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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
1,473 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 13 of 74
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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ACCORDING to Berlin radio, the first Japanese vessel carrying rice, wheat, iron ore, rubber, has arrived at a Japanese port from newly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →GENERAL MecARTHUR'S dramatic arrival in Australia an the supreme commander of the Allied forces in the South-West Pacific and the announcement of American forces in Australia had a heartening effect upon the united nations, especially Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A letter has been sent to the City Council giving details of the compulsory War Damage Insurance Scheme, the Acting Town Clerk (Mr. J. F…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Demands that "beer drones" not be allowed to deprive them of opportunities to have drink are now being made by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →YESTERDAY'S attack by Allied aircraft on enemy occupied Lae and Rabaul resulted in the destruction of four enemy planes in addition to five others probably destroyed or damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"UNITS of the 8th Army have carried out successful raids against positions on the Tmimi area and the aerodromes near Martuba. The preliminary move began on Friday and fighting occurred all day yesterday." This…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WHEN Ronald George Gibbs, 29, soldier, of the Recruit Reception Depot, Wayville, appeared on remand in the Police Court on a charge of having assaulted George Purvis, on March 14, occasioning him actual bodily harm. Assistant Police Prosecutor Davies was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WASHINGTON, March 23.—The War Department has decided that the word "war" will supplant the word "defence," to fall, in line with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →VICHY, March 23.—The question of the French Army's lack of planes and tanks predominated at the Riom war guilt trial today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Behind the scenes of Broken Hill life numerous bands of citizens are playing their part in the war effort, quietly but very effectively…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IF his rear-gunner's turret had not jammed at a critical moment, an Australian flying officer attached to a Beaufort torpedo-bomber squadron in the Near East, would probably have been credited with the destruction of an Italian cruiser last week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A captain and two lieutenants of the American Army were on the bench with Coroner J. J. Leahy at the inquest on an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Central Advisory Panel for each State of the Commonwealth was appointed by the War Damage Commission. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, March 24.—The "Daily Telegraph" says: "The advisory war risk rating committee at Lloyd's has adopted an increase, averaging 50 per…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FOLLOWING the recent devision of the Australian A.W.U. Convention, the South Australian branch of that union…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →STOCKHOLM, March 25.—Messages from Berlin says that the Pope will shortly undertake to act on behalf of prisoners of war in collaboration…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Federal Council of the Munition Workers' Union at its conference appointed a sub-committee to examine the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Council was still waiting on further instructions from the War Damages Commission regarding the collection of premiums on war risk…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE requirements of Australia loom particularly large at this moment in the preneral picture of war production, declared the Minister for Production (Mr. Oliver Lyttleton) in the House of Commons today…
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