The War Day by Day
Many authorities believe that 1940 will be the decisive year in the present war. Yet the average person is rather in the dark as to the significance of…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
13,407 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250
Wool Position. War Period and After
The 1914-18 war gave a great impetus to the manufacture of woollen goods in Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and other countries…
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Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report :—Wartime conditions produce trading problems in all countries,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strike In War Orders Plant WOLLONGONG
Two hundred employees at the Electrolytic Refining & Smelting Co., Port Kembla, went on strike today. They are members of the Iron Workers' Federation and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Raise Loan Soon War Funds Plan Canberra
FIRST war loan of about £20,000,000 will be floated by the Federal Government early in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Notes of the Week. Comparisons With 1915
The following notes compare war movements in 1915 with those of the present day. Column 1 is reprinted from "Commercial Australia," January 5, 1915. 1915…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Savings in Small Sums Certificates Soon Ready
War Savings Certificates for £1, £5 and £10, with a currency of seven years and purchasable at 16s, £4 and £8, respectively, are to be issued about…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →France Wins "Train War." London, Jan. 9. (A.A.P.)
In all Franco-German hostilities since 1870 there has been a war within a war over the Eastern express trains. This time France has won a quick victory. The French…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The War, Day by Day. Raissian Strategy Fails. by Our Military Correspondent
Once again the Finns have pricked the bubble of Russia's military reputation. According to the latest official reports from Helsinki, the Forty-fourth…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →£20,000,000 War Loan Likely Issue Next Month Expected CANBERRA
The first 1940 War Loan is expected to be floated early next month. The issue will be for not less…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Loan Likely in February. £20,000,000 May be Sought CANBERRA
It is expected here that the first Australian war loan will be floated early in February. Its terms will be discussed by the Loan Council at its meeting in Melbourne on January 19…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The War and Social Reform Leader of the N.S.W. State Labor Party
AS an aid to New Year merriment, a last minute gesture for 1939, the Acting Federal Treasurer, Mr. Percy Spender, allowed it to be announced, on December 30, that his gift to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Financing the War. Nazi Pressure. Control of Savings. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Jan. 9
The Berlin "Boersen Zeitung" announces new forms for disposing of the nation's savings. As previously reported, the Berlin…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →R.A.F. Control. Reported Change War in France. LONDON, Jan. 9. (A.A.P.)
The Army High Command has won a long struggle against powerful opposition from the Air Ministry for tactical control of the Royal Air Force in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Progressive Paper for Australian Homes Let Them Tell Us What Their Real War Aims Are
IT is easy to be patriotic in the sense that the vast majority around you are patriotic. And extremely pleasant, as well…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Has Merrylands Forgotten Her Soldier Sons?
On Monday night everything was ready in the comfortable display room of Merrylands Electricity Building to form a local committee of Holroyd Patriotic Fund. Soft-seated easy chairs were there to receive the Citizens,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Not Possible" Civic Send-off to the Local Soldiers
Why Parramatta soldiers of the 2nd A.I.F. were not tendered a civic farewell was explained at a meeting of Parramnatta City Council on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eleven Enlist Granville Men in A.I.F.
Eleven Granville members of the 2nd A.I.F. and two local sailors have registered with Granville R.S. & S.I.L.A. as honorary…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Soldiers' Comforts Presentations at Emu Plains
The Emu Soldiers' Comforts Club has presented each Emu Plains boy who is going away with the Second A.I.F. with a memento in the form of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Last-Minute Farewell For Liverpool Soldiers Townsmen's Fine Effort Two Bore Cost
Determined' that Liverpool lads in the 2nd A.I.F. should not sail for overseas without some public expression of the citizens'…
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