A.I.F. ENLISTMENTS Eight More Join at Lismore
Eight more men completed their preliminary medical examination for enlistment in the A.I.F. at the Lismore recruiting depot in Club…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
3,391 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 12 of 170
200 Search For Lost Soldiers
DARWIN, Wednesday (AAP). —There is no sign yet of two soldiers, a sergeant and a private, who have been lost 30…
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SYDNEY. -- Since the war began 1209 sailors, soldiers and airmen returned from overseas and discharged, from the services have registered with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hospital Plan For Wounded From Pacific
MELBOURNE. -- Sweeping recommendations presented to the War Cabinet for an extension of military hospital accommodation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late War News
WASHINGTON, Thursday: -- A War Department communique states that there has been a renewed onslaught on General…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Work on Australia Day
MELBOURNE. -- The Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, has directed that all Government and private factories engaged on war production shall work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →World War Draws Nearer to Australia
The Japanese menace daily grows more acute. This week Singapore has been, battered by heavy attacks, 90 planes being used in one attack, and nine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Production Plan for American Hemisphere
WASHINGTON, Wednesday: -- The Rio de Janeiro conference is expected to approve of a gigantic war production plan embracing the entire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Page Reviews Aust. Position in War
LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).— The United Kingdom branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association entertained Sir Earle Page at…
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WASHINGTON, Wednesday:-- The United Press reports Mr. Donald Nelson, head of the new U.S. War Production Board, as…
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Wednesday (AAP—The Pan-American conference is expected to approve a gigantic war. production plan,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After the War There Will Be No Return to Normality
Get it out of your head that everything is going back to normal as soon as the war is over— which will be in about three years, if I'm any judge,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two New War Loans Before June Increase Likely in Indirect Taxes
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Commonwealth's war expenditure for 1941-1942 may reach £250 million compared with the Budget estimate of £221 million given to Parliament by the Treasurer (Mr. Chifley) last October. This will involve a recasting of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tire Song Of Two Lonely Soldiers
Trs. J. S. Earle and A. F. Craig, of Coraki, must have been feeling just a little homesick down at Coffs on Christmas Eve, judging by this:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers Sentenced Illegal Use of Car
CASINO, Thursday. — At the Casino Police Court to-day three of the A.I.F., Ralph Geo. Mares (31), Thos. Fares (23) and William…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.i.f. Enlistments 64 Weekly
Of the 946 men who enlisted at the Lismore recruiting depot since it was opened on May 5, 1941, almost half the total was recorded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.lismore Soldiers Welfare Committee Raised £512 Last Year
Remarkable results were achieved during the North Lismore Soldiers' Welfare Committee's third year of…
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LONDON, Friday:--A smashing attack by bombers of the Netherlands East Indies on a concentration of Japanese ships has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Holiday for War Industries
CANBERRA, Friday: Regulations issued to-night ban Monday as a holiday in essential war industries. The regulations provide that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Need for Women in War Industries
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The services of women not engaged on charitable work should be diverted to more practical use in the…
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