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Riverina · The wars & local soldiers
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Good collections of salvage were made in Wagga at the week-end, both on Saturday and Sunday, but it is noticeable that, drive after drive, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DARWIN WAS BOMBED BY JAPANESE PLANES THIS MORNING A NUMBER OF BOMBS WERE DROPPED, BUT THE EXTENT OF THE RAID AND THE RESULTS OF THE ATTACK ARE NOT…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Australia's way of life, already greatly affected by the fluctuations of the war, will undergo further and immediate changes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRISBANE. Wednesday.—Edward Charles Landsay. aged 23 years, laborer, who was billed to take part in a supporting boxing bout at the Brisbane Stadium next Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A letter written by an Australian soldier to his father, and released to-day by the Department of Information, gives a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Advice has been received that GunnerW. Jolly was Hilled in action in Malaya on January 20. Although he had had property at Griffith and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Thursday: It was announced by Tokio Radio that General Wavell, commander in the South-West pacific was wounded, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sharp fighting in Burma. An Italian warship was sunk in the Mediterranean. Eleven Japanese planes were shot…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Darlington point soldier, Private Bill Devlin, has been reported wounded in action la Malaya. Bill enlisted with several mates, all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The U.S.A. Department of Commerce has estimated that 62 per cent. of the United States industrial capacity in 1942 will be devoted to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT a well attended meeting held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening last, another organisation was formed to help the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Stony Point Women War Workers will hold their next meeting at the School on Wednesday afternoon, February 25, more members…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Port Moresby—guardian of the vital Torres Straits supply line—is dead as a civilian town, but under martial law it pulses with life as men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CANBERRA, Thursday.— Under regulations to be issued next week, five kinds of cover will be provided by the Commonwealth scheme of war damage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The monthly meeting of the committee of the Narandera branch of the Patriotic and War Fund was held at the Council Chambers on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CANBERRA, Thursday.—The emergency cession of the Federal Parliament called by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to review Pacific war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. John Graham, who has been in charge of the Wagga Company. V.D.C., announces that he has now handed over the leadership to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—Regulations were approved to-day to give effect to the far-reaching economic proposals of the Government, announced last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain is using glass to save steel. It is [?] toughened glass which can now take the place of steel as the top plate of hot cabinets in cafes and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Thursday.—Compulsory service in war industries of all available men between 18 and 65 yews, was to-day advocated by Senator M'Leay…
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