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The wars & local soldiers, 1940

13,407 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250

Daring Night Flights Over Germany. Most Extensive of War. Leaflets Dropped on Vienna and Prague. Series of Allied Air Successes. From Our Own Correspondent and A.A.P. LONDON, January 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 9

Penetrating deeply into Germany on Friday night, Royal Air Force reconnaissance planes dropped newspapers and pamphlets over Vienna and Prague. These flights, which were the most extensive of the war,…

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War Loan

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 2

It is semi-officially reported that a meeting of the Loan Council in Melbourne on Friday will decide on details of Australia's first war loan, to be floated early in February. Should the semi-official view he correct, we will have on the…

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Bessarabia--No War

Daily News · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 4

SO far as Rumania is concerned Bessarabia is hot going to mean a war. But... A prominent Rumanian was asked…

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In War Zone

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 1

JAN SIBELIUS, 74-year-old Finnish composer, who vigorously supported his country's appeal for aid…

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Canada's War Loan Slogan

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 2

OTTAWA, Monday.--"Make your dollars fight for freedom," is the slogan for Canada's first war loan, offered to the public today…

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New Trade Era When War Ends

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 7

"We must be prepared, after the war, to enter an economic grouping of nations accepting the principle of more elastic economic intercourse."…

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War Comforts Fund Organiser. New Supervisers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 4

"We have been fortunate to have had the services of Mrs. McDonald since the first day the depot opened," said Lady Nock yesterday afternoon at the Lord…

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The Economics of War Methods of Finance

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 2

in the second of a series of articles dealing with the economics of war, the "Monthly Review" of the Bank of Nova Scotia for December gives a broad survey of the leading methods of war finance. It indicates that there is no easy way of…

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The Remedy Rests With Parliament War On Vice

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 6

WE all know the character of the disreputable type of night club, the nocturnal haunt of the criminal and the…

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Canada's First War Loan Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 3

OTTAWA, Monday.--Canada's first was loan was offered to the public to-day under its slogan: "Make your collars fight for freedom."…

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Fewer Dress Dyes As War Economy London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 3

English women are expected to be limited to a choice of 12 shades of dress materials as a result of a move towards economy in dye-stuffs. The shades mostly will be light…

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Red Cross War Appeal. Comforts for Troops. £50,000 SPENT

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 8

The first stores and equipment bought by the Red Cross for shipment overseas for the Second A.I.F. cost almost £50,000…

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War's Impetus to Missions. Canon Needham's Address to Summer School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 3

An impetus was given to mission work after every war, said the chairman of the Australian Board of Missions, Canon J. S. Needham, in an address on "Christian Hissions in Time…

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Active Market. Further Gains. War Taxation. by the Financial Editor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 6

The investment market was active yesterday, buying interest intensifying in the afternoon, when long lists of sales were posted…

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Does Not Favor War on Soviet Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 3

LONDON, Monday. --Sir Walter Citrine, secretary of the Trades Union Congress, said to-day that he was not in favor of a declaration of…

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Spotlight On Events--War Costs And Wages LONDON, December 28

Daily News · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 4

THE burning topic in British trade union circles is the question of wartime wages. There are some, the minority, who argue for the stabilisation of wages. The majority, headed by the railwaymen, miners and engineers, argue that wages must keep pace with die cost of living…

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Survey of Minerals for War Needs Valuable Finds In North CANBERRA

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 8

Deposits of war materials essential to Australia's defence needs have been surveyed by the North Australian Aerial Geophysical and Geological Survey. Wolfram and scheelite have been…

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British Motor Industry. Record Exports Since War. LONDON, Jan. 15. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 10

British motor factories exported 300 vehicles on each working day in November. The exports to Austialia. India Burma, Portugal, and Uruguay in the first three months of the…

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Women's News Farewell To War Worker Voluntary Helpers Met At Lord Mayor's Depot

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 9

Voluntary war workers who assist at the Lord Mayor's Patriotic Clothing Fund Depot, Prudential Building, Martin Place, met yesterday afternoon at the depot to say farewell to Mrs. R. T. A. MacDonald…

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War's Horrors. Sir Thomas Blarney's Warning. "Most Terrible Thing World Has Seen." Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 9

A warning about the horrors that could be expected in this war was given by the Officer Commanding the Second A.I.F. Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas…

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