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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
1,080 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 21 of 54
LONDON, May 9.—A cloudless blue sky over the Strait of Dover throbbed and vibrated today with the roar of hundreds of Allied planes engaged in intensifying the blitz of the Continent. Front line English towns at 11 a.m. were rocked by a series of explosions from across the Channel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Since the Test of Skill competition was stalled about four years ago, the sum of £2130 has been received from entries. Of this £880 has gone to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London, May 10.—Dominion Prime Ministers attended a meeting of the War Cabinet today, thus being able to hear the latest information about the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The most important development of the week in the war zones is the fall of the Crimean city, fortress and port of Sebastopol which the Russians captured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool trade comemntators in London emphasise the need for the fullest co-operation in post-war matters between Empire woolgrowers and British…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Word was received in Broken Hill yesterday of the death on service of Pte. Gordon Victor Lehman, who resided in [?]odide Street, west, with his wife and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The war films "Battle for Russia" and "Know Your Ally Britain." are in Broken Hill for screening tomorrow night week. This was stated yesterday by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two war films, "Battle for Russia" and, "Know Your Ally Britain," will be screened by both Ozone and Johnson's Theatres tomorrow night week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE.—Declaring that he was not speaking officially but voicing private thoughts, the Director of Post-War Reconstruction (Dr. Coombs)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Auckland. May 12.—A jury in the Criminal Court today found a New Zealand land soldier Thomas Rea Beagle, not guilty of murderous an American…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney. May 12.—A 19-years-old member of the AIP was stabbed in the abodomen at the corner of Oxford and Riley streets, city tonight. He was John…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ADELAIDE.—In gangster style, three soldiers leaped from a motor car in the city last night, grabbed a pedestrian, and took him to a telephone box, where they compelled him to make a false report to military police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Sunday night next at local theatre the war films. "Know Your Ally Britain," and "The Battle for Russia" will be shown free. It was intended…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE.—Addressing a conference of organisations interested in the welfare of prisoners of war, Mrs. W. K. Hughes, of the AIF…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A meeting of the executive and management committee of the W.I.U. of A. will be held of the union office tomorrow night. The only business is in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne May 15.—The Acting Army Minister. Senator Fraser announced today that more than 2,000 Australian soldiers are now doing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY. — Soldiers on leave in Sydney who are unable to obtain accommodation are often given a bed in lock-up cells. Police officers at city…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The war films, "Know Your Ally Britain" and "The Battle for Russia" will be screened at the Crystal. Ozone and Johnson's Theatres on Sunday night and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →San Francisco May 15—Two Australian was brides who followed their American Army husbands to the United States by stowing away on a merchant…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney, May 16.—An emphatic assurance that manpower controls would cease with the end of the war was given today by the Acting Prime Minister, Mr…
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