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The wars & local soldiers, 1940

13,407 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Cabinet Tackles Vital Tasks Building Cars and Ships Coalition Problem And War Taxes MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 3

With the Corio by-election, the car monopoly, the proposed coalition, and this year's general election on its mind, the Federal Cabinet met in Melbourne…

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Internment of Aliens Fewer Than Last War. Category System. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON. Jan. 15

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

Britain has interned 436 Germans and 50 Austrians as a sequel to the investigations of the Aliens Tribunals which have been considering the cases of…

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Canada's War Loan. Small Investors. Preference to Be Given. Ottawa, Jan. 15. (A.A.P.)

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

Cash subscriptions to the Canadian war loan will be limited to 200,000,000 dollars (£A57,142,857), said the Minister of Finance, Mr. J. Ralston, in the…

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U.S.A. and War. Sympathies a Strain on Neutrality. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. (A.A.P.)

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

The Foreign Policy [?]sociatlon reports that the neutrality laws are proving difficult to administer. The strain will increase, says the…

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The War, Day, by Day. Nazis Prepare for Aerial Attack. Synchronisation of Strategy. by Our Military Correspondent

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

Scattered military events in the West are steadily fitting into one ominous pattern of Nazi strategy. The increasingly audacious reconnaissance flights over Britain, the terrorism of bombs and machinegunning from aeroplanes in the North Sea, and, lastly, the massing…

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Govt. May Cut Car Imports 30 Per Cent. Move To Conserve Dollar Exchange For War Supplies CANBERRA

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 2

Imports of American and Canadian cars may be curtailed by 30 per cent. from May 1. This was revealed in official quarters tonight when it was pointed out that the action was necessary to…

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War with Soviet Opposed. Sir W. Citrine's View. "Still Something in the Revolution." London, Jan. 15. (A.A.P.)

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

Sir Walter Citrine, who is General Secretary of the Trade Union Congress and President of the International Federation of Trade Unions, said, after…

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A.i.f. Enlistments Suspended

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 11

Recruiting for the Second A.I.F. has now been suspended, and it was stated at Victoria Barracks yesterday that inquiries there or at area offices would at present serve no good…

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Hardship for Soldiers’ Families London, Dec. 23

Tribune · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 1

Pouring into the Ministry of Pensions War Service Grants Department at the rate of 1000 a day are claims by soldiers and…

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Churchmen in War

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 1

Special prayers were offered at St. John's, Parramatta, on Sunday for parishioners who have joined the Second A.I.F…

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Canada's War Loan

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 3

OTTAWA, Tuesday. -- Canada's £57,000,000 War Loan, which opened on Monday morning, was 60 per cent, subscribed tonight…

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Quakers and War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 13

Members of the Society of Friends in Australia (Quakers) will protest to the Commonwealth Government against what they consider are inadequate exemption provisions in…

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Some People who Love War

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 8

UNDOUBTEDLY there are people who LOVE WAR, though they take the greatest care to keep far away from the firing line. They love it because it gives them…

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Germany's Version of War Talks

Daily News · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--Berlin radio states that a meeting of the Allies' Supreme War Council is to be held in England at an early date…

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Rationing in the Great War

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 4

WHEN the last war began there was little fear of any threat to England's food supplies. It was true that two-thirds of the sugar imports had come from Austria-Hungary, but a Royal Commission…

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Casey Sure of War Win

Daily News · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 3

"OF course We will win the war, there is no doubt about that," said Australia's new Minister…

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Living Up Since War Canberra

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 4

Australian living costs increased slightly in the first three months of the war. This is revealed by returns issued…

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Ex-parramatta Girl As War Nurse

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 6

A member of the small contingent of nurses sailing with the 2nd A.I.F. is Sister Rite A. Hanscombe, second daughter of Mr. S. A…

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Canadian War Loan. Ottawa, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 14

The opening yesterday of Canada's first national war loan for 300,000,000 dollars (£[?]50,000,000) resulted in subscriptions for 114,000,000 dollars…

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Turkey Ready for War London

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 2

A bill giving the Turkish Government special powers in "extraordinary circumstances" was passed…

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