Prisoner of War Parcels
A total of 11,834 next-of-kin parcels have been despatched from Australia to date, also 186,000 to Prisoners of War, and during the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
483 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 19 of 25
Women and War Jobs
CANBERRA.—The Minister for War Organisation of Industry, Mr. Dedman, said to-day that a compulsory call-up of women into war jobs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Araluen Children's War Gift
A donation of £7/10/- has been sent from the J.R.C. Circle at Araluen Public School to Junior Red Cross Headquarters to provide…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Russia Fighting Back Strongly
LONDON.—Powerful and sustained Jan counter-attacks have halted German advance on Stalingrad, the Russians have regained more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Larbert Soldier in the Desert
Writing to his lather, Mr. Ben Stephens, of Larbert, from overseas, alter nearly two years' service, L/Cpl. Stan Stephens relates some of his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Patriotic and War Fund
At the monthly meeting of the Committee on Tuesday night there was a good attendance, the President (Aid. H. C. Taylor) occupying the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War Reinforcements in the Solomons
NEW YORK.— It is reported from Marine Headquarters in the Solomons that a steady stream of men and supplies is pouring in and expanding the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Complete War Co-operation Federal Tribute to State
Certain individuals, seeking from misrepresentation to make political capital, have for some time been broadcasting that the State Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Agricultural Committees
War Agricultural Committees have now been established throughout Australia, primarily for the purpose of mobilising local labour in all rural…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Women and War Work
Australian women are replacing and releasing men effectively in scores of jobs that in pre-war time would have been regarded as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Russians Putting Up a Gr[?] Fight
LONDON.—Rostov claims that Germans were killed on the va[?] Stalingrad sectors during the [?] end, which indicates that the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The State and the War No Limit on Official Co-operation
The extent to which New South Wales State Departments are co-operating with the Federal Government in the war effort is further disclosed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nate Vote Holds Up Post Office War Plans Postmaster-general Concerned [?]ndreds of Women Waiting to Release Men
Postmaster-General (Senator[?]y) said at the week-end that the [?]sition vote in the Senate on [?]sday disallowing the women's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shots Fired at Aeroplane Pilot Wounded in Leg
Bullets fired from the ground damaged an R.A.A.F. training aircraft which was flying about half a mile north of Parkes on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District War Agricultural Committees
A revolutionary change has been made in Australian agriculture by the Government's decision to bring a system of planned production right…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Post-War Need
When the Allies have won the war Australia will no longer be able to neglect the question of decentralisation. There is an adage, the truth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pensioners and War Effort
Best austerity story of the week came from "Dunwich," a Queensland Government institution for the aged indigent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Hitler's Boasts
LONDON.—"We shall take Stalingrad, you may be sure of that," declared Hitler in a speech at Berlin to-day. He told his audience that he…
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