Soldiers’ Send-off Presentations to Local Members of Second A.I.F.
Taking advantage of the Christmas leave granted to members of the 2nd A.I.F., the committee of the Shoalliaven Patriotic and War Fund…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
316 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 16
Luxury Homes For War Pigeons
At a secret depot in Warwickshire some of England’s most precious pigeons are being trained for important war work. They live in nest boxes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Mayor’s Patriotic and War Fund. Bega Branch. Additional Donations
£ s d Mr and Mrs W. H. Balmain 5 5 0 Still a good many campers at Tathra…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Reminders of the War
Every train traveller on the Southern Railway in England receives with his ticket one of the many grim reminders of war which fortunately do…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Greater War Man’s War Against Disease (Contributed by Health Dept.)
Man’s war against disease has been described as the “greater war,” greater than the present war and greater than the conflict of 1914-18…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War, Day by Day Finland Gains Ground
Three significant reports of the Russo-Finnish situation have reached Australia almost concurrently. The first is that the Finns, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gland Injection. Nazis’ Scheme for Soldiers
According to Dr Kurt Weltsheim, a German scientist, now exiled in Britain, Goering means to put a “kick” into his soldiers by giving…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. Nurses Going Abroad, Too
Some pracitical joker raised false hopes when the ship with Australian airmen on board left Port Phillip Bay for England. The men had only…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How Germany Prepared for War Hitler Trained Women to Provide Food for Soldiers
Speaking at the social gathering at “Illyria,” on Wednesday afternoon, in connection with the girl Junior Farmers’ Club jaunt, the Hon Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The War. Wireless Trainees
Part of Australia’s contribution to the Empire air scheme, a wireless training school, was opened at the Melbourne Technical College on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Polish War Victims Relief Fond Further Assistance Urgently Needed
From all parts of New South Wales, gifts of money and clothing have been received by the Polish War Victim Relief Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germany Lies Facts About This Newsless War
“When you see that British and German versions of happenings in this war conflict, have no hesitation in accepting the British story. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War
The Scandinavian States are apprehensive of the result of a suggestion that Germany may shortly call a conference of representatives of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Time Dodges
The search for contraband cargoes by the Allied blockading squadrons recalls the many ingenious plans thought out by neutrals during the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Will Kill the Corset
Lecturing on “Fashions and War,” Mr James Laver, assistant keeper of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, prophesied that corsets and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Favor with Nowra Council Alteration to Soldiers’ Preference Act Deserving Cases Penalised
“I was not aware that the Returned Soldiers’ Preference Act came into operation in such cases,” said the Mayor (Ald. F. P…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Australian Way a War-time Lesson
Writes Weston Martyr In “Blackwood’s Magazine”:— A party of us were marching along an E[?]glish lane, following our…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War, Day by 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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →U.A.P. and the War Illuminating Address by the Hon. A. N. Binks, M.L.C.
During the course of the meeting of the United Australia Party at Berry on Friday night, the Hon. A. N. Binks, M.L.C., who is president…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War
A decision by Mussolini to strengthen Italy’s defences is regarded as emphasising that Italy intends to be ready to defend her own interests the…
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