Berlin Says War Prisoners Unshackling Not Yet Settled
LONDON, Sunday: Berlin Radio states: The Wilhelmstrasse declared that the question of the unshackling of war prisoners is still under…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1943
2,574 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 129
Us Soldiers in Kirra Surf Race
At Kirra Beach yesterday, in the presence of a large crowd, a handicap surf race, open to all qualified men, was conducted. Six USA…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Soldiers Drown in Flooded River
SYDNEY, Sunday: Three Queensland soldiers were drowned when crossing a ford over a [?] river at Glen Innes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Drowned on Manoeuvres River Ford Flooded
GLEN INNES, Sunday.—Three soldiers, all Queenslanders, Lance-Opl. Morris Hoare Barlow, single; Pte. Ed. Woolgar. single; and Pte…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed in Action
A.L. Cpl. E. G. Brown, of Kyogle, who was killed in action recently in New Guinea. Cpl. Brown, who was 33 years of age,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed In Action In Egypt
Advice has been received in Kyogle that Private Steve Gengos, of the A.I.F., has been killed in action "in Egypt Private Gengos was an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Experts for Post-war Rural Plans
As his first formal action as Minister in Charge of Reconstruction, the Treasurer, Mr. Chifley, appointed an expert…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Job Absentees Will Be Prosecuted
Hundreds of prosecutions will be launched immediately against employees in dockyards and war factories who did not work in Sydney on New Year's Day. This was announced in Sydney by the…
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NEW YORK, Sunday (AAP).—Major-General Part, Chief of the Army's Chemical…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Conservation of Water in Post-war Plan
SYDNEY, Monday.—An Australian-wide plan for the conservation of water administered and financed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Programme Aims At Doubling Record Figures
WASHINGTON, Sunday (AAP).—The, Army, Navy and War Production Boards have issued a joint statement that a revised and integrated programme for 1943 is aimed at doubling the war output of 1942…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →S. African Labour Wants More Effective War Effort
JOHANNESBURG, Monday (AAP).—The Labour Party by 23 votes to 8 decided to continue participation in the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Taxation Increase to Meet Gap in War Costs
MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Commonwealth Government is planning further taxation increases. They will amount to between £45,000,000 and £50,000,000 and are intended to meet the gap of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ship Launched Shippings Vital Role in War Effort
SYDNEY, Monday.—Speaking a the launching at an Australian por of an Australian made freighte on Saturday the Minister for Suppl…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fewer Aged Draw Pension Effect Of War Conditions
War conditions have been accompanied by the first decrease recorded for many years in the number of old age and invalid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Character of People Will Decide War Governor - General's Broadcast
"This war is only a test of the courage and endurance of our fighting men. It is a test of the character of the people as a whole--men and women--and it is through the character of the people that this war will be lost or won."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Higher Taxation to Pay for War Much Heavier Levy on Middle Income Group
Drastic new taxation proposals will be introduced by the Federal Government when Parliament reassembles on January 27, states a Melbourne message. Reason is that a survey of this year's Federal accounts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australians in the War at Sea Building Own Ships, Fighting On Every Ocean
Not less than the fighting name which the ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy are building in the war, is the tremendous development which Australia has attained as a ship, building nation…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Killed in Action Sergt. W. B. Walmsley
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Walmsley. of Terrace Creek, Kyogle, have been informed that their eldest son, Sgt. W. B. Walmsley, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News From the District McKee's Hill Soldier Wounded
Mrs. C. A. Graham, of McKee's Hill, has received word that her husband, Cpl. C. A. Graham, has been wounded in action in…
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