Women's War Effort on Home Front Asst. Minister's Tribute
MURWILLUMBAH: A statement that great sacrifices were being made by the wives, mothers and sisters of enlisted men,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northern Rivers · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1941
2,980 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 149
R.A.A.F. Joins With Diggers In Desert War
CAIRO: The Australians in the western desert have undergone a baptism of fire. In recent days repeated bombing has given…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Compulsory War Loan in New Zealand YIELDS £8,000,000
Unlike the Australian Government, which has maintained a system of voluntary contributions to war loans, the New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Postal Chess Game Started Four Years Ago Moves Delayed by War
LONDON: A doctor in Notingham, England, and another in the U.S.A. have been playing a game of chess by post for four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War in 1940 Year Reviewed. Tide Turned for New Year
Britain has weathered one of the most searching £ears of her history--a year of ruthless modern warfare, bitter early reverses and merciless indiscriminate battering from the air…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wives and Mothers Keeping Soldiers' Farms Going
Great sacrifices were being made by the wives, mothers find sisters of enlisted men, and especially those on farms, stated Mr. H. L. Anthony,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clear-cut American Policy Declared "Threats Will Not Weaken Our Determination." Roosevelt's Stirring Call "British War Needs In U.S. Defence Plans"
"We have furnished the British with great material suppor t--we will furnish far more in the future. No dictator or combinaton of dictators will weaken that determination by threats of how they will construe that determination," declare d President Roosevelt in a "fireside" broadcast to the American nation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →V.c. Winner Killed in Action
LONDON, Friday:—R.A.F. Sergeant T. Gray, V.C., has been killed in action. Gray and Flying-Officer D. E. Garland, who both…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australia's War Effort
A 1500-tons press for drawing shell cases being assembled in an engineering factory in Melbourne. Since the war began this factory…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Doesn't Know There's a War
There is a woman living in Britain who does not know that her country is at war. She is Mrs. Giddy, aged 100, who lives in a spacious house,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Accidents Rate Varies with War Fortunes
When the final road accident figures are available for 1940 it is certain that a substantial reduction will be shown for New…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mussolini's Colonists in War-zone Libyan Venture
When 20,000 Italian peasants sailed from Genoa for Libya late in 1938 to embark on the greatest colonial experiment of Musselini's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Medical Men to Study War Effects on Services
LONDON, Thursday:--The British Medical Association has established a Medical Planning Commission to study wartime developments and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Output: Beasley Irked by Delays Sydney
Mr. Beasley, M.H.R., to-day expressed disappointment at the delay in the construction of a factory at Lid[?]mbe for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"War Against England No Child's Play" London (Aap)
Signs that the German leaders Are beginning to realise that a long war with England is inevitable, and that they are preparing their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Art Collection to Be Sold Side Issue of War
A curious side-issue of the war is the report that the magnificent art collection of William Randolph Hearst, the American newspaper…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Missing Chimenot War Damage to London's Big Ben London (Aap)
It is officially announced in London to-day that the missing of one note in the chimes of Big Ben is not caused by enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sharpshooter's Review FOR Moorefield Best Bets Belle Doree Can March War Trophy
The eight-event programme to be decided at Moorefield this afternoon is certain to be popular with racegoers and,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spender Reaches Palestine Greetings To Troops "Amazed and Delighted" (From the Official War Correspondent, Ian Fitchett) GAZA
"I am here to assure you that you will get every possible support from Australia, irrespective of rank or creed," said the Minister for the Army (Mr. Spender), addressing thousands of Australian soldiers in Palestine camps to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farewells for Cudgera Soldiers Large Attendances
There was a large attendance at the farewell and presentation held in Cudgera Public Hall recently in honor of Ptes. B. McEachran, N. Taylor and…
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