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Riverina · The wars & local soldiers
4,342 stories in Riverina's papers · page 33 of 218
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The announcement by the Prime Minister's Department in Canberra at lunch time to-day that there had been a further raid on Darwin was corrected this afternoon in an official R.A.A.F…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Churchill has formed a new seven-man War Cabinet which includes Sir Stafford Cripps and Captain Oliver Lyttleton,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lance-Corporal V. D. Heggaton's last letter home to his wife in Cootamundra, was written on January 31 from Singapore. He was with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A parcel of papers for the district soldiers overseas is despatched from Wagga every Monday by the Women's Voluntary Services and the Comforts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TOWNSVILLIE, Saturday.—Wing-Commander J. H. Lerew, of Melbourne reported killed in action over New Britain on February 11, is alive and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A bullet fired near Orange recently travelled two miles and wounded a woman. The woman's husband and baby were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →HONOLULU, Saturday.—An Army Command announced that all the men on Oahu Island between the ages of 18 and 60 must register for the defence…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Fitcnett, of Terang (Vic.), have been advised by the Department of Information that their son, Mr. Ian G. Fitchett, official…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEW YORK, Sunday (A.A.P.).—The marine underwriters, because of recent sinkings again increased the war risk rates, particularly on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Red Cross Society is making special efforts to have regular consignments of comforts sent to all Australian prisoners of war. This is a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.).—The German newsagency reports from Paris that the Riom court will not be in a position to pass Judgment in the war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WASHINGTON, Saturday.—The Maritime Commission announces that five cargo ships, aggregating over 50,000 tons, were launched to day in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Managers of Britain’s war factories are discovering that women now coming into their works from shops, offices, the professions and private…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CANBERRA, Sunday.—Federal Parliament's two-day secret discussions on the nation's war position terminated at 6.30 p.m. last night, when members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Secret Agent of Japan” by Amleto Vespa would be an incredible book were it not that its authenticity is vouched for by high responsible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Japanese are said to be using a hundred thousand troops in an attempt to crush Java from Sumatra in the west and Bali…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Hershey, Director of selective Service, said to-day that the United States must inevitably resort to Government allocation of manpower…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Exceptional keenness was displayed at a large and enthusiastic parade of the Volunteer Defence Crops (forward troops) yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Further Cabinet changes were announced to-day. Sir James Grigg, permanent Secretary at the War Office, has been…
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