Mobile [?]Essing Stations Chevrolet Plays Its Part in War Activity
BUILT to the [?] supplied by the Army, new [?] Casualty Clearing Station on Cheviolte trucks are being produced by General Motors-Holden's Ltd., at…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
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Balkan Tension Eases (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Dept. of Information). MELBOURNE
BULGARIA'S denial that she has received a German ultimatum, or was threatened by a German Invasion, has produced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Second Phase Of War In Air Have Germans Stolen March? (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, January 9
THE Germans appear to have stolen a March on Britain with the Junkers 88, the best bomber they are using at present…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nearly £64 Million Spent On War CANBERRA, January 10
Treasury official revealed today that the Commonwealth spent £63,993,000 in Australia on defence and war in the first six months of 1940-41. Of this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Troops Aciive In All War Zones Maids On Libya And Naples Germans Taken by Surprise
BRITISH PLANES WHICH RAIDED NAPLES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT DROPPED HEAVY BOMBS ON OR NEAR A 35,000 TON ITALIAN BATTLESHIP, AND STARTED FIRES AMONG OTHER NAVAL…
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ATHENS, January 10.—Italian soldiers were among patients in hospitals in Salonika deliberately bombed by Italian planes yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Officer Killed in Action
SYDNEY, Monday.—The first A.I.F. officer reported killed in action is Lieut. Peter Charles Jackson Taylor (25), of Sydney…
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The immensity of production and enlistments is such that our unemployment problem is being solved. By the end of this year the unemployed anny will have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Wage for Planes
Thrilled by the exploits of the R.A.F., Mr. Frederick Welch, town crier, of Bridport, Dorset, has given his wages as a war reserve…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soviet and War (To the Editor)
Sir,—The second Imperialist holocaust, over-spreading and never-casing, has registered a further deterioration. German Fascism, whose operations in Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Result U.S. Envoy Certain London, January 11
The visit of Mr. Harry Hopkins as personal representative ot President Roosevelt in London will last not less than two weeks and not more than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Air War Over Malta A.A.P., LONDON, January 11
From Malta it is announced that the British shot down 40 Italian planes so far over Malta and probably destroyed 25 more. We lost five fighters and four…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lady Blamey for War Zone Storm Of Protest In Military Circles CANBERRA
IT transpires that the War Cabinet some weeks ago decided that Lady Blamey should be permitted to join her husband, Lieut.-General Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italian Losses at Bardia Greater Than Earlier Announced Much War Material Secured LONDON, January 11
The figure of the Italian losses in. Bardia announced in today's Cairo communique brings the total of killed and captured, excluding those wounded, to over 44,000, which is in excess of the earlier anticipations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →300 Japanese Soldiers Killed A.A.P., HONGKONG, January 11
Three hundred Japanese soldiers were killed when a troop train hit a mine in the North Hupeh Province…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Badge for Relatives of Soldiers
A relative badge will be issued to the wife and/or mother, or to the nearest female relative of members of the Defence Forces (including Army…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sweeping Powers for Roosevelt New Bill and Vital U.S.A. MEASURE President's Aim To Ald Britain Almost War Declaration WASHINGTON, January 10
America's historic measure to give the fullest possible aid to Britain and other democratic countries was submitted to both Houses of Congress today, in the form of a bill entitled: "An Act to promote the defence of the United States."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Opposition For "Aid For Britain" Bill Bulk of Bill Will Probably Be Passed (Daily War Commentary issued by the Department of Information) MELBOURNE
THE new "Aid for Britain" Bill introduced into the United States Congress as a result of President Roosevelt's message, is likely to meet strong opposition. This will probably make various amendments necessary, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kyneton Man Killed in Action
KYNETON, Tuesday.—The first Kyneton-born soldier to be killed in the present war was Private Vincent Joseph Walsh (28), son of Mr. and Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War and the Workers (To the Editor)
Sir,—I wish to thank "Scientific Communist" for the easy victory he has conceded to Marxist theory, for, alter all. one is entitled to claim victory when…
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