No Women for War Zone War Cabinet's Decision
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.âWithout giving any reasons, War Cabinet last night rejected the proposal that Australian women's auxiliaries should…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
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Mr. Menzies Visits Wounded A.A.P.. GAZA. February 3
The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, announced today that he would visit the A.I.P. in Libya and other war theatres in Palestine and Egypt where the force…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Keeping Record Of War
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A number of decisions affecting the future of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra have been announced by Senator Foll,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Minister Inspects Britain's Mechanised Army
Mr. Anthony Eden, British Secretary of State for War, inspecting an armored division in the Eastern Command. He saw the impressive British Army of today, an ever-growing force equipped with up-to-the-minute, fast-moving engines of war.— Commonwealth Department of Information picture…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Picture Shows War Drama at Ozone
A flagship, expecting leave, is ordered to sea without a breathing space, to convey a fleet of merchantment. Among the latter is a tough old skipper who think,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Decisions Of War Cabinet MELBOURNE. February 4
Mr. Fudden announced at the conclusion of tonight's War Cabinet session that on the ground that it was not a wise action it had been decided to reject the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nazi Pressure on Marshal Petain French Ships For Nazi War Material Petain's Counter Of France's Re-entry Into War
Reliable but unconfirmed reports of German pressure on Marshal Petain state that Hitler has demanded Bizerta, a French naval base in Tunisia; French ships to take tropos there; and the passage of troops through…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Livestock From the War Zone England Still Shipping Pedigree Cattle Round The World
Britain continues in the midst of war to send pedigree livestock across the sea to several remote corners of the world to the value of £100,000 a year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Expenditure on War Where The Money Came From Public And Banks Largest Contributors SYDNEY. February 4
Of the £64,798,000 spent on the war during the six months ended December 31, £9,852,000 came from-revenue and £54,946,000 from loons. Between July 1, 1940 and January 31, 1941, the amounts received by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nazi Moves in France New Govt. In Paris Likely (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Dept. of Information) MELBOURNE
GERMAN announcements of a break in Franco-German relations suggest that Hitler is preparing for direct action against France. Hitler's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Preference For Returned Men
SYDNEY, Thursday.—New South Wales is strongly in favor of preference to returned soldiers, and will stress preference for men engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War on Rabbits
LONDON, February 5.—Rabbits are robbing Britain of 30 to 40 million pounds worth of food a year, and Mr. Robert Hudson, Minister of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All-anzac Revue to Be Broadcast From U.s
NEW YORK, February 5,—The first All-Anzac revue will be broadcast to-morrow from America to England, and probably also will be broadcast on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Buffet Art Union Free Meals For Men In Uniform
Among the many organisations working for the comfort of the fighting forces there is no keener or harder working body than that which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Italy a War Zone
LONDON, February 5.—Greek reports state that Mussolini has declared the whole of southern Italy a war zone, and has placed it under martial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Artist for Navy War Cabinet Appoints
MELBOURNE, Thursday. — War Cabinet at its meeting in Melbourne this week appointed Mr. Frank Norton, of Sydney, as official artist…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lady Blamey to Return War Cabinet's Order
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—War Cabinet decided last night to inform Lieut.-General Sir Thomas [?]la[?]y, G.O.C. Australian Army Corps, that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Out-thinking the Enemy War Inventions From Empire
All over the British Empire, in ventors, expert and amateur, are at work trying to help win the war. The Directorate of Scientific Research, Ministry of Supply, London, handles vast masses of correspondence from these people every week. Some of their idess are good;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Old Hatreds Flare in South Africa Union's War Attitude
What is the background of the week-end disturbances in Johannesburg? Who are forces behind the extreme republican organisation, the Ossewabrandwag, whose meeting on Friday evening led to the rioting? What is the internal situation in South Africa and the attitude…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barrier Miner Thursday, February 6. 19[?]1 Britain's War Tactics
Last yeal Britain drove the inva[?]er from her shares in the face of worldwide pessimism. Today she is preparing another epic defensive action…
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