Production of Metals Important in View of War Demands SYDNEY
Referring to-day to the question of increasing the production of metals in Australia, the Minister for Mines(Mr. Baddeley) s[?]ld that experts of his…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,843 stories in Murray's papers · page 18 of 143
Empire War Cabinet Comments of N.Z. Prime Minister Auckland, [?]Z
The New Zealand Government asked the British Government on January 26 for seat In the War Cabinet, said the Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser), to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Milk “War” Subsides. Melbourne
The Sunday morning milk delivery “war” in Melbourne subsided into a few minor incidents [?] week, possibly through the widespread activity of police patrols…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Prisoners' Christmas Card London, February 8
The King has received a Christmas card from prisoners of war at Stalig 8, the largest war prisoners' camp in Germany. The card is endorsed, “With…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air Mail Photographic Records of Activity in the Various Theatres of War
These pictures by air mail show activities in many theatres of war:— Top left: They still smile in Malta. This cheerful group of soldiers was called upon to help clear a street after a heavy air raid…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Weapon of War Wall of Fire to Hold Off Japanese LONDON, Feb. 7
The Vichy radio, quoting Tokio sources, claims that the British have poured oil on the Strait of Johore With a view to raising a wall of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Treatment for Soldiers MELBOURNE
Valuable work is being done by the Army Occupational Therapist (Miss J. M. Keam) in training returned soldiers at Heidelberg hospital to regain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Soldier Shot On Prohibited Area of Beach SYDNEY, Saturday
Entering a prohibited soct[?] of beach about. 4 a.m. to-day; Private Samuel Plumber. 25, of the A.I.F., was [?]t In The stomach by a sep[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anzac Surprise London, Feb. 9
The Istanbul correspondent of the “Daily Herald” states that, according to a military observe[?] from Egypt, the Anzacs there are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Progress of the War
The war news of the past few days indicates an increasing pressure by the Japanese forces attacking Singapore. The invaders have landed on the island and have been engaged by the Australians. There is also increasing air activity on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Earlier War News London
The President of the U.S.S.R. (M. Kalinin) in an article in "Red Star," says that the Russians in two months advanced 250 miles. The number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blueprints Go White and Help Women War Workers
The engineer's prints without which Britain,could not produce a single battleship tank, or aeroplane, or even the smallest nut or bolt, are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News Getting at the Truth New York
The military expert, Major George Fielding Eliot, writing in Now York "Herald Tribune," says that the British, and Americans cannot expect full…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Only Beginning Supreme Allied War Council New York. Feb. 9
Major George Fielding Eliot, military expert of the “Herald Tribune,” asserts that British and Americans cannot expect full military…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Compulsory War Insurance Rates Announced From 4 to 8 Per Cent
All types of fixed end movable property will be, covered by the Federal Government's war damage insurance Scheme, details of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War in the Pacific Allied Reinforcements Necessary Australia Is Seriously Threatened
In a special broadcast talk over the national network a spokesman of the Department of information stated that the Japanese are racing against time to secure a ring of bases before the growing Allied power in the western…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London to Sydney 50-Hour Journey After War London,--a.a.p
"Substratosphere flight which would bring Britain within 20 hours of India, 30 of South Africa, and 50 of Australia, have been planned on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pacific War Council Set Up in London Sir E. Page to Represent Australia CANBERRA
Announcing the establishment of a Pacific War Council in London, the Prime Minister (Mr. Curlin) said to-night that, for the present,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.i.f Soldiers in Syria
Units of the A.I.F., in their peregrinations’ in the Middle East, have reached, as far as northern Syria, meeting new peoples, and living amidst strange scen ery. Snapshots of the village shown here illustrate the quaint homes of the inhabitants. Top: The Muktar, the headman of a village, in Northern Syria, essays a ride on a “motor bike,” and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Re-habilitation of Soldiers Sydney
Marked importance is given in army circles to the first occupational therapy course for masseuses, which commenced in…
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