War Council Studies Cables
Melbourne, June 9.—A comprehensive cable giving details of progress made with the invasion of Europe by Allied forces were studied at today's meeting of…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
1,080 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 25 of 54
Widowed Twice In Present War
London, June 8.—Mrs. Doris Reynolds of Southend, whose first husband. Aircraftsman R. B. Grieg, was killed during the Battle of Britain, has been informed…
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London, June 8.—"The so-called Atlantic Wall along this coast constitute the biggest bluff of the war, because it simply does not exist," says a British…
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Sydney, June 9.—More than 4,200 soldiers have already applied for certificates to select land, the Minister for Lands, Mr. Tully, told rural delegates to…
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SYDNEY.—The secretary of the Australian prisoners of War Relatives' Association (Mr. S. Smith) stated last night that messages to…
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Canberra, June 12.—With eleven months of the financial year ended, Commonwealth expenditure on war was £69,000,000 less than the Budget…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Anglo-American View Of Reduced Metal Production Mr. W. S. Robinson Discusses Water And War Problems
Mr. W. S. Robinson, managing director of the Zinc Corporation, whose part in the war effort is more widely known than publicly chronicled, is in Broken Hill. Yesterday a representative of "Barrier Daily Truth" secured from him the happy assurance that…
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Canberra, June 12.—Formal orders have not yet gone out to army discharge depots to issue men being discharged with £6 10s coupon-free suits, said the…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.). — Suffering from hyperthyroidism, the common effect of which is to turn the bone into fibre, Clayton G. Shaw, a returned…
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SYDNEY.—As a means of easing the demand on the civilian liquor supply which at present has to serve both civilians and…
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Melbourne, June 13.—The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industry meets tomorrow to consider the termination of war contracts and contracts for repairs…
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Melbourne, June 14.—Lieut-Colonel Wickham, leader of the Empire Parliamentary Delegation, said today that the great war factories of New South Wales…
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NEW YORK, June 14. — Police[?] forcing their way into a home at New Rochelle, found Frank Eugene Robinson, British Royal Flying Corps…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ambitious Scheme To Help Soldiers
IN order to meet increasing demands made on their funds by returned servicemen who have been discharged and who temporarily…
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The second front in Normandy, is the scene of hard righting. The Allies, since landing, have widened the bridgehead to, 85 miles and to a depth of about 10…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Post War Rush on Universities
ARMIDALE.—Dr. Edgar Booth, Warden of the New England University College, predicts a terrific postwar rush on universities which they…
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At the regular bi-monthly meeting of the Wilcannia Sub-Branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. held at the Council Chambers last Saturday, 16 members were in…
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A public meeting is being called on Sunday by the local Branch of the Returned Sailors. Soldiers and Airmen's Imperial League in order to form a fund…
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A man discharged front the army and now a civilian has contracted in Adelaide. He and his wife and small family are in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →King Decorates Soldiers While Shells Scream Overhead
LONDON, June 16.—His Majesty, The King, paid a surprise visit to France today. He lunched at Allied Headquarters with shells screaming overhead, and decorated members of the forces…
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