Swedish Shipowners War Taxes on Profits
Recalling the arrangements which were made during the Great War in respect of assessing additional war taxes on shipping…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
13,407 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 250
Red Cross War Appeal. Appreciative Letters
Letters accompanying donations to the Red Cross War Appeal express appreciation of the plans of the society for caring for the sick and wounded of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War On The Economic Front Strains
BRITAIN'S Minister for Economic Warfare (Mr. R. H. Cross) says that Germany's economy has already…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Radio and War. "Playing Astounding Part."
"When the history of the present awful conflict is written, it will be found that radio has played an astounding part in it," said the former Director-General of Posts and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War and the Church. Bishop Burgmahn's Address
Bishop Burgmann gave an address on "War and the Kingdom of God" at the Anglican Summer School at St. Catherine's School, Waverley, laat night…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Minister Afraid That War May Spread to Sth. Africa Will Not Send Soldiers to Europe While Danger Lasts London, Thursday. Our Own Cable Service
SOUTH AFRICA will not only send no troops to Europe, but she will not allow any South African to go abroad to serve with the British forces…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Would Pay For War Out Of Land Tax
"Paying for the war by means of a loan subscribed by the people is in the nature of a confidence trick on the public," said Mr. E. J. Craigie,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hospital Planning Military Needs Civil Uses After War
The establishment of military hospitals in N.S.W. and their conversion to civilian uses after the war…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nerve Strain of War. Human Reactions. Effect in Germany
Since husbands, brothers, sons, and sweethearts have left home to join the fighting forces, there has been a noticeable increase in Sydney of ner…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Italy and the War. Rome, Jan. l8. (A.A.P.)
Signor Gayda, the Italian Government's publicist, in endorsing the warning of Signor Muti, Secretary-General of the Fascist Patty that Italians might be compelled to fight in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Britain Will Not Give Up. This War Will End Hitlerism
At intervals since the outbreak of war, suggestions have been made that some basis for peace should be sought before thousands of lives are sacrificed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rhodes Scholars on War Service. London, Jan. l8. (A. A. P.)
A number of Australian Rhodes Scholars have taken up war service. M. Thwaites (Victoria) and C. J. Parker (Queensland) have been granted commis…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War Supplies for N.Z. Australia as Source. Defence Minister's Visit
New Zealand's interest in Australia as a potential source of war supplies was emphasised by the Minister for Defence of the Dominion, Mr. Jones,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Sydney Morning Herald. Friday, January 19, 1940. the Cost of War
The Loan Council will meet to-day to deal with its largest task since the depression, in arranging for loans of at least double the amount usually…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War Correspondent with A.I.F. Applications for Official Post. MELBOURNE
The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, said today that applications for the position of Official War Correspondent with the Second A.I.F. could still be made, so long as they…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Spread Jof War. South Africa's Fears. CAPETOWN, Jan. l8. (A.A.P.)
Explaining why it was necessary not to allow South Africans to go overseas to serve with the British forces, the Minister for Mines, Colonel Stallard,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →British Loan. Market Test for War Borrowing. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Jan. l8
The large conversion loan announced yesterday, although it has nothing to do with new loans to finance the war, is regarded by the Press as a useful…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Tragedy of War News. Suicide of Listener. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Jan. l8
After listening to a broadcast of the English-speaking announcer from the German wireless station, Mrs. Sarah Ann Bellamy, 53, of Sheffield, turned…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →U.S. Aid in Doubt. Fear of Involvement in War. Washington, Jan. l8. (A.A.P.)
Because of the Tear of involvement in war, well-informed Senators doubt whether President Roosevelt's proposal to extend credits to Finland will reach…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Oil, the Lifeblood of War. Germany's Dangerous Deficiency. Supplies Cannot Be Replaced. by a Special Correspondent
[Cable messages suggest that the key to the puzzle of where Germany may strike next may be found in her pressing need for raw materials, particularly oil. Our contributor discusses the present position of the Reich, and the difficulty of keeping the great war…
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