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3,819 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 191
The Australian Government has insisted that the fullest prosecution of the war against Japan is vital. The situation in Malaya is very difficult and the Netherlands Indies and Australia remain exposed to attack…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE Saturday.—In future it a expected that the Government will have a much greater say in the control of private business establishments. Advisory committees are to be established in various industries to assist the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEW YORK Jan. 9.—The British still hold Kuala Lumpur, but the Japanese have cut the town’s communications while violent fighting is raging…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW DELHI Jan. 11.—The Indian Purchasing Mission has placed Lease-Lend orders in America for nearly £7,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ADELAIDE Monday.—The Opposition leader in the Senate. Senator McLeay, said last night that it was useless to talk of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LISMORE Monday.—War industries had been consultrated too much in city areas, said the Minister for Munitions (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SINGAPORE Jan. 11—The war Malaya must be the most [?]cent war in hostory—It is a [?] of stealth and surprise in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No matter how tragic things may be in everyday life, it is seldom a glimmer of humour does not intrude. The latest is the embargo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The practice of throwing bottles from trains was responsible for an injury to Private Jack Moody, of Wynyard Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enlistments in the United States Army in December exceeded 60,000, more than 50 per cent, greater than the largest enlistment month in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEW YORK Jan. 12.—The discovery of a sensational file of secret Japanese documents entitled “Three-Power Alliance and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA- Tuesday. — An agreement that the workers especially those in war industries [?] regular holiday periods…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Those who visualise a quickly beaten Germany ana swift peace as a result of the smashing Russian victories on the Eaastern front are merely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DUBLIN Jan. 12.—An emphatic denial that Eire had secretly bargained with any country or that he had been in any other…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Which reminds me of two little anecdotes of the war I want to write down in my scrapbook before I forget them. They both have the same…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"I can assure the Australian public that although the directness of the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) was not pleasing to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miss Searl, president of Dungog branch of the Red Cross Society, has received the following message from the superintendent of the Society:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. F. W. Aldis, local recruiting officer, reports further enlistments since the Japs stirred up Australia's blood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Active Service," which has been published in Australia under the supervision of the Board of Management of the Australian War…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The reports and financial statements read at the annual meeting of the Muswellbrook sub-branch of the R.S.S. and Airmen's League of Australia on Saturday last disclosed that the "Diggers" were playing a notable part in the town's war effort. The clubroom was occupied…
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