Interest Centres on Rome Talks. Report of Financial Help for Italy. Chamberlain's Conditions. "Mussolini is Prepared for War." LONDON, January 8
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 11
Interest in Europe this week will be centred on the conversations between the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, and Signor Mussolini in Rome. The British Ministers will arrive in Rome on Wednesday…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 14
A conference will take place, probably within a few weeks, between representatives of the Defence Department and the chairman of the Electricity Supply…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Blockade Risk in War-time London
The Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 5
Germany aims at immunity from blockade, while obtaining the means to blockade Britain…
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Daily News · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 5
A BITTER war on S.P. betting has been ordered by the State Government. Police have received instructions that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canada's Role in Time of War Ottawa
The Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 5
Mr. J. S. Woodsworth, leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Party, a Socialist party with a strength of seven in a House…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Women's Part in War. Speaker Condemns "Panic Talk."
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 5
"Panic talk" was condemned by Dr. P. A. Maguire, of the State Joint Council, Voluntary Aid Detachments, when he addressed a meeting held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A woman looks at the Chinese war HONOLULU, December 20
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 6
FREDA UTLEY, a young Englishwoman, is the sort of courageous person that Australians would…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Night March By 3000 Men To Aid Recruiting Two-mile City Route: Biggest Since War
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 2
A HUGE night parade of troops through floodlit city streets has been organised as part of the campaign for militia men. It will be the biggest night march of armed men since the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Palestine "Horror Tales" Anti-british Lies in Circulation War Office Issues Report Rebutting Charges And Explaining Methods LONDON
The Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 5
So widespread and envenomed is propaganda against the activities of British troops in Palestine that the War Office has been stirred to reply…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sat with Woman Wounded Man On Settee
The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 2
In Central Police Court to-day, Detective-Sergeant Clifford described a visit to a George-street residential…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed While Playing War
The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 8
Kenneth Thomas Stevenson, 12 fell over the cliffs at Clovelly, while pretending to attack a "fort" on New Year's Eve, and was killed instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →French Women Opposing War
The Australian Worker · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 6
A DECLARATION being circulated and signed by numbers of French women, particularly those collaborating with the War Resisters'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japan In War-Time LONDON, Dec. 13
The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 4
A WORD picture of Japanese life in war-time conies from a correspondent resident in Tokio. He writes: -- Japan has been at war with China for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shift 17,500,000 in Time of War
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 3
LONDON, Tuesday.--"Danger areas" to England, Scotland, and Wales with a Population of 17,500,000 are marked down for war-time evacuation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →China War Fishers Perish Thousands Slain LONDON
The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 5
In 14 months, 10,092 Chinese fisherfolk have been killed and 628 junks have been destroyed as a result…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japs.' Huge Losses War In China Reviewed MOSCOW
Daily News · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 3
THE 18 months' war in China has cost the Japanese more than a halfmillion human lives…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spanish Civil War. "See-sawing" on Two Fronts. LONDON, Jan. 10
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 15
The two major offensives in Spain— in Catalonia and Estremadura—are at present see-sawing without very vital objectives being reached…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Religion and War An Aspect of President Roosevelt's Address to Congress
The Australian Worker · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 6
The writer heard with deep regret that President Roosevelt, in his official address to the American people on the question of defence preparations, had said, "We must be prepared to defend our democratic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trade with South China. War Causes Reduction. Serious Effect on Hong Kong
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 12
[Exports from Australia to Hong Kong were valued at £803,010 in 1936-37 and £730,298 during nine months to March 31 last. The future of that trade was clouded by the fall of Canton in October. In these circumstances the letter from a Hong Kong correspondent on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Enlistment Record. 135 Recruits in One Day
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 15
A record number of militia recruits enrolled yesterday, when 112 filled in cards at the marquee in Martin Place and 23 at the headquarters of the…
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