Red Cross Society Latest Prisoner of War Information. A Paramount Player
It has now been established that letters and parcels are again going forward regularly to prison camps in Europe. The reasons for the delays…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1942
483 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 21 of 25
The War Russians Still Hold Stalingrad
LONDON.—Fighting with undiminished courage, the Russians are still defending Stalingrad against the German attack, the intensity of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swelling Total of Australia’s War Workers
Of a total male population of 2,530,000, between the ages of 14 and 65, 1,480,000 are engaged full time on war work, including…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News
WASHINGTON; Thursday(A.A.P.) On Tuesday afternoon Japanese troops on Guadalcanal again Succeeded in piercing the American…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War Battle for the Solomons
WASHINGTON.— While no mention is made of any new sea or air activity in the battle which is still raging for possession of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Patriotic and War Fund Annual Meeting
On Tuesday night in the Municipal Council Chambers, the annual meeting in connection with Queanbeyan and Yarrowlumla Shire Patriotic and…
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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Agricultural Committees
The Leeton (N.S.W.) War Agricultural Committee has the distinction of being the first to inform the Director-General of Manpower that it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Match Economy Helps War Effort
When you strike a match you are burning a tiny splint of timber that was once part of a tall mountain ash growing on one of the wooded ranges…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Heavy Losses for Japs
WASHINGTON.—American forces fn the Solomons have struck back at the enemy in land, sea and air operations at Guadalcanal. This was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Indian Soldier's Contribution to Britain's War Effort
A retired Indian officer, Havidar Mactul Singh, of Patiala State, has placed this monthly army pension at Britain's disposal for the duration of the war. He fought in France and Mesopotamia in the last war, retiring In 1929 after 16 years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wirth's Circus War and Patriotic Funds
In the Assembly recently Mr. J. W. Seiffert, member for Monaro, asked: "Can the Colonial Secretary say whether it is a fact that the Wirth's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War Brighter Position in the Solomons
WASHINGTON.—It is officially announced that United States land forces on Guadalcanal continued to attack the enemy, and several small…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Timber For War Purposes Valuable Work of Forestry Department
After consultation with my colleague, the Minister for Agriculture and Forests, Mr. Dunn, I have approved of the establishment of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Damage Provisions to Be Enforced
The War Damage Commission, is going ahead with its plane to enforce payment of premiums for war damage insurance of buildings. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Women in Action Feeding War Workers
Miss N. B. Wills, dietitian in the, Food Services Section of the Department of Labour and National Service, knows down to the last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Axis Forces Driven From Egypt
LONDON.—The most of Rommel's fast-retreating forces have now been driven from Egypt. This news was contained in a late agency message…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers' Debts Relief a Returned Soldier's Appreciation
I recently received a letter from a returned soldier settler in the Gunnedah district expressing his deep appreciation for the concessions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Unwrapped Chocolate Soldier
The following verses have been forwarded to us by Gnr. Paul Byron:—You saw him in your town, a-stro[?]ling down the street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Match Economy Helps War Effort
When you strike a match you are burning a tiny splint of timber that was once part of a tall mountain asn growing on one of the wooded ranges…
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