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The wars & local soldiers, 1942

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Commons War [?]Eate London, Jan. 28

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 3

On the res[?] of the wae de[?]ate in the House of Commons today the Lord Privy Seal (Mr. Attlee) formally moved Mr. Churchill’s…

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Total War Effort Plans Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 2

Committees of employers and [?]mployes will be established to ass[?] the Government in the introduction of a scheme. for the [?]sation of industry…

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New Chevrolets Only Limited Number Available War Job Comes First

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 4

Owing to the demand's of defence having first call on all G.M.-H. plants throughout Australia, passenger car production has been cut…

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Killed in Action Driver Stan Gale

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 3

Word was received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gale, yesterday, that their son, Stanley Francis Gale, had been killed in…

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Gunner Shiels Wounded

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 1

News of the first Deniliquin catualty in Malaya is contained in a message received yesterday by Mrs. James Lockington that her…

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New War Loan

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 4

Mr. E. Leeson, War Loan organiser from Victoria, addressed a meeting al the Town Hall on Wednesday evening. The Mayor…

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Anzac Club Opened in Halifax, Nova Scotia Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 3

A rest and recreation roam, known as the Anzac Club, for use of Australian and New Zealand sailors and airmen going from Canada to Britain, has been…

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Progress of the War

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 2

The House of Commons confidence vote in Mr. Churchill resulted in only one dissentient, although roughly a third of the members were absent or did not vote. There is little more news from Rabaul but a hopeful…

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War News in Brief

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 1

All special leave granted to mi[?]ls trainees to assist in harvesting and similar seasonal occupations has been cancelled under an Army order issued…

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Earlier War News London

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 2

The U.S. Navy has announced that enemy submarines torpedoed the American, tankers Panmaine (7236 tons) and Franmes E. Powell (7909…

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Japan and Prisoners of War

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 7

The Minister for the Army said this week that the Commonwealth Government had been advised officially that the Japanese Government has declared…

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Letters to Prisoners of War

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 7

References to drought conditions in certain areas in Australia, and to inadequate water supply in certain cities, should be eliminated from letters to…

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War Savings Certificates Being Cashed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 2

Cashing of war savings certificates, which in recent months is understood to have increased to 20 per cent, of new sales, is known to be causing…

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Post War Marketing of Australian Wool

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 3

(Mr. H. K. Nock, well known as the man responsible for overcoming the constitutional difficulties and securing the home consumption price…

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War Loan Speaker Coming on Monday Next

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 4

The local Patriotic Committee has received word that Mr. E. Leeson, of the Victorian War Loans and War Sevings Certificates Committee, will…

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Australia at War Our Place and Responsibilities

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 4

The Australian Government representative in London (Sir Earle Page), in an address to the Royal Empire Society urging the Australian…

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War Organisation of Industry Plans Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 4

The Minister for War Organisation of Industry (Mr. Dedman) announced after the conclusion of the production executive meeting to-night that the…

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All Resources for War Effort PERTH--Thursday

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 4

As a result of temporary dominance of the Pacific by the Japanese Navy, Australia has been cut off from its normal sources of supply, and for…

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R.a.a.f. Takes War to Enemy

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 3

R.A.A.F. activities in the Pacific since the outbreak of war in that zone have included reconnissance, bombing and machine-gun attacks on enemy…

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Latest War News Little News From Malaya SINGAPORE--Thursday

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 3

Throughout yesterday contact was maintained with the enemy in the Jemayuang area. There are no reports of further enemy landings at…

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