Wool and Stock Prices War-time Levels
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:—The price of all goods has been more effectively kept in check during the war than in the 1914-18 period…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
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War Simplifies British Farm Vehicles Standard All-steel Wheels
Thirty thousand more farm vehicles, wanted by British farmers for this year’s harvest, will be fitted with new standard…
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Music lovers, regardless of their have a treat in store for them at the Star Theatre, where “The Chocolate Soldier,” Metro-Goldwin-Maver’s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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 →The War Japan's Outlook
NEW YORK.—The South-west Pacific war had developed on a vast scale and was drawing more and more O[?]—Japanese strength, says the New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parcels for Wounded and Sick Prisoners in German and Italian Camps
The Invalid Comforts Section of the Red Cross have made some new arrangements in their system of supplying invalid food and medical…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Peace or War Great Record of Agricultural Department
The manner in which State Departments have, without missing step, turned from the path of normal administrative and developmental work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Russians Still Hold Stalingrad
LONDON.—The battle for a factory area in North-western Stalingrad, which began at dawn on Sunday, is still raging. It is now clearly, the…
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Mr. J. W. Seiffert, M. L. A., advises that women and girls of 18 years of age and upwards are urgently required for the Fish Canning Works…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Fighting in Russia
LONDON.—There has been a co[?]parative lull in ground fighting the ruins of Stalingrad since Friday and a German report states that [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General War Work for Women
Mr. J. W. Seiffert, M.L.A., advises that women and girls of 18 years of age and upwards are urgently required for the fish-canning works at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hospital Accommodation for Returned Soldiers
In the Legislative Assembly Mr. J. W. Seiffert, member for Monaro, asked the Minister for Health—(1) Is it a fact that he is receiving…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War Vast Air Force for the United States
WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—The Secretary for War, Mr. Stinson, said to-day that the United States during 1943 wanted the largest air force, with…
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Australian-based Flying Fortresses on Sunday made the heaviest series of raids in the Pacific war so far on Buin (southern end of Bougainville…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War Serious Position in Russia
LONDON, Monday.—The Germans are perilously close to the Volga in Northern Stalingrad, and the situation is still extremely grave—more…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Red Cross Society N.S.W. Division Latest Prisoner of War Information
It has been established that letters and parcels are again going forward regularly to prison camps in Europe. The reasons for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Narooma Soldier in New Guinea
Writing home to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nichelsen, public school, Narooma, Sapper Colin Nichelsen, on active service, says:—"I am…
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As the Japanese supply lines in the Owen Stanley Range shorten as a result of the Allied advance in New Guinea, fighting is growing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Hitler's Fatal Mistake
LONDON-Addressing the House of Commons and Lords at a secret meeting in London to-day, Field-Marshal Jan Smuts, South African…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Volunteers on War Savings Front Large Reinforcements Are Needed Now
Too little has been said of the tremendous volume of voluntary effort that has enabled the Commonwealth so far to complete its loan-raising programme for war purposes. Too little is generally realised of the extent to…
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