Referendum Vote for Soldiers of 18
CANBERRA.—Australian soldiers who have reached the age of 18 will be able to vote at the referendum poll, The Electoral Bill, passed before…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
1,080 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 14 of 54
Anzac Day Restrictions CANBERRA, March 30
The Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, announced today that Anzac Day, Tuesday, April 25, would be observed as a public holiday. Under National Security…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers After War Melbourne, March 30
Our soldiers would come back better citizens than when they left Australia. said the Chief Justice of ictoria. Sir Edmund Herring, addressing the…
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SYDNEY.—The secretary of the Prisoners of War Relatives' Association (Mr. Sydney Smith) stated yesterday that the Federal Government…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Post-war China Melbourne, March 30
China was on the eve of a great renaissance and in future would play a more constructive and positive part in the Pacific, said Sir Frederick…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →B.i.c. and War Loan
At the adjourned fortnightly meeting of the Barrier Industrial Council last night consideration was given to a request from the Lo[?]l War Loan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Nazis Trapped In Ukraine
War news of the week puts the Allies in a more favorable position, though in Italy the situation is not satisfactory…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barrier Miner Friday, March 31, 1944. Post-war Committee
POST-WAR Reconstruction Committee workers who have been culling facts and ideas for some months on many branches of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Films
In a message from Adelaide, Mr. E. Waterman states that the films, The Battle for Russia and Know Your Ally. Britain," on the usable films, are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Loan Pamphlets
In "Barrier Daily Truth" this morning 3,000 pamphlets, entitled "A Message to Broken Hill Unionism," will be distributed. These pamphlets are sanctioned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War To End About January?
Mr. E. Sayers, chief of the British Department of Information in the East, writing to a Broken Hill friend from New Delli (India) under date of January 24…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australia's Part in the War
CANBERRA.—The chairman of the Australian War Memorial Board (Senator Collings) stated last night that plans had been accepted for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gen. Smuts on War Ending Capetown, March 31
The great land attack which would shortly be launched from the east would finish the German war, said the South African Prime Minister. Gen. Smuts, on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Hughes and the War Council
SYDNEY.—Commening on a report that further representations had been made to him from the Government side that he should again go on…
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SYDNEY.—Criticising the exclusion of Australia from the coming talks in London on post-war civil aviation. Mr. P. Spender, M.H.R., said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Action for Recovery of War Insurance Dues
Summonses for non-payment of war damage insurance dues will soon be issued against a large number of Broken Hill people. The Acting Town…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War-Damage Insurance
The Acting Town Clerk (Mr. J. F. Sanderson) said yesterday that the City Council had been instructed by the War Damages Commission to issue summonses…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner Tuesday, April 4. 1944. Anzac Pact Criticism
THERE is still political party blckering over the significance of the Australia-New Zealand pact, better known as the Anzac Pact. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hotels to Close on Anzac Day
CANBERRA.—Regulations issued last night provide for the closing of hotels, the prohibition of race meetings, and the closing of theatres on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Churchill to Retire After the War?
NEW YORK, April 4.—Mr. Churchill will not resign until the war is won, but will then step down of his own accord, declares the…
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