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The wars & local soldiers, 1940

13,407 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

Belisha Is "Bumped Off" Stanley As War Minister Will "Old Gang Eclipse Gort? London

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 19

THE mysterious resignation of Mr. Hore-Belisha, British Minister for War, which created a world sensation last night, is believed to mark the first…

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Convoying the A.I.F to War Revenge Legacy in Spain Hindrance to Rebuilding London

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 9

A legacy of revenge hinders the rebuilding of Spain, a task which Franco faces with the determination he…

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F.E. Brume's International News Budget Labor There Atlee Sees B.E.F. Must Win War Somewhere in France

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 18

THIS week an important development was the visit of Major Atlee, the British socialist leader, to General Headquarters…

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"This One Will Do" Youth Beats Police On Domain Fracas Soldiers Fined for Tomato Throwing

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 24

VEHEMENTLY protesting his innocence, Alfred Burke, a slim, fair-haired 20-year-old motorsmith, charged with assaulting a police officer at the soap-box parade in the Domain last Sunday, when the air became full…

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Soldiers' Divorce Petitions Given Rapid Despatch

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 25

AFTER ALL, the law isn't so inflexible as some of us have been led to believe. It may be a good thing that it is so, and, perhaps, even a better thing if it were more so…

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Keep Soldiers' Farms Going Casino

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 9

A district committee has been formed to protect the interests of settlers who enlist. Zone representatives, with a keen…

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"Poached Egg" Trips Soldiers AUCKLAND

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 10

A raised yellow traffic dome, commonly called a "poached egg," proved a trap for soldiers marching down…

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Footballer Now Soldier

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 52

Lieutenant B. V. ("Paddy") Kenny, who for many years played with the Eastern Suburbs Rugby Union Football Club, was…

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One Soldier Had Just 93 Sweeties (Continued From Page 1)

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 41

The burden falls on the women who are left behind from the generals' wives to the raw recruited privates…

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Sunday Telegraph's Independent Cable News of the World Soldier shot from ambush by I.R.A. terrorists

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 3

DUBLIN, Saturday. -- From ambush Irish Republican Army terrorists fired on a party of Eire soldiers today. They wounded one soldier…

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Law assisting soldier to wed

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 2

Raymond Cyril Woods, of the 2nd A.I.F., probably will be able to remarry tomorrow afternoon. On Friday Woods was granted a…

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Soldiers Tax Free

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 5

Thousands of soldiers about to leave with the A.I.F. will be exempt from taxation while abroad. The State cannot make any claim…

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Bridesmaids changed at soldier's wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 4

Bridesmaids were changed at the last minute at a 2nd A.I.F. wedding yesterday. The bride's sister arrived unexpectedly from Brisbane a few…

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Laugh at the World From Lower's Lookout Soldiers! Here's Food for Thought

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 13

WHAT did I tell you? "To win the war, the people and soldiers of the Empire must be well fed," says Sir John Boyd Orr, leading nutrition expert. In an interview with one of Australia's leading chefs,…

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Cabinet Change Shocks Britain Hore-Belisha out of war ministry: clash with high command Successor Criticised: Public Demands Details London

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 1

All Britain has been astounded by the removal from office of the Minister for War (Mr. Hore-Belisha). The London Press is most…

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Britain Must Wake Up to Win War Take a Leaf From the German Book Fight, Not Wait for Nazi Crack-up London

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 1

GERMANY will not be beaten on the economic front for a very long time. That is the plain truth which must be appreciated, despite the wishful thinking, which has been widely expressed in Britain, in view of General Goering's new…

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A War Correspondent's Diary Fowl Runs at the Front—a Tough C.-in-c—-mechanical Mounts—"old Bill" With the British Army in France, December 18

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 18

MONDAY: French realism is dominating the situation in France. No doubt such pressure is valuable, because the average English officer of high rank is less quick and volatile than his French prototype. General Gamelin is the undisputed C.-in-C. of the Allied Forces, which means that there are no disputes. Lord Gort…

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Victorian War Nurses' Leader

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Matron Anne M. Sage will head the Victorian contingent of more than 40 nurses who will sail with the A.I.F…

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Range War At Cameo And Civic

Daily News · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 6

Hopalong Cassidy, hero of Bar-20, is back again to delight the youngsters and, for that matter, grown-ups, with a taste for stories of the Wild…

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Swiss Hoard Food Lest War Spread

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday.--Food supplies for the Swiss army are to be trebled, and the Government has advised civilians to lay in stocks for at least two months…

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