Britain’s Best World Sellers Among £2,605,281 Worth of Books Imported in War Time
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 1
Shakespeare and the Bible remain the “best sellers” in the vast total of £2,605,281 worth of books sent overseas, despite the paper shortage, by…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 1
A returned soldier in the Singleton district is considering changing his stock brand. His present brand has a swastika—the emblem of Nazism—in it…
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The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 1
With the fall of Bardia and the penetration of the Italian defences at Tobruk, the battle of the Western Desert is entering its final phase…
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The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 2
LONDON (A.A.P.).—The Soviet newspaper, "Trud," commenting on the Mediterranean battle, says that the British Fleet cannot be…
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Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 1
One of the heaviest British bombing raids of the war was carried out by the R.A F. on Wilhelmshaven last night. Huge fires, which were visible…
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The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 1
Is it possible to discover the truth about the war? "Strategious," a well-known British commentator. Is completely convinced that the British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News British Warships Hit German Attack on Conoy LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.)
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 2
The German Air Force, operating from new bases in Sicily, made its debut in the Mediterranean area on Friday last, when dive-bombers carried…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 1
The Italians are now in retreat along the Sudan front. By capturing Kassala, a town and military station of the Anglo-Egyptian…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 2
Australia is producing a range and quantity of war materials and equipment that would scarcely have been…
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The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 2
LONDON (A.A.P.).—A large force of German dive bombers yesterday raided Malta, causing damage to R.A.F. property, which was not…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 4
Mr. Jack Zervos, of Cooma (says “The Express”), has received from his son, Mr. Theodor Zervos, of Canberra, a letter written on 8th December ult…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Livestock From the War Zone England Still Shipping Pedigree Cattle Round the World
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 2
Britain continues in the midst of war to send pedigree livestock across the seas to several remote corners of the world to the value of £100,000 a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News at Home and a Broad Producer Gas Economical for Higher Powered Engines
The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 1
Conversion from liquid fuel to producer gas is economical in the high-powered range of vehicles, particularly those having a power in…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 1
This morning, before Mr. M. J. Ryan, F M., at the local police court, Cyril Francis Horlock, on remand, was charged with stealing one cut glass…
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The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 2
LONDON (A.A.P.).—Italian withdrawals continue with unabated speed on all fronts. They have now retired to the highlands in Eritrea, leaving…
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The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 1
30 Degrees of Frost Meet Australians in Canada. More than 30 degrees of frost greeted members of the third contingent…
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Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 3
The Battle for Tobruk, the Italian naval base in Libya, in which Australian forces are taking part, is still in progress…
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Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 1
It is officially announced in Vichy that France has accepted the Japanese offer to mediate in the Indo-China Thailand dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Women of Britain Give Up Silk Stockings To War Industry
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 4
The women of Britain are going without new silk stockings this winter to supply the increasing demand from overseas for British furnishing fabrics…
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The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 1
The Deputy-Premier and Leader of the Country Party, Colonel Bruxner, said recently that the basis of the Government's policy was the fullest…
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