Allied Soldiers Must Toughen
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—According to Mr. Yates McDaniel, American Associated Press correspondent now in Melbourne, Allied soldiers must…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
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Axis Forces In Pacific Are Now At Cross Roads India Or Australia? (War commentary issued by the Dept. of Information) MELBOURNE
JAVA apparently is largely under Japanese control, but resistance in several parts of the island is reported to be still going on. The same is true in other islands in the N.E.I. On the whole the Japanese have now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →700-Year-old Table Helps War Effort
LONDON, March 15. — The stone table on which King John signed Magna Charta in 1215 has been [?]ent to Wryshbury's Warships Week by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Office Not To Press For Bennett Report LONDON, March 15
The War Office washes its hands completely of the question of Major-General Gordon Bennett sending a report to Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soviet War Violent Battle (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, March 15
STOCKHOLM reports that the "Dagens Nyheter" Berlin correspondent says that a most violent battle is proceeding along…
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WASHINGTON, March 15.—The Distinguished Service Medal today was presented to Staff-Sergeant Joseph Lockhard…
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SYDNEY, March 15.—Enlistments in the Australian Women's Army Service now total more than 1000[?] of whom more than 500 have already…
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Mrs. J. C. R. Proud, Australian Red Cross superintendent in Singapore, was one of the last to leave the island, and on arrival in Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →America Not Stripped For War LONDON, March 17
AN outspoken dispatch on the outlook of the American public has been cabled by the Washington correspondent of the "Times," Sir Willmott Lewis, one of the best informed journalists in America. He says that the moving address of the Australian Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sport Banned On Anzac Day CANBERRA
ALL, hotels will be closed on Anzac Day under National Security powers. Race meetings and organised sports will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Weather Hampers Desert War (Special to "The Miner.")
LONDON, March 18.—Bad weather hampered air operaions in Libya yesterday, but Royal Air Force bombers were active over the Agedabia-El…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Luxury Liner Carried American Soldiers To Australian Shores
EARLY one morning, only a few weeks ago, with hundreds of others, I stood on the cliffs of an Australian port and watched a camouflaged luxury liner steaming in to berth. Through field glasses could be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.s.w. Minister Enlists
SYDNEY, Thursday.—After obtaining the approval of the Premier (Mr. McKell), the State Attorney-General (Mr. Martin) enlisted in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assisting Our Soldiers
Mrs. H. Gummow, of Semaphore and an old resident of Broken Hill, is doing her best to cheer up soldiers, and quite a few of the Broken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Insurance for War Damage
SYDNEY, Friday.—No owner of a building will be called upon to pay a contribution for war damage insurance until the War Damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shearing in War Time Co-operation to Avoid Chaos
Shearing in New South Wales in the coming season may have to be put through with half the normal member of men. Only loyal co-operation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japs Seeking Air Bases Guerilla War Expected in New Guinea
FIERCE guerilla fighting is expected to follow contact between Australian troops guarding Port Moresby's back door and the enemy forces moving up the Markham Valley…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Appeal For 1000 Men For War Work Mass Meeting to Consider
A MASS meeting of unionists on an important matter—the question of 1000 men going from here on special war work has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How Russian Guerillas Operate Against Germans From a War Correspondent in Moscow
IT is night on a lonely sector of the Klin-Volokolamsk road, behind the German lines. A continuous stream of supply waffirons moves forward to the German forces, and guards patrol back and forth, peering nervously…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Comments Of Readers Voluntary Work To Aid War Effort To the Editor, Sir.—
I understand that my letter in your issue of the 9th instant had the effect of inducing at least one loyalist to see the necessity for marshalling…
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