A.i.f. Learning Jungle War
SINGAPORE. February 23.—MajorGeneral Gordon Bennett announces from Australian G.H.Q. in Malaya that major training and manoeuvres…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
1,911 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 15 of 96
Statements Were Not Alarmist Approach To War Closer Than Thought Possible Mr. Makin On Pacific Crisis MELBOURNE. February 23
Certain statements recently issued to the Australian people were not "alarmist," declared Mr. Makin, M.H.R., and Labor member of the Advisory War Council. He was deputising for the Minister for Labor, Mr. Holt, at the Wesley Church…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Troops in Spain Reported Activities May Be Propaganda (Daily War Commentary issued by the Dapartment of information) MELBOURNE
REPORTS that German troops are at present operating in Spain are not confirmad, and well-informed quarters in London ara inclined to regard them at German inspired rumors to divert attention from the Balkans…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gun Battle in Fitzroy Four Wounded MELBOURNE
TWO constables and a civilian were shot and a third constable injured early yesterday in a gun battle in Fitzroy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Companies And War Effort
MR. Merritt, of the Munitions Department, is in Broken Hill to conduct nn inspection of the mining companies workshops…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drive Against Britain Soon Experts Say April (Daily War Commentary issued by the Commonwealth Department Of Information) MELBOURNE
REPORTS from France suggest that Hitler will begin an offensive against Britain before the end of Febraury or early in March, but military experts think it may be later…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Escapes Death By Inches SYDNEY, February 24
Private Kenneth Ainsworth (34), of the A.I.F. camp at Cowra, escaped death by inches this afternoon in the city. He attempted to board a moving tram, but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tubercular Soldiers Annual Sale Of Tokens March 7
The Tubercular Soldiers' Aid Society's object is to help and cheer those who are sick with T.B. from the last war and this. There are still over 280 T.B…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mothers War Angry
AFTER leaving two of her children in the United States and the other two in Canada for the duration. Mrs. Ruth Drummond, of Bedford, is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cost Of War To Australia SYDNEY, February 25
The direct cost of the war to Australia might be £1.500,000,000, said Mr. Spooner. M.H.R.. today. He added that if the war lasted another three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Keeping War From The Pacific Mr. Fadden States Our Aims SYDNEY
AUSTRALIA'S desire for the maintenance of peace in the Pacific was emphasised by Mr. Fadden, Acting Prime Minister, in an address last night. The deep desire, not only of Australia, but of the British people as a whole, was peace in the Pacific, he said. But so far…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Badcock Enlists
ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—C. L. Badcock, South Australian and Test batsman, has enlisted in the A.I.F., having pnssed his first medical…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Club in Malaya Singapore, February 25
Some of the secrecy surrounding the movements of Australian troops in Malaya hes been partly dispell[?] by publication in the local press that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →America Very War-Conscious Observations Of Visiting Wrestler
"Compared with America here in Australia you would not think there was a World War," said Mr. T. Niland, Australian wrestler, who arrived in Broken Hill last night. Mr. Niland has spent four years in "America since 1935. He has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late War Messages A.A.P., LONDON, February 26
A Rome communique states that German armoured units contacted British forces on Monday in Africa, and destroyed a number of British tanks and motor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War's Duration Prime Minister's Views A.A.P., LONDON. February 25
"It is no use pulling our legs about the duration of the war. I have no illusions about a short war. I have a strong feeling that there will be a couple of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eden and Dill in Turkey Balkans May Benefit (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Departaient of Iaformation.) MELBOURNE
THE arrival of the British Forciga Secretary (Mr. E[?] amd the [?]f osl the Imperial General St[?] (Sir John Dill) at A[?] is regarded in dip[?] circles as a develo[?]ment of the A[?] T[?] sta[?] talks begun in January. It is refloction of the close [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers Visited in Hospital
Representatives of local patriot[?] organisations have made comfortable eight soldiers, who have been admitted to the Hospital,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Cabinet Plan
LONDON, February 26. — The "Daily Sketch" says that Mr. Menzies will attend meetings of the War Cabinet during his stay in Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eviction Case Against War Widow
SYDNEY, Friday.—An adjournment until March 28 was granted at the Paddington Court today, when the eviction case of Mrs. Mary Davis,…
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