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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
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BULGARIA'S fate, according[?] to many Balkan observers, is now sealed, but it still remains to be seen whether Germany will use military…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In a tiny churchyard at Langley Park, Durham, a mother carefully tends the grave of an unknown soldier, keeping a vow that till the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The House of Representatives will begin debating and voting on amendments to the Lend or Lease Bill tomorrow, and it is expected the official vote will be taken on Friday or Saturday. In the debate today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A storm is brewing over the action of the War Council in ignoring the Postal Department when deciding that news of the deaths of members of the A.I.F. should be conveyed to relatives by postmasters or their nominees. It is claimed that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Among the many organisations working for the comfort of the fighting forces there is an keener or harder working body than that which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Dr. Evatt, M.H.R., declared last night that this was a people's war and only the people could win it. This demanded a mighty…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Asking whether, despite indications that the war was moving rapidly in Australia's direction, people were going to live in a fool's paradise until the guns…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unity of the members of the Advisory War Council on the need for taking every possible step to ensure the security of Australia was declared in a joint…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BRITISH columns in Eritrea are pressing steadily westward towards the mountain township of Keren, fifty miles from Asmara, capital of the province. The retreating Italians are jettisoning valuable equipment and thus throwing the way open for the British…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Saturday. — Jack McCarthy (38) walked into Russell Street police station last night bleeding from bullet wounds in both ears,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"NOTHING is denied to well-directed labor, and nothing in ever to be attained without it," wrote Sir Joshua Reynolds last century. How…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Stupendous sums have already been involved in this war, and heavy burdens must involve still more. Doily expenditure has doubled in a year," said Sir Kingsley Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the House of Commons today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →First-hand impressions of England at war are to be gained from Mr. T. Carson, who has just been transferred to the Broken Hill High School. He was in England last year, and has brought back to Australia memories of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mrs. McDonald (19) was killed and her husband. James McDonald (22) badly wounded about the face when they were attacked with a shot gun in their home in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Red Cross Society in Sydney has received a unique communication from a German prison camp. They believe it is the first of its kind to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Marshal Petain is still resisting German attempts to gain control of France in spite of German intrigues, but if intrigues fail Germany may use…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ISTANBUL, February 10.—The Greek Army is reported to be receiving large quantities of Italian war material captured in Libya…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Since the outbreak of war £30 million pounds has been invested in war loans and nearly seven million pounds in war savings…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The "Daily Mail's" Sofia correspondent states that mobilisation is proceeding steadily. The majority of those called up are going to the Bulgarian-Turkey frontier. The German plan is apparently to have the Bulgarian army block the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →IN a stirring broadcast review tonight of war events of the past five months, the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) said that Britain must be prepared to meet gas attacks by air, and he was confident that these could…
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