
The policy ol the Federal Government at the by-election (or the Corio seat, to be vacated by Mr. Casey, is whether Australia should prefer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WAR In Australia Defence Employment 10,000 May Soon be Needed SYDNEY
The Acting Minister for Supply (Bit Frederick Stewart) gave another estimate of employment possibilities In Australia during the year is an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War in Finland Russians Heavily Reinforced 400,000 on Karelian Isthmus Concerted Attacks Planned LONDON
Preparations for a determined effort to end the tale of failure in Finland are indicated by Russian troop movements…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers on Leave to Report Immediately London
According to the Brussels correspondent of the Associated Press all soldiers on leave have been ordered to report immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nazi Drive to Balkans Next? Significant Reports From Hungary Improving Roads For Heavy Traffic Alleged Russo-german Plan to Partition Rumania Hitler's "Lightning War" Still Awaited LONDON
The German Army authorities have ordered the Slovak Government to have all roads to Hungary ready to cope with heavy traffic by March 15, states the Budapest correspondent of the "News-Chronicle." Bridges are to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pars on the War War Ruins Hamburg
There could be no more striking commentary on rule in Germany than the spectacle presented in the country's principal ports, including…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Defence Expert in War Cabinet
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield, who is Britain's Minister of Defence Co-ordination. The son of an admiral, he was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Time Dodges Evading The Blockade
The search for contraband cargoes by the Allied blockading squadrons recalls the many ingenious plans thought out by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Correspondence Financing the War (To the Editor)
Sir,—We have been told that the war expenditure for the current year is estimated at £62,000,000, and that the vote for the year 1940-41 may…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Savings Certificates on Sale Next Month
The Acting Federal Treasurer, Mr. Spender, announced in Sydney last week that War Savings Certificates in denominations of £1, £5 and £10,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Commentary Belgium's Defences Obstacles to Invasion
German military activity near the Dutch-Belgian Borders and repeated violations of Dutch and Belgian territory by German aircraft continue to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War and Trade Quickened Industrial Effort Higher Incomes
It is now four months since the Prime Minister declared that Australia was at war with Germany; but excepting in the number of men in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Will Kill The Corset Curls Also Doomed
Lecturing on "Fashions and War", Mr. James Laver, assistant keeper of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, prophesied this…
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