Indecent Language Costs Soldier £2
John Porter, a militia man, was fined £2 in the Police Court today for having used indecent language in Argent Street yesterday…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
1,473 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 16 of 74
Anzac Services On
Only [?]t services will mark the observance of Anzac Day in Broken Hill this year. Next Sunday will be observed as Anzac Sunday, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jockey Retires for War Duration
MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — R. Bailey, one of Melbourne's bestknown jockeys, had his last mounts at Ascot on Saturday until the end…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A new and lilting war sons. "The Aussies and the Yanks are Here," has been composed and set to music by a young…
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WASHINGTON, April 14.—Primaries for the 1942 Congressional election will start in the middle of the week with many Congressmen…
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CAIRO, April 14.—Besides the eight wounded or medically unfit Australians whose names already have been[?] listed, two other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Conference Wanted on War Effort
Because they believe that mine workshops can be used to a greater extent for the manufacture of machine tools and other war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Comments Of Readers "The Object of the War"
To the Editor, Sir, According to the Catholic Worker's' April Issue "the object of war is peace —not the peace of mere military…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japs Supply Fresh Beef (From Allan Dawes, "The Miner" War Correspondent in North Aus.)
From an Advanced Allied Air Base. —in the last raid on Darwin a Japanese bomb killed a cow, thereby fulfilling a request of our troops for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' Club At Y.M.C.A.
ALL facilities of a Y.M.C.A. Soldiers' Hut will be available in future at the local Y.M.C.A. to any member of the fighting forces home on leave or passing through the city. This decision was made by the Y.M.C.A. Military Service Committee at its meeting this week when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →White Cliffs News a Welcome Home
[?] home party will be te[?] private Arthur [?] on Saturday night, April 25, at a [?] Arthur who saw active service in…
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ALEXANDRIA, April 16.—Many members of the crow of the destroyer Hereward, sunk off Crete last year, lost their lives because they gave up…
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MELBOURNE, Frtday.—Melbourne surgeons and physiologists describe as "quite a reasonable proposition," the work in nerve transplantation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →China's Women Soldiers Lead Spartan Existence (From A War Correspondent)
WITH the Chinese Army in Burma, April 13.—Chinese women soldiers have taken their place in the front line to inspire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appeal For War Prisoners
THE surge of eagerness to help Australian prisoners of war, which is evident all over South Australia, is expected to make the badge appeal in aid of the Prisoner of War Fund on May 8 the outstanding war effort of the year. The drive will extend to every corner of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Post War Plans for Agriculture
LONDON, April 16.—The first meeting of agricultural experts appointed by the Allied Governments in London to consider the problem of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Exports for Prisoners of War
Red Cross Stores Department in England has recently prepared for shipment two large consignments of food and clothing for British and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Books for Soldiers
Only three further parcels of books for soldiers have come to hand These came from Mesdames Sara. Crosswell (Annalara) and Galloway (Rosewood)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sunday Pictures For Soldiers? SYDNEY
The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) will refer to the State Cabinet on Monday the request of yesterday's conference…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bombing Of Corregidor 206 Air Raid Alarms Since Start of War; 65 Raids Since April 9 (Special to "The Miner") WASHINGTON, April 16
THERE were five air raids on Corregidor on Wednesday. Our anti-aircraft fire forced enemy bombers to an altitude too high for effective bombing." This information was given in the 10 a.m…
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