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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
13,407 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250
IN the old days, a war was just The War, and had one objective, a series of pitched battles. But to-day a war has as many departments as a big store. It is waged not only with weapons, but with threats, oil, speeches,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Photo-lithographed copies of "Australia At War"âa record of the addresses and statements made by the Prime Minister, Mr. Menziesâare now on issue and may be ob…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Union Government is doing its utmost to ensure that South African industry and commerce should suffer the least possible dislocation from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Australian representation at a meeting of the governing body of the International Labor Office, which is to meet in Geneva on February 1,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The British Government has announced its intention to requisition all. British and colonial deep-sea shipping, and a conference is to be held…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →CASUAL Sydney is planning war on noise, on the hideous tumult which has made this city "one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ONE essential function of the board was to obtain certain insurance and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →TRENDS on the Stock Exchanges during 1939 have been overshadowed by the engulfing catastrophe of war. Normal dealings and reflexes of normal developments and events have been smothered, first because of the uncertainty of the future, and secondly in the realisation of fears for…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →NEW YORK, December 12.--Boston teachers must not take sides in the present war. This warning was sounded today by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Neighbor (pointing to heap of bricks in Smith's garden): "What are all the bricks for, Smith?" Smith: "Oh, that was the air-raid…
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE war--1939-40 version--has not yet produced the great popular song success, but that doesn't…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Acting Treasurer, Mr. Spender, has proposed to the State Governments that the approaching meeting of the Loan Council should be held in Melbourne on January 19,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →With tension increasing in the Baltic, Sweden's vast iron ore deposits have suddenly sprung into the news. Six million tons of this vital material are annually fed to the German armament industry, and German military chiefs are anxiously watching the movement of the Red Army towards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PLANS for peace are apt to be dismissed impatiently by people who are keen to get on with the war, as idealistic waste of time on things that can wait. As Lord Halifax has said, we do not know when the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Although migration has shown a marked decline in the past few months, the war has also reduced considerably the outward flow of persons leaving Australia permanently…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"If Sweden or Norway is attacked, Britain has agreed to come to its aid," This announcement was made by the Rome wireless to-day. No official British information or comment on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Problems of raising loan funds to help meet war expenditure during the remainder of the financial year will be the principal business for the Loan Council when it meets in Melbourne on January 19…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A hint of increased Federal taxation was given to-day by the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies. As the war continued, he said, the people of Australia would…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Throughout the course of histoiy some statements evoked by great emergencies have taken on a character of permanence, by reason of their combination of timeliness and decision. To this category belongs President Roosevelt's Message to Congress on Wednesday, for in…
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