Organising Agriculture for War
The N.S.W. Branch of Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, in a recent" report, believed that Australia is facing not only a national crisis,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
483 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 12 of 25
The War Britain's Huge Air Armada
LONDON.—Well over 2,000 all of them British made, were engaged in operations over Europe and European waters during the 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Red Cross Competitions for Prisoners of War
Great credit is due to the few volunteers, headed by Mrs. Bowers (President of the Red Cross) who never allow weather conditions to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War General Russian Offensive
LONDON.—Powerful Russian attacks on the Leningrad front are believed to be the prelude to a general Russian offensive in this area. Fierce…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases Use a Handkerchief, and Help Australia's War Eport Health Department's Advice
Disease germs fly through the air with the greatest of ease when they are being carried by droplets. If anyone sneezes into your face you will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australia's War Expansion
"If Australians could see the tremendous work by which "Australia's peace-time economy has been converted to the production of munitions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Buttons Go to War
The time-honoured joke of the button on the collection plate will shortly lose its point. Buttons have been called up for war service. They are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →America’s War Effort
When America’s vast automobile industry now engaged almost solely on war work gets over its conversion effort from peace-time production…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Another Japanese Claim
NEW YORK.—A Japanese spokesnan, in a nation-wide broadcast, declared that Japanese forces were able to occupy the western half of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Damage at Newcastle Five Claims Made
Five claims for war damage compensation have been made to the Newcastle Regional Panel of the War Damage Commission as a result…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain's Busy Wharves Dockers in War Time
At a north-western British port I watched dockers stowing a ship so as to make a level surface en which they finally ran tanks, Bren gun carriers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Salvage of Rubber For Nation’s War Effort
Due to the cutting off of shipments of plantation rubber from the Far East, steps are being taken in Great Britain. America and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Guerilla War Useful Book for V.d.c
We have received from the publishers, Messrs. Angus & Robertson, Ltd., Sydney, a copy of the book "Shoot to Kill," by the famous author,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fruit Trees at Pre-war Prices Carriage Free Offer
SEND 10/6 to SHEPHERDS, the 115-year-old firm, and receive carriage free, 7 Trees selected from the following: Apple, Almond, Apricot,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Braidwood Soldier's Appreciation
Driver George McGrath, on active service, writes to the secretary of the Auxiliary Fund, Mrs. Ron Macdonald, as follows:—"I owe you and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Fighting in Libya
LONDON.—The Axis forces in Libya are still holding positions along the Trighcapuzzo escarpment, from which they are lobbing shells in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier's Fear Causes Tragedy
The fear of a Japanese invasion is believed to have caused the death of a soldier, his two children, and the critical condition of his wife. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier’s Mad Act
A soldier, who police believe suddenly went mad, attacked his wife and two young children with a razor and a hammer while they were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →America at War
The world's greatest source of power was put at the service of war industries in America's Pacific North-west when water from a dammed-up…
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