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The wars & local soldiers, 1941

18,559 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Soldier's Wife Seeks Alimony

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 5

The wife of an A.I.F. soldier who has been invalided home yesterday applied for alimony pendente lite before…

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Maccabean Institute N.S.W. Jewish War Memorial Roll Up, the Beginning of a Brilliant Year Will Begin on 12th JANUARY

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 10

On Sunday, 12th. January, a spectacular film programme will be screened namely “In Old Chicago”with Alice Faye, Don Ameche and Tyrone Power…

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A.I.F. CASUALTIES. Three N.S.W Men Killed in Action. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 13

The names of three New South Wales members of the A.I.F. who have been killed in action overseas are included in a casualty list issued by…

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Philosophy in War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 8

"The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge," by Alfred J. Ayer.— Macmillan and Co. The once-famed philosophic mind of…

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Condemns War Raffle Fines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.--Although the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) today condemned the prosecution of Adelaide society women for conducting…

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Women's War Services Committee

The Methodist · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 7

The open Quarterly Meeting of the Women's War Services Committee will be held in the Board Room, 139 Castlereagh Street, on Friday, February 14, at 11 a.m. Church Aids…

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War Savings Essay Awards Soon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 12

Professor L. H. Allen, of the University College Canberra, and the Federal Treasurer, Mr. Fadden, will soon make the special Commonwealth awards in the War Savings Week…

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Huge War Expenditure. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 15

Australia has spent £63,993,000 on war and defence services since the beginning of the financial year. Last month £10,205,000 was spent £7,950,000…

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War Savings Coupon Scheme Opposed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 14

The Retail Traders' Association opposes the Australian Defence Movement's suggestion that shopkeepers should issue customers with coupons, which could be exchanged…

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Planning for Post-war Reconstruction

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 19

AT the end of war one of the most immediate economic problems will be the demobilisation of resources, of labor and…

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Japanese Give for Their War

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 5

PEKING December 20.--Acknowledging gifts from the hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians ln China to the Imperial Army since the…

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Great War Effort by Mildura

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 5

ONE in every 8 of Mildura's adult male population is in uniform? Is there another country centre in Australia that can beat…

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War Problems Of General Insurance Companies

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 18

FOR general insurance companies, the first year of war had been anything but peaceful…

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City Depot for Greek War Parcels

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 6

Parcels and donations for the Ladipc' Greek War Auxiliary Comforts Fund may now be left at the office of the fund. Forsayth House. Castleregh…

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The Churches. Salvation Army War Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 8

"Salvation Army war services, now operating from Iceland to Singapore, serve 2,000,000 sailors, soldiers, and airmen weekly in…

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LAUGHTER and Tears If This War Lasts

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 12

"GOTTA match, Mate?" "'Oo th' 'Ell do you think I am --Sam 'Ordern?" To Let--Cave, close to Mrs…

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American Gift of £6,250 to Anzac Fund. New York, Jan. 10. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 13

The British War Relief Society has donated 20,000 dollars (£ A6,250) to the Anzac War Relief Fund as a "slight token in recognition of and appreciation for the gallantry of the…

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Seamen in the War Position In Mercantile Marine

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 5

"SMITH'S" has received numerous complaints from dependants of members of Australia's Mercantile Marine who believe they…

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The War, Day by Day. Offensive in Libya

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 12

The successful advance westwards from Bardia is passing beyond the local stage, and raising the widest questions of strategy in eastern Libya…

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Dwindling Comforts' Contributions War Funds Need Monkey Glands

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 4

WHY have contributions to Australia's war comforts funds dwindled? If something is not done to arrest the downward trend of the last few months, funds will soon run dry of ready…

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