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The wars & local soldiers, 1940

13,407 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Communists in Domain. No Disturbances. Soldiers Unfurl Barnner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 11

Speakers on the adjoining platforms of the Communist Party, and the Communist League, were heckled by a good-natured crowd in the…

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Editorial All Camps to Have "Freezers" Pure Food and Our Soldiers ?

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 2

That for lack of refrigeration in the camp at Ingleborn the food of the soldiers becomes contaminated, is no credit 'to the department which planned and controls the camp. Two months ago, in reply to a chorus of praise of the camp Refrigeration for meat houses and perishable foods may shortly be supplied to ail standing military camps…

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Repat. Benefit for Soldiers

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 3

Soldiers in the A.I.F. will get the full benefits of the existing Repatriation Act, and it is possible that the Act will be amended to widen its…

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Soldier May Marry Now

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 2

A decree nisi for divorce, granted on Friday, was made absolute today by Mr. Justice Halse Rogers, to enable a member of the A.I.F. to…

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Tears at Railway Soldiers Return To Camp KISSES

Daily News · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 2

THERE were touching scenes on Central Station last night when hundreds of the Second A.I.F…

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Soldier Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday.--Charles Goldie, 26, a private in the Canadian Engineers, was charged in company with a woman with having stolen a £230 brooch during…

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St. George Soccer Goalie Enlists

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 14

St. George Soccer goalkeeper, M. Bath, has enlisted in the 2nd A.I.P. Bath has been with the club 12 years. The St. George Club will hold its…

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Soldiers And Relatives Had Picnic Parties

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 7

Until just before reveille was sounded at Ingleburn Camp yesterday, women visitors were hurriedly knitting the last stitches on sox, sewing on label tabs, and tidying up the clothes of their soldier relatives and friends…

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Man Wounded; Boy Charged NEWCASTLE

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 5

A man was wounded in the stomach by a pea rifle bullet during an altercation in his home early this morning…

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Another “Funny” War

Tribune · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 3

This is not the only “funny” war in which British capitalism has participated. Many years ago Karl Marx pointed out that…

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Former British War Minister

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 11

The latest picture of Mr. Hore-Belisha, the former British Secretary for War, chatting with a Canadian Scot, a member of the Canadian contingent which arrived in England recently to complete its training…

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Latest From Finnish War Front

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 5

VICTIM. The accuracy of Finnish anti-aircraft guns and fighters has accounted for mahy Russian bombers. Here Russian soldiers are seen inspecting wreckage of a Red raider shot down last month. Airmail. PRISONERS. Russian prisoners of war, in a Finnish camp…

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Who Wants War On The Soviet?

Tribune · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 2

“Influential quarters in London,” the cables state, are in favor of a declaration of war on Soviet Russia…

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War minister and army high command

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 6

BECAUSE of the resignation of Mr. Hore-Belisha, many people are curious about the official relationships between…

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Output of Tin Big Increase Since War

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 16

World output of tin has increased substantially since the outbreak of war. Production, amounting to 10,800…

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Tin Statistics. First Four Months of War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 6

World tin production, amounting to 10,800 tons per month, on an average, in the first eight months of 1930, increased to 23,800 tons in September, and to 24,800 tons in…

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Japan's Export Trade Is Stimulated By European War

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 16

Japan's export trade has been considerably stimulated as a result of the European war. According to the Far Eastern Trade…

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British War Orphans. Adoption Plan. Australian Foster-parents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 11

The Commonwealth Government was asked yesterday to lend its "sympathetic support" to a project planned by an Australian organisation for the…

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£20,000,000 War Loan First Issue In February

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday. The first war loan, expected to exceed £20,000,000, will probably be floated in the first week of February…

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LETTERS To The Editor Publishing All the War News

Daily News · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 4

Sir,--I have been a regular reader of the S.M. Herald for many years, but becoming somewhat suspicious of its policy re efforts to negotiate…

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