Where to Build War Factories
LONDON. Dec. 13 (Air Mail). — The Select Committee on National Expenditure in Britain recently recommended that steps should…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
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Red Cross Thanked by War Prisoner
A cheerful letter has Just been received by the Red Cross from Corporal Francis McDermott. who is a prisoner of war at Bolzano,…
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WASHINGTON. Thursday (A.A.P.): As the Senate passed and sent to the White House a 775,000,000 dollar…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Helping the War Effort New Lambton Red Cross
New Lambton Red Cross Society held its meeting in the New Lambton Parish Hall yesterday. The president (Mrs. S. Brian) presided…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Commonwealth's war expenditure for 1941-42 may reach £250,000,000, compared with the Budget estimate of £221,000,000 given to Parliament by the Treasurer (Mr. Chifley) last October…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. —A country holiday scheme for the wives and families of service men is to be established by the A.I.F. Wives and…
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DARWIN. Thursday. —The two soldiers, a sergeant and private, who have been lost 30 miles from Darwin, are reported to have been found after…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—War Cabinet to-day decided on an amendment of the National Security Regulations to ensure a continuity of work in war…
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New Guinea native soldiers marching is battle kit. (Fox Movietone News picture.)…
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Anticipating a large number of soldiers at the Victoria League Buffet over the holiday week-end, the kitchen committee has ordered…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Full mobilisation of the Australian armed forces to bring them to a war footing was announced by War Cabinet…
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AUCKLAND ( N.Z. ), Monday: New Zealand is satisfied with the response she is receiving from the…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The War Cabinet to-morrow will discuss the advisability of an immediate blackout of the…
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The United Buffalo Lodges decided yesterday to support two candidates in the Beach Beauty Quest competition arranged by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A.I.F. Units Held Vital Road for Week Epic of Malayan War
SINGAPORE, Jan. 25.—The story of how two A.I.F. battalions and some Indian troops, with artillery and anti-tank support, held a vital road from Muar to Tongpeng, in western Malaya, for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Command Sympathy in the Commons Mr. Curtin's Request for Seat on British War Cabinet
LONDON, Jan. 25.—Members of the House of Commons will ask in the forthcoming debate for the establishment of an Empire War Council. Mr. E. L. Granville (Lib. Nat.) indicated that he would…
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A charge that taxi companies operating in Newcastle were not catering for the needs of the Public was made at a meeting of the…
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LONDON. December 24 (Air Mail): A brier comment indicating his attitude to a negotiated pence was made lately by Cardinal…
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—"Food will win the war and write the peace," the Secretary of Agriculture (Mr. Wickard) says in his annual…
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