Tacoma Flies War-flag Protests She Is Not Naval Auxiliary New York
A further German Note, maintaining that the liner Tacoma is a merchant ship, not a naval auxiliary, was presented to the Uruguayan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1940
13,407 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250
Near East War 'In Spring' Caucasus or Balkans Dominion Men May Go To Palestine LONDON
Discussing Allied strength in the Near East, Arthur Merton, of the London "Daily Telegraph," visualises the possibility of Dominion troops going to Palestine and travelling there by way of the Persian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Front. Outlook for Year. Inactivity May Continue. From Our War Correspondent. Western Front, Jan. 1
The whole of the Western Front is blanketed in snow. Nature thus underlines the fact that so far it has been a war of strenuous…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Limiting the War. Reported Move by Pope. Nuncio's Visits in Berlin. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Jan. 1
Nazi officials are keenly interested in the results of six visits paid to the German Foreign Office last week by the Papal Nuncio in Berlin, Monsignor…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Exclusive News Of The World From Daily Telegraph Correspondents. Finns Claim Greatest Victory Of Arctic War LONDON
The most important victory of the Russo-Finnish war is claimed by the Finnish General Staff. By winning the battle of Kiantajarvi, they say they have smashed the Russian attempt to cut Finland in two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nazi Campaign of Terror Flares Up Unarmed Ships Attacked Ruthless Sea War Resumed U-boat Victim London
After a lull during Christmas, the war of the sea has flared up again, taking new toll of merchant shipping. Typical of Nazi ruthlessness was the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The New British Army. Its Organisation and Equipment. Mechanisation Triumphant. Our War Correspondent with the B.E.F. in France
The British army which is now deployed in northern France differs both in its organisation and its equipment as much from the army of 1918 as that army did from the old regular army of 1914. For example the heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier's Life Saved. Unconscious in Path of Train. Constable's Pluck
Sergeant John D. Honey, of Liverpool camp, was saved by Constable W. C. Plummer, of Claience Street police station, from being cut to pieces by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Paris Gay on New Year's Eve. British Soldiers Toasted. PARIS, Jan. 1. (A.A.P.)
New Year's Eve was the gayest night here since the war began. Theatres, restaurants and night clubs were open until 2 a.m. Frenchmen toasted British officers and men…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldier Wins Lottery £5000
Winner of Lottery No. 647, drawn to-day, Mr. P. Lloyd Jones, 31. of Wentworth-street, Point Piper, has not yet been informed of his good…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers Are Fined Clash in Domain Throwing Tomatoes
Sunday's disturbance in the Domain resulted in two soldiers being fined £1 each to-day at Central…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Enlistment Is Compulsory Register Opens To-morrow
Compulsory enlistment of all men whose 21st birthdays fall in the 12 months ending June 30. 1940, will commence to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bravery to Be Recognised Constable's Rescue Of Soldier
The bravery of Constable W. C. Plummer, who snatched a military sergeant yesterday from the path of an approaching electric train, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Basic Wage As Soldiers' Pay
North Shore Line sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League has carried a resolution urging that the rates of pay for members of the Second A.I.F…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'Sling Off at A.i.f.' Soldier Fined For Assault
Jack Spencer Parmenter, 30, in soldier's uniform, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Policeman Saves Life Of Soldier
Sgt. John D. Honey, of the 2nd A.I.F., in camp at Liverpool, was rescued from certain death by police constable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Welcome New Year
The "Lights Out" call at the Ingleburn camp on New Year's Eve didn't mean a thing to members of the Second A.I.F…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Slept In Cells
NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Failing to find accommodation last night, a number of men of the A.I.F. were provided with beds in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Didn't Refuse to Pay Deny Rail Fare Story
Second A.I.F. soldiers, returning to camp at West Maitland, did. not refuse to pay their fares at Central Station last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Killed In Car Driven By Soldier
Mervyn George Russell, 35, Hastings Parade, Bondi, a passenger in a military car, was killed early yesterday. The car and a taxi collided at the…
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