Australian Red Cross N.s.w. Division Prisoners of War Day
Goulburn Branch, one of the last of the country centres to finalise their Prisoner of War Days, has sent in the largest contribution yet to hand. The…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
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War Insurance
The War Damage Commission has fixed March 23 as the closing date applications for insurance cover on plant and stock exceeding £1,000 in…
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I am confident that the decision of the State Government to subordinate everything to the war effort will meet with the unanimous approval and warm…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Japanese Aircraft Hammered
RANGOON.—It is officially announced that the Allied airforces destroyed 30 Japanese fighters to-day. There was no-contact with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War and Wool English Imports
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: In peace time about 90 per cent, of the Australian clip was exported. Last season exports were equal to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Patriotic and War Fund Monthly Meeting
The monthly meeting of the above was held on Tuesday night, the President, Ald. H. C. Taylor, being in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Control Dr. Evatt’s Review
Dr. Evatt said in the House of Representatives on Wednesday that the Australian Government hoped that Allied machinery for the direction of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News From All Sources South Africa Warned Against Japan
An appeal to South Africa to close its ranks in the face of the Japanese menace was made by the Prime Minister, General Smuts, at a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers’ Thanks For Christmas Hampers
The Secretaries of Queanbeyan and Yarrowlumla Shire Patriotic and War Fund have received Several more letters from soldiers abroad acknowledging…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Production
Many complex problems have had to be overcome in organising Australia to meet the demands of war, now more pressing than ever with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Japanese in Timor
BANDOEN.—It is officially announced that the Japanese have occupied the western corner of Timor and that fighting is continuing on the island…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waste Paper’s War Value
“People in Sydney are still burning the waste paper which is urgently needed for munition-making,” the organiser of the National Salvage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Insurance on Wool Shearing the Clip
Under the National Security Regulations war damage insurance is now compulsory on wool awaiting appraisement in brokers’ stores. The cost is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shooting of A.I.F. SOLDIER Sentry “Did His Duty”
The Sydney Coroner yesterday recorded a finding of justifiable homicide at the conclusion of the inquest into the death of Stanley Joseph Plumb, a…
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Many complex problems have had to be overcome in organising Australia "to meet the demands of war, now more pressing than ever with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Americans Hitting Back
WASHINGTON.—A small air force under General Macarthur's command in the Philippines attacked Subic Bay and destroyed several Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool War Insurance Shearing the Clip
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:—tinder the National Security Regulations war damage insurance is now compulsory on wool awaiting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Total War" Plans Labour Call-up Likely
The War Cabinet has made substantial progress with the plans for total mobilisation provided for in the National Security Regulations issued…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News From All Sources Chiang Kai Shek's Visit to India
Much Importance politically has been attached to the visit of General Chiang Kai Shek to India, but the visit has had other Implications, less…
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