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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
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Clothes rationing has led to a concession in the design of the extra 150,000 bicycles which BRitain is building specially for women cyclists during the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A[?] it is not his real name, we will call him Bill Smith. Before the war hall Smith lived and worked in the WEstHis me[?] was stock work and being a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →After enlisting, training and leaving for abroad together. Corporal Alec Clark and Private Les. Ferguson, both sons of Mrs. Ferguson,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AN enemy ship was hit and left burning when Allied aircraft made a successful attack on enemy shipping at Koepang, Dutch Timor,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AS many inquiries are being made regarding obligations of property owners in regard to war damage insurance, the War Damage Commission has supplied this paper with a comprehensive statement setting, out relevant facts. In this it is pointed out that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NO one, looking back on a sombre year, could doubt the enormous improvement for Britain in the war postion, declared Mr. Churchill today in a review of the happenings of the past 12 months…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Australian and American attacks against enemy bases in New Guinea and New Britain are proving a valuable deterrent to the southward wing of Japan's advance, while additional evidence that the Allied offensive is taking shape is provided by the successful a attacks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AUSTRALIAN and American troops at a concert somewhere out of Darwin" heard this announcement from the platform:—"Flash— High officials in Tokio declare that Darwin Harbor, because of Japanese a tacks, is no longer of military use."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A High School old boy, Ptc. J. W. Donelley, who only left his school three years ago, and who has just returned to Broken Hill after a period…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIX Japanese bombers and fighters probably were shot down, and two other enemy aircraft were damaged in the air…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A meeting of citizens interested in the formation of a local War Loan Rally Committee will be held in the Mayor's Parlor at the Town Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The N.S.W. Lawn Tennis Association and the N.S.W. Hardcourt Tennis Association have decided to go ahead with the State-wide drive…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Everyone knows the work of Red Cross in sending parcels of food and clothing regularly to prisoners of war in Germany, but few know the…
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) gave a pledge today that neither the Government nor Parliament would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →PORT MORESBY, March 30. THE strange lulls which have marked every stage of World War II. are now being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WASHINGTON, March 30.—President Roosevelt has announced that the first meeting of the newly-elected Pacific War Council will be held on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WASHINGTON, March 30.—President Roosevelt has signed an Act to increase the limit of the Federal debt to 125 billion dollars. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"THERE is not one law for soldiers and a different one for civilians," said Mr. Sanderson, S.M., in the Port Adelaide Police Court. "It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cabled advice has been received by Mr. C. K. Gamble, Liaison Officer in Australia for the Anzac War Relief Fund, New York, that it has been…
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