War Effort Praised "First and Foremost an Engineers' War"
MELBOURNE, Monday. — The projects put forward by the Australian delegate to the Eastern Group Supply Conference appeared…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
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Duce Visiting War Zone
LONDON, Monday:—The Rome Radio says that Mussolini is touring aerodromes "in the fighting zone," in company with his Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Canada's Huge Part in War
OTTAWA, Sunday.—The Premier (Mr. MacKenzie King) in a broadcast, predicted that Germany would make tremendous efforts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →National Collection of War Records
SYDNEY, Monday:—The Board of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, will recommend that the scope of the national collection of war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →100 New Airfields Since War Began
MELBOURNE: To meet the demands of the Royal Australian Air Force and the after war needs of the rapidly expanding civil air network,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Prices Enhanced by War Britain's Livestock
The war has had the effect of enhancing livestock prices in Great Britain, horses, cattle, and pigs all having risen in value…
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CANBERRA, Monday:--A plan has been prepared by the Department of Information for the launching of a huge campaign to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →3068 Planes Lost by Axis in War
LONDON: Figures based on official communiques show that at least 370 Axis aircraft were destroyed during Januaryy, for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Petrol Cut Review This Week War Council: Cabinet
CANBERRA: The future operation of petrol rationing in Australia will be considered by the Advisory War Council and the Full Cabinet…
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SYDNEY, Monday:—Following assurances by the Government that anomalies in the weekly instalment tax plan would speedily…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Prisoners of War Killed by Action of Own Forces
LONDON, Monday:— It has been reported from the Mediterranean that a large number of Italian prisoners have lost their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →360 Planes a Month in March Canada's Impressive War Effort
SYDNEY: Canada next month will produce 360 'planes, the Canadian Government Trade Commissioner, Lieut-Colonel L. Moore Cosgrave, stated at the week-end in an impressive review of Canada's war effort. He told of merchant and naval ships…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →If War Came To Pacific —Govt. Would Run Inland Traffic
SYDNEY, Monday.—In the event of war in the Pacific there would be need for the Federal Government to take…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AUSTRALIAN. N.Z. War Problems Mr. Anthony To Lead Delegation To Dominion
CANBERRA: The Federal Government has decided to send a delegation to New Zealand to confer with the Dominion Government on mutual war problems. The delegation, which will leave Sydney by flying boat about…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Soldier Had Two Trips to Middle East
SYDNEY, Monday: — Military authorities have been deeply interested in the story of a young soldier, who, discharged from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Hurt in Riots in Johannesburg
JOHANNESBURG, Sunday:—There were wild scenes in the heart of Johannesburg last night and early this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Lismore Patriotic and Soldiers' Welfare Committee
The first meeting of the year of the South Lismore Patriotic and Soldiers' Welfare Committee was held in the Railway Institute. Members…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Cabinet No Women's Auxiliary for War Zone
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— Mr. Fadden announced at the conclusion cf to-night's War Cabinet mecang that on the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Artist to Navy
MELBOURNE, Tuesday:-- Frank Morton, young Sydney painter, was appointed the first official war artist to the Navy by War Cabinet to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Minister Inspects Britain's Mechanised Army
Mr. Anthony Eden, when British Secretary of State for War, inspecting an armoured division in the Eastern Command. He saw the impressive British Army of to-day, an ever-growing force equipped with up-to-the-minute, fast-moving en gince of war. (Photo by courtesy Department of Information)…
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