Canada's Contribution to the War Ships, Planes And Munitions(A.A.P. Service.)SYDNEY,JAN.-31
With, merchant and naval vessols slipping -Into: the water at the rate of two a week, next' month would also see-Canada…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
4,000 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 200
Governor Sounds Grave Warning Malaya May Have To Face War (A.A.P. Service) LONDON January 31
[?] have to race a state of war was given today by the Governor of the Straits Settlements sir Shenton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Derna Victory Was Triumph For Wavell Vindication Of His Methods (Daily War Commentary Issued by Commonwealth Department of information)
Tie capture of Derna by British forces only eight days after the fall of Tobruk burnishes Mussolini’s hopes at defending Cyrenaica. Credit for the success of the campaign goes largely to the British Commander-in-Chief, General Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Masterpiece Of STATEGY Dramatic Story of Derna Battle(From the Commonwealth Acting Official War Correspondent) CAIRO, Jan 31
The capture of Derna to-day mi the culmination of nearly a week's hard fighting by the A.I.F., assisted by British artillery, anti-tank troops, and machine-gunners. it was the first time in this campaign that the Italians…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Taxes Soldiers Overseas
The State Treasurer, Mr. Richard son, said yesterday that all men who had enlisted for overseas service were exempt from taxation,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Duke Visits War Wounded
The Duke of Kent pauses for ct man-to-man talk during a visit he made to wounded Canadian troops at a Canadian hospital in Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lord Mayor’s War Fund Sydney
Last week contributions to the Lord Mayor’s Patriotic and War Fund exceeded £10,000. They included £5216, proceeds of the Carrington…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tax Burden Financing The War CANBERRA
Because of the war effort Australians are paying £7 a head a year more in taxation than they were two years ago according to figures…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sabotage of War Effort Politician Wants Strikers Interned
The internment of all strikers was urged at the weekend by the new Country Party member for Swan, Mr T. W. Marwick. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australia Becoming an Empire Arsenal Enormous Cost of War Effort
Australia was becoming an Em pire arsenal, said the Minister for Air, Mr McEwen, when he launched a drive for war savings from a Bren…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Outline of Australia's War Policy. Mr Fadden Frank to Premiers
An outline of Australia's war policy to cover every contingency as the struggle develops overseas was given to State Premiers by the acting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Air Force War Against Ice Science Seeks To Solve New Problem
The worst enemy the Royal Air Force has to face—next to the Luftwaffe—is ice. All the round, that foe is lurking somewhere in the atmosphere, but winter makes it an urgent problem…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers Charged Newcastle
In the Police Court to-day, Kenneth Alexander Hamilton (26), Harold Oliver Coulter (39), and George Knight (28), soldiers, were charged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE A.I.F. Cessnock Enlistments CESSNOCK
A list of those men who enlisted from Cessnock and to Whom the Cessnock War Comforts Fund has supplied parcels has bees drawn up…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Killed Outside Camp. Thrown 15Ft. to Side of Road
Gunner William Wallace, 40, of 3rd Battery," 2nd Field,'Training Regiment, was hit by a car and killed outside Puckapunyal Camp (Vie.) oh…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Footballer Killed in Action Sydney
Regret has been expressed at the annual meeting of the New South Wales Australian National Football League at the announcement that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Duke Visits War Wounded
The Duke of Kent pauses for a man-to-man talk during a visit he made to wounded Canadian troops at a Canadian hospital in Britain.—Dept Information Photo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dungog Boy Wounded
In the week-end casualty list appeared the name of Private T. Ryan (Inf.), of Dungog, wounded in action. Private Ryan, prior to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Post-war Plans for Soldiers Extend War Service Homes Scheme
The extension of the existing War Service Homes scheme to cover members of the Australian fighting services engaged in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£10,000 In War Savings
More than 2000 members of Amalgamated Wireless (A[?]la) Ltd., have raised £10,000 by sales of War Savings Certificates…
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