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The wars & local soldiers, 1942

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Soldiers' Families Protected Against Eviction

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 1

CANBERRA. -- Amendments to the National Security (Landlord and Tenant) Regulations to afford further protection from eviction to…

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Reserved Rail Seats For Soldiers On Leave

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE. -- The Army Minister, Mr. Forde, announced yesterday that members of the A.I.F. and A.M.F. on pre-embarkation or…

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One Lismore Soldier's Christmas Parcel

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 7

Pte. C. H. Jenner (NX2310) writes to the Editor from somewhere in Palestine:— Sir,—Please find space for a word…

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Late War News

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday: A Washington War Department communique says that U.S. bombers in the Philippines area sank a…

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C'gatta War Savings

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 2

Coolangatta war savings certificate group subscribers at a special meeting at the council chambers on Monday night accepted the resignation of Mr…

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War Prisoners to Relieve Labour Shortage

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Federal Government has adopted the principle of employing prisoners of war to relieve the acute…

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No Holiday for War Factories on

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) has directed all Government and private factories engaged in war…

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The Northern Star Published at Lismore, N.S.W. Wednesday, January 21, War Insurance

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 4

THE war damage property insurance plan with provision for a flat rate for property irrespective of location has been…

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N.z. Soldier Missing Believed Prisoner

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 2

Corporal W. Walker, of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, has been posted missing, believed prisoner of war, in operations in Libya. This news…

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Banana Inspector Enlists

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 2

Mr. B. H. Halliday, who as an officer of the Department of Agriculture has been in charge of the whole of the Upper Tweed banana area, has…

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For A.i.f. Young Men Enlist in Army

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 4

Youngest of the 14 men who completed their preliminary medical examinations for enlistment in the A.I.F…

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Germ War

Northern Star · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 4

CHUNGKING radio last week devoted one of its English sessions to a detailed description of a Japanese attempt to…

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War Veteran's Death

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Harry Brown (94), who died at St. Vincent's Hospital to-day, is believed to have been the oldest surviving soldier from…

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Late War News

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday:-- The War Department announces that General Mac Arthur's forces in the Philippines have driven…

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Commons To Debate War Position

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 4

LONDON. Tuesday:-- In his first speech in the House of Commons since his return from America, the Prime Minister (Mr. Winston…

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70,000 French Homes Destroyed in War

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON. Tuesday:-- A Vichy message says that 70,000 houses were destroyed and 200,000 were damaged during the fighting in France in 1940…

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U.s. Penalties for Hampering War Production

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.-- The Attorney-General (Mr. Biddle) has recommended drastic civil and criminal remedies to halt…

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May Be Recording of Churchill's War Review

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday: The Prime Minister (Mr. Winston Churchill) told the House of Commons that he was tabling for later…

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British War Cabinet Menzies Urges Dominion Representation

Northern Star · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday (AAP). —The former Australian Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies), in a lengthy article in "The Times,"…

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Tin Hares in War Time (To the Editor.)

Northern Star · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 2

Sir,—As the district dog racing clubs evidently have no intention of playing the game and abandoning their meetings for the "duration,"…

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