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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
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London, May 1.—"The war will probably last only a few hours more," declared the Hamburg radio last night. Doctor Scharping, one of Germany's best known commentators, was also heard over the Hamburg radio declaring:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, May 2.—That post-war bottle of whisky in the sideboard to be produced for the unexpected guest, looks less likely since reading the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE.—A. signet ring is the clue by which the War Graves Services hope to establish the identity of an Australian soldier who was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE.—For the third successive night Australian troops last night demonstrated, but on a reduced scale, against the alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A large congregation attended the Anzac Day service held in Baker Park when Rev. K. Luders officiated at the ceremony…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.—Considering its resources and population Australia had made as great, if not a greater contribution to the war than any other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London, May 3.—Paving the way to a completely unhindered advance by Allied force to within ten miles of Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, all German forces in Italy have unconditionally surrendered and nearly 1,000,000 enemy soldiers, including remnants of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victoria faces the worst winter of the war for civilian supplies ol food. This is how the position looks today:— MEAT—The fat stock market will not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London, May 1 A considerable area of West Halland was [?] German [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Modern workshops and, machinery established for the manufacture of munitions of war, and representing a capital expenditure in excess of £100,000,000, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY.—Police had been told that Cpl. C. T. Ryan (30), of Victoria, who was drowned in the Parramatta River, near Meadowbank camp…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney, May 7.—Lt.-Colonel R. E. Thompson speaking at Brief Club today paid a tribute to the work in Australia in the manufacture of signalling and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London, May 7.—It is officially announced that Germany signed the surrender document today. At 2.41 a.m. today (about 12.11 o'clock this morning Broken Hill time) in a school house at Reims in France, the headquarters of the Allied Commander-in-Chief, General Eisenhower, the chief of the German General Staff, General Jodi, signed the fatal document. Then followed the signatures of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yesterday the news of the end of the war was received in Broken Hill with quiet joy. Whistles blowing of about 7 a.m. gave emphasis to the final surrender of Germany as read by all in that morning's "Barrier Daily Truth." Flags were flown from buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY.—While searching behind a low mound on the Holaswortny Rifle Range yesterday for spent ammunition three boys were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The labor supply position in the wool textile industry in Britain deteriorated last year, and it because necessary for the Wool Control to exercise a stricter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London, May 10,—The most expert fined secret service been of the Allied Powers are hunting Escape for the Nazi headers, says the "Evening Stamlard's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, May 10.—After his tumultuous reception at Whitehall on Wednesday night, Mr. Churchill' spoke to the people of London from the Whitehall balcony—unofficially, unrehearsed,? free of all ceremony, and straight…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In the Far East waters beamy little wooden ships, known to the Royal Navy as Motor Fishing Vessels, are plying around captured harbour, carrying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Canberra, May 11.—The Minister for Air. Mr. Drakeford, said today that the air training crops would continue after the war to cater for the needs of the…
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