War Brevities
NEW YORK, Wednesday.—The New York Stock Exchange continued to be affected by bearish influences due to Singapore and other bad war…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
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Wounded in Action Pte. Roland Robert Maben
(NX36453) has been wounded in action in Malaya. This notice was received by his wife, who is at present residing at Burrinjuck Dam…
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Official word has been received to the effect that Private Allen Charles ("Ben") Harris, of Narandera, has been wounded in action in Malaya…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pacific War Council
It was officially announced that the Pacific War Council met on Tuesday afternoon at No. 10 Downing-st., London. The meeting was attended by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stony Point Rural War Committee
AT a meeting of the Rural War Committee held at the Stony Pt. School on Tuesday evening, it was decided by those present to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →India and the War Policy
NEW DELHI, Thursday: It is officially announced that the British Government has invited the Government of India to arrange for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Australia Anzac Naval Force U.S. Admiral's Pride Has a "Fighting Command"
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Pride to his Selection for the post of commander the combined Allied naval forces Australia and New Zealand waters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Liberty War Loan Subscriptions Urgently Necessary
In the big sagging of the progress of wars, Australia previously has always had the comfortable seat of a man outside the ring in a stadium…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Contract Laws to Cover War Emergencies
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Regulations were gazetted to-day enabling parties to contracts, the performance of which has been affected by the war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Pictures Issued by the Department of Information
CLEARING THE PATH FOR BRITAINâS SHIPPING.âSweeping the harbours, [?] and [?] approaches clear of enemy mines, the minesweepers of Britainâs navy are doing a hazardous work of paramount importance. This picture, on board a minesweeper shows a [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dogs of War Britain's Are Better Than Germany's
The first and only establishment of its kind in Great Britain, at an army school near London, is now training dogs lent by their owners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Volunteer Clerical Workers To Assist in War Effort
The very phase of war and patriotic efforts there is invariably a large amount of clerical work, and in the past this clerical work has been done…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Women War Welders New Process in British Factory
Managers of Britain's war factories are discovering that the women now coming into their works from shops, offices, the professions and private…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Red Cross Jottings Red Cross on a War Footing
Red Cross Divisions throughout the Commonwealth are now mobolised on a war footing. This became necessary as soon, as Japan entered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wagga War Effort Salvage Committee Will Carry on Several Suggestions Made
A letter was received by the Wagga Municipal Council last night from the Wagga Salvage Committee advising that in response to council's invitation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.s.w. Aids U.s.a. Important War Work in Pacific
SYDNEY, Thursday.—"The State Government is carrying out important mar work for the United States in the Pacific war zone," said the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News Summary Junction of Japanese and German Forces Feared WASHINGTON
The danger of eventual junction of German and Japanese forces is being discussed in diplomatic circles as the imminent fall of Singapore…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Swallowed the Tourists So Isle of Man Women Have Taken to Glove Making
Women boarding house proprietors and employees in Man, the self-governing British island in the Irish Sea, which has lost its lucrative peace-time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pacific War Council in London Sir Earle Page to Be Representative Mr. Curtin’s Announcement
CANBERRA, Monday. â Announcing the establishment of a Pacific War Council in London, the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →For the Han on the Land Denmark's Rural Industries Decline of Dairying and Poultry Raising Due to Impact of War
Always of great interest to primary producers in Australia is the position of the dairying and poultry industries of Denmark, and it is doubly so, on account of the impact of war on this industrious little country, now…
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