The War — In Perspective Australian Equipment For Royal Navy
AUSTRALIA HAS cause to be proud of her war-effort; but its full extent is not generally known…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
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The War—from Day to Day New Air Chief
Air Chief Marshal, Sir Charles Burnett, who is coming to Australia as Chief of Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force, has the equivalent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Against Russia "Would Be Unpopular with Labor" London
Sir Walter Citrine, after his return from a trades union conference in Paris, said he had been asked whether he thought that Britain should…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War 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
The German Army authorities have ordered, the Slovak Government to have all roads to Hungary ready to cope with heavy traffic by March 15,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Expects Long War Sir Abe Bailey on South Africa's Task National Spirit Needed Capetown
Sir Abe Bailey, in a new year message in which he emphasises that South Africa's independence is at stake in a life and death struggle, said:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bullet-proof Tyre British Anny Secret War Lorries Do 50 M.P.H. LONDON (by Air Mail)
Britain has produced, after 20 years of experiment, a bullet-proof pneumatic tyre. All the Army's 15-cwt. lorries have now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WAR In Australia TWO R.A.A.F. Men Killed Plane Crashes Engine Stalls During Training MELBOURNE
Two R.A.A.F. men were killed to-day when an aeroplane in which they were training crashed about a mile from Laverton air station and burst into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters and Parcels for Soldiers Postal Rates Announced
Letters addressed to members of the A.I F. abroad or at home will be carried [?]er[?]d, said the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Plan for Enlistment Country's Chance Personal Expense to Be Removed
The "Area News" (Griffith) writes: "Difficulties placed in the way of young countrymen who wish to enlist for service with the Royal Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Austrian Army Will Revolt 600,000 Soldiers Ready Claim By Former Leader (London, by Air Mail)
Germany's Austrian army, consisting of 600,000 men, will revolt as soon as Britain includes the independence of Austria in its war aims. This is the claim of Dr. Berger…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enlistments Reduce Griffith Militia Strength 40 Per Cent
Forty-three members of the Griffith militia who have been accepted for the A.I.F., together with one who has been accepted in the R.A.N. and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Brevities World Cable Reports London
A French night communique states: "There has been patrol and artillery activity on the Western Front and local encounters between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Commentary Low Countries Active Joint Resistance Plan
The German threat to Belgium, and Holland grows hourly more real. There are reported to be nearly 1,000,000 German troops concentrated on a front…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Saving Certificates Less Return Than Bonds Melbourne
Asked why the war savings certificates would return somewhat less to an investor than he might obtain by buying Commonwealth bonds, the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Railway Activity Heavy Demands on War-time Conditions London
Something of what has been involved for one of the four great railway systems is revealed by the figures of the L.M.S. traffic from September…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Enemy Air Attacks Confidence in Defence Powers "But War Not Yet Started" LONDON
That Royal Air Force fighters could bring an enemy air offensive on Britain to a standstill in a comparatively short space of time by the losses which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Broadcast by Mr. Casey Before Departure to U.S.A. Empire's War Effort Canberra
M. R. G. Casey, who is about to take up his post in Washington as Australian Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, gave the following…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WAR In Australia Brisk Recruiting for R.A.A.F. Tradesmen Respond Early Applications by Women CANBERRA
Hundreds of skilled, or partially-trained tradesmen, continue to apply successfully for enlistment in the Royal Australian Air Force as wireless…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →What a Soldier Carries
The total weight borne by the typical Scots infantryman in the present war is 68lb 101/2oz., periodically relieved by the shifting of his rifle, which, minus…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tension in Low Countries Fears of German Attack Slightly Eased Threat May Be Move in Nazi "War of Nerves" But Defence Plans Continue "They Asked For It," Says Berlin Spokesman LONDON
Tension in the Low Countries relaxed a little over-night, the threat of a German invasion not having materialised. Nevertheless, Belgium and Holland continue to retain a state of readiness…
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