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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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
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Australian War Costs SYDNEY. February 27
Australia was paying her full shore in the cost of the Libyan campaign, but until the details had been worked out it was impossible to say what the amount…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Specialised Units New Types of Trucks Produced for War
ONE feature of motor transport production for Army requirements for this war is the number of different types of vehicles for specialised duties which have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mobile Dressing Stations Chevr[?] Plays Its Part in War Activity
BUILT to the [?] supplied by the Army [?] Casuality Clearing Stations on [?] are being produced by General [?]Holden's Ltd, at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Ace in Air Crash 10 Killed In U.S. ATLANTA (Georgis) Feb. 27
CAPT. Eddie Rickenbacker, president of Eastern Airlines, and "crack" American air ace in the last war, was among…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain In The Dodecanese (Daily War Commentary issued by the Commonwealth Department of Information) MELBOURNE
THE British occupation of Castel Rosso, the easternmost of the Italian possessions in the Dodecanese, raises the whole question of the fate of these islands. Originally regarded as being of enormous strategic importance to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Aid to Britain Immediate Steps Taken 500 Million Dollars Of War Material Ready New York, February 26
Acting on assurances from the Senate and House of Representative leaders that the Lend or Lease Bill would be passed without further substantial amendment. President Roosevelt today took steps to transfer to Britain all war supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Successes in Somaliland Advance Goes on (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Department of Information) MELBOURNE
SUCCESSFUL British advances have now been carried out in the south of Italian Somaliland. This attack is probably aimed at Mogadishu, the principal Italian town in the colony. The capture of Brava after Heavy attacks by the South African Air Force, indicates…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Supplies For Britain Shipments Ready In America Roosevelt Waits on Passage of Bill New York, February 27
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has taken steps, the Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says, to transfer to Britain all war supplies possible from army and navy stores without crippling American armed forces…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Left Camp Without Leave Soldiers Captured After Street Melee Sydney February 27
Half a dozen soldiers who had allegedly been absent without leave from the Cowra A.I.F. camp. put up strong but brief resistance when pickets arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →First War Badges Will Be Issued Soon
MELBOURNE, Saturday. — Issue of the first of seven types of war badges approved by the War Cabinet could be expected very soon, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pledge of Miners' Federation No Stoppages And 100 Per Cent. Production Full Support Of War Effort SYDNEY, February 28
The general and northern presidents of the Miners' Federation, Messrs C. Nelson and J. Kellock, said last night that Australia could count on 100 per cent, coal production while the present grave war situation continued…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bulgaria Caused No Surprise Next Few Weeks Will Tell (Daily War Commentary issued by the Department of information) MELBOURNE
BULGARIA'S acquiescence to German demands has caused no surprise. Germany is now putting into effect the programme…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pictures From War Zones
PICTURKS from England and Greece. TOP: Australian airmen, trained in Canada under the Empire Air Training Scheme, on their arrival in London. They were the first Australians to reach England from Canada. BELOW: The bald head of this smiling flight sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters for Prisoners of War
The Red Cross Bureau has prepared a number of leaflets, giving detailed instructions about the procedure to be followed when writing to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tobacco Soothing To War Nerves CANBERRA March 3
The Federal Government recognises the value of tobacco in soothing "war nerves," and because of this has restricted the use of tobacco in Australia only on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Germany's Advance (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Department of Information) MELBOURNE
THE German advance into Bulgaria is rapidly bringing German troops within striking distance of the Greek and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Troops Menace Keren Free French Soldiers Active In Libya
THE British northern column operating in Eritrea has captured an important pass covering the approach to Keren, which is now menaced from both north and west…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Airmen in War Zones Guarding Sea Lanes Norway to mid-Atlantic is a zone. So is the Irish Channel to North Africa. But those are the wide open spaces of ocean over which the great Sunderland machi[?]nes of the Australian Air Force hunt U-boat and enemy planes. Their story is told here by John Cashel, Fleet Street air correspondent. Airmen of the British Common wealth are playing an epic part in defeating the intensified Atlantic U-boat menace, now that the Germans are using French bases for submarines and ocean-going bombers
These airmen are the crews of the Royal Australian Air Force Sunderland flying boat squadron, and the ground staffs who keep in perfect…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Speech Conflicts With War Council
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Beasley said last night that the conflict between the speech of the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) in London…
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