War Declared Heavy Fighting on the Polish Frontier Hitler to Command German Army on Eastern Front
The Bega District News · Monday 4 September 1939 · page 3
The announcement that Britain was at war with Germany wad made by the Prime Minister, Mr Chambertain, in a world-will broadcast from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War
The Bega District News · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 2
War. with all its tragedy and rotation. is again upon our Empire. Those of us who lived through the last war from 1914 to 1918 had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News
The Bega District News · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 5
German planes, it is reported, made their first invasion of France on Tuesday. It is understood that they passed over Charleville,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Declared! England’s Peace Moves Turned Down By Hitler
The South Coast Register · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 4
The efforts by Mr. Neville Chamberlain to bring about penceâeven at the last minute, when war seemed inevitable, when he [?] tried to avert…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War News
The Bega District News · Monday 11 September 1939 · page 2
British troops are reported to be landing rapidly in France. The Polish Government is reported to have len Warsaw, and to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Column. WAR. (To the Editor.)
The Bega District News · Monday 11 September 1939 · page 2
Sir,—Forty miles from Bega lies Twofold Bay, the south-eastern gates o. Australia. Let ns not forget this, and that we of the Far South Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Strength of Powers
The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 13 September 1939 · page 5
Britain’s great naval strength is revealed by a comparison of her fleet with those of other world Powers. With France, she possesses a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War
The Bega District News · Thursday 14 September 1939 · page 2
Also in The South Coast Register
We have recovered from the first s[?]ock of war and settled down the inevitable, and as far as news from overseas is concerned we can…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News
The Bega District News · Thursday 14 September 1939 · page 2
The British troops in France, whose arrival is now officially acknowledged by a British communique received a tremendous welcome from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Time Is Caution Time
The Nowra Leader · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 1
The Government has issued a plea to the public that they carry on their duties as though there were no war. While most people are willing to obey…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News
The Bega District News · Monday 18 September 1939 · page 2
A neutral eye witness who reach dBurssels after a tour of the conquered Polish territory, paints a frightful picture of death and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Time is Caution Time. (Issued by the Road Safety council)
The Bega District News · Monday 18 September 1939 · page 4
The Government has issued a plea to the public that they carry on their duties as though there were no war. while most people are willing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War
The South Coast Register · Thursday 21 September 1939 · page 3
The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) has announced the formation of an Australian army of 20,000 volunteers for active service at home…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News
The Bega District News · Monday 25 September 1939 · page 4
Aerial photographs show that the results of the Allies’ shelling of the Westwall are very satisfactory. The Moscow radio says the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War News
The Bega District News · Thursday 28 September 1939 · page 5
Tile Warsaw radio announces that the city is still being shelled by heavy artillery and bombed from the air. Great fires are raging…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Postal Articles to Prisoners of War and Internees
The Bega District News · Thursday 28 September 1939 · page 2
Postal articles to and from prisoners of war (including internees in Australia) section 1, inland articles [?] articles posted in Australia to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?]Hat Nerve War
The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 1
[?] the rape of Poland our Daily [?]yed on a one string harp--[?]erve war on the allies. It [?]ars that the "nerve" game…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War God Smiles
The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 10
The day of the beast Is with us again, His track a shambles Of infants slain…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Co-ordinating District Patriotic and War Activities All Local Organisations to Amalgamate
The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 4 October 1939 · page 6
On Thursday night last, at what was probably the most largely attended public meeting ever held in Nowra, it was decided to form…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →