War Insurance Municipal Council Protests
At the usual meeting of the Manilla Municipal Council on Tuesday night, Ald. Grill moved that the Council write…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North West (Tamworth to Moree) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1942
329 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 6 of 17
War Pictures Keen Eyed Hunters Are British Scouts
Many of the men in the Lovats Scouts of the British Army were deerstalkers and gamekeepers, whose training is invaluable in war. Lovats Scouts are seen here taking cover behind a stone wall during their military training…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Memorial Hall Council Receives Deputation from Returned Soldiers League
A deputation from the Manilla branch of the Returned Soldiers League waited on the Municipal Council at its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Hat, Sir? An Amusing Incident of an American's Adventures in West End London (It happened in days before the war.)
Charlie Vanda, general manager of the Columbia Broadcasting System on the West Coast of U.S.A., had occasion to go to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Insurance Municipal Council Protests
At the usual meeting of the Manilla Municipal Council on Tuesday night, Ald. Grill moved that the Council write a letter to the Federal Member…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spectacle of War on Russian Front Greater Onslaught Awaited LONDON
The German Press is reporting that thousands of bodies are being found on the Russian front as the snow melts…
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SILVER THIMBLES BUY BRITISH AIR AMBULANCES. Two more air ambulances, provided by the Silver Thimble Fund at a cost of £10,000 have been delivered to the British Royal Air Force and will shortly go into service…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vast Rubber Industry Turns to War
Australia, fortunately, had large stocks of rubber on hand when the Japanese overran Malaya and cut off that source of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letter From Prisoner of War
"Just at present we are doing very well" writes Brian Stevens to his parents Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Stevens of Cobborah Street, Dubbo. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Pictures Loading the Big Gun
This picture shows members of a British Artillery unit manning one of Britain's Coastal defenceguns, which are always in readiness to give an invader a warm reception…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oldsters Rally to War Jobs
War's drain on the services of young Australians has brought many retired oldsters back into industry, and even into home-front defence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Brings Back the Horse
With 10,000 ordered for the Volunteer Defence Corps, horses in Australia were this week at a premium…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Pictures British Troops Practise Landing Exercises on Scottish Inland Waters
Watched by his Majesty King George VI., British troops gave a demonstration of landing tactics from specially constructed invasion barges. The Royal Navy co-operated in this large-scale rehearsal on a Scottish loch (lake) for the day when Britain will, attack Germany's armed might on the soil of Europe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To the Editor Employing Returned Soldiers
Sir--Kindly allow me space in your paper to express my views concerning men of the 2nd A.I.F. who recently returned to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narrabri Accords a Welcome to Lord and Lady Wakehurst Praise For District's War Effort — Addresses of Loyalty To Their Excellencies
That the visit of His Excellency, the Governor Lord Wakehurst, and Lady Wakehurst to Narrabri proved to be a bright ray of encouragement and inspiration in troublous times was evident in the warmth of greeting by the public of the town and district at the various functions during their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Day
Acting on information received from the H.Q. of the R.S.S.I.L.A. Sydney, that no Anzac Day celebrations will be held in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Pictures British Women Scientists Help the Royal Artillery
Women physicists from British Universities are doing valuable work on batteries at an Artillery School of Army Experiments in Britain. Here is one of them engaged in checking shells fired out to sea. She is chartering the position of each shell on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Employing Returned Soldiers Shire Refutes A.L.P. Charge
Mandowa Shire Council at its monthly meeting last Saturday, had before it a copy of the last issue of the "Manilla Express''…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Day
Anzac Day will be celebrated in Manilla this year with the usual ceremony of laying wreaths on the Cenotaph by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Pictures British Minister of State Visits the Emir of Transjordania
Captain Oliver Lyttelton, D.S.O., M.P., British Minister of State and a member of the British Cabinet, made a brief visit recently to Amman, the capital of Transjordania, where he met the Emir Abdullah, brother of the late King Feisal, and the Prime…
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