Wounded From Tobruk
THIS week we received a photograph of Bombadier Jack Gibsop, who had his leg broken coming out of Tobruk, where he saw…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riverina · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1942
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War Brevities
LONDON, Wednesday.—American technicians employed in Northern Ireland are building bases, and many U.S.A. nationals are joining the Home…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Is Proving Worth of Wool
The war on the Russian front is providing wool with the best advertisement it has ever received. The appeals throughout Germany for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Change in War Savings System
The War Cabinet decided on Tuesday that there would be no change in the present system of issuing of war savings certificates. Suggestions that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Care Urged in Letters to War Prisoners
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Army Minister (Mr. Forde) to-day emphasised the necessity of not mentioning, in letters to Australian prisoners of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Patriotic and War Fund Meeting of Committee
The monthly meeting of the Patritic War Fund Committee was held at the Council Chambers on Thursday, January 8. There were present…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japan and War Prisoners Geneva Code Accepted
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Gabled information has been received from Geneva that Japan hat agreed to ratify the Geneva Convention International Prisoner of War…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Damage Insurance Scheme to Be Widened
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Chifley) announced to-day that there would oe a widening of the scope of the war damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Prisoner Joins M.c.c. Novel Application
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Mr. V. Ransford, secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club, has received a novel application for country membership of the M.C.C…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Too Many War Industries in Cities Minister's Startling (?) Discovery
Speaking at Lismore on Saturday, the Minister for Munitions (Mr. Norman Makin) said that war industries had been concentrated too much…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stony Point Settlers' Practical Step to Meet War Problems
THE farmers of Stony Point have, formed a'Rural War Committee with the object of helping each other to harvest their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Empire Liaison Sir Earle Page's Plan to Cover All War Departments
Sir Earle Page, Australia's special envoy in London, this week outlined a plan he was submitting to the Commonwealth Government for the improvement of Empire co-ordination in the conduct of the war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narandera Easter Sports Abandoned on Account War and Uncertainty of Transport
FOR the first time since its inception in 1921, the Naranriera Athletic Association has been forced to abandon its Easter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War News Summary Australian Troops in Action Against Japanese SINGAPORE. Thursday. AAP
AUSTRALIAN troops have gone into action in the Eastern Negri Sembilan, State of Maiaya, against the Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Russian Progress Candid Admissions by Enemy Soviet Peneration of Lines
The Germans on Tuesday admitted that a number of breaches had been made in their lines by advancing Russians. The German radio said that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Voice in War Strategy Views of Mr. Spender Comment on Sir Earle Page's Plans
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Spender, M.P., former Minister for the Army, and now a member of the Advisory War Council, in a statement this week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Suffering in Song
The "Manchester Guardian" recently offered prizes for a new soldiers' marching song. Songs from the ranks seemed to be the desire of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Letters
On 23rd December NX24653 Ptc. Jones, C. J. NO. I PI. H. Q. Coy., 2/13 Bn., Abroad, wrote to his parents at Cootamundra: "Well, I am at last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ladysmith Soldiers' Welfare Committee
A meeting of the Ladysmith and District Soldiers' Farewell Committee will be held in the Ladysmith Memorial Hall on Monday night, beginning at 8.30…
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