25.000,000 Bottle Caps Novel British Export Doubled in First Year of War
Twenty-five million metallic bottle caps have been sent overseas by a single firm in England during the first twelve months of the war. It is…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
4,144 stories in Riverina's papers · page 38 of 208
The War in Australia New Contingents Australia and N.Z. Forces Arrival in Middle East Sydney
A contingent or Australian imperial Forces and New Zealand Expeditionary Forces which left England to take up duty in another theatre of the war,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wagga War Effort Youths of 17 for Air Force Will Be Welcomed on Blue Train Arrives in Wagga Today
The R.A.A.F. recruiting train which is touring the southern districts of New South wales will return to Wagga today, and the staff will examine all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Papers for Soldiers
A parcel of papers for district soldiers overseas is despatched from Wagga every Monday by the Women's Voluntary Services and Comforts Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Sheahans Career Country Boy Who Enlisted When 19 Years Old
Speaking on Saturday, Mr. Gus. Kelly, M.L.A. supporting Mr. W. F. Sheahan suggested that the district was entitled to a country man to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →If America Has to Go to War Army of 2,000,000 Men Being Trained General Marshall a Brilliant Chief or Staff
MILITARY EXPERTS in the U.S.A. are unanimous that Gen-Neral Geo. C. Marshall, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, is the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Red Cross Carnival to Raise Funds for Wounded Soldiers
The chief activity of the local branch of the Red Cross is the street carnival to be held on Friday and Saturday, the 21st and 22nd,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Expenditure
The Federal Budget provided for an expenditure of £186,500,000 on war and defence this financial year. A Treasury statement, issued showed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Badges for Relatives
The Government is issuing war badges to female relatives of the fighting forces. Those entitled to apply [or a badge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Information and the States Sydney
The power to say whether information regarding the war situation should be passed on to the States was a matter for the Commonwealth Government to decide, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War in Albania Malta Again Bombed London
An Italian communique does not mention the Italian offensive in the central sector: but referring to Greek attacks across the Voyusa River…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Daylight Saving for Australia? May Assist War Effort
CANBERRA, Friday: The Federal Cabinet will shortly consider the Introduction of daylight saving in Australia. Some ministers believe that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Daylight Saving May Assist War Effort Canberra
The Federal Cabinet will shortly consider the introduction of daylight saving in Australia. Some minister daylight that the change would mean a great deal to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Pictures Issued by the Department of Information
INSIDE INFORMATION: Britainâs Royal Navy seldom wastes a torpedo, and its torpedo-men receive most careful Instructions. Here, in the torpedo room of a British warship, a torpedo is shown dismantled in the course of this training. WHERE THE BRITISH NAVY RECEIVES ITS RITE, With on ear splitting race and a dense cloud…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War News Summary Spring Air Battles Commence 99 U.S.A. War Vessels for Britain London, Thursday AAP
THE long-awaited possibility— the crucial spring battle of the air—began last night with an unprecedented ferocity. With…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War News Summary Spring Air Battles Commence 99 U.S.A. War Vessels for Britain London, Thursday AAP
THE long-awaited possibility— the crucial spring battle of the air—began last night with ana unprecedented ferocity. With…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Britain Has More Fighting Ships Than Before the War
PROUDLY a British shipyard lad points to yet another British cruiser ready for launching. And no wonder, for since war began British shipyards have worked the full 24 hours of each day, sending out ship after ship, so that now the British Navy is even…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Britain Has More Fighting Ships Than Before the War
PROUDLY a British shipyard lad points to yet another British cruiser ready for launching. And no wonder, for since war began British shipyards have worked the full 24 hours of each day, sending out ship after ship, so that now the British Navy is even…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eight or Nine Year War Predicted Mr. R. W. Mackay's View
Mr. R. W. Mackay. formerly a Sydney solicitor, and now a member of the British Labor Party, said in an address to the Sydney Legacy Club…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Advisory War Council Labor Party Suggests Increased Personnel Government May Agree
An increase in the personnel of the Advisory War Council from eight to ten members was proposed in Labor Caucus on Tuesday night. By ballot…
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