Drastic New Powers. Ministry Acts. Maintaining War Effort
The Federal Government has taken drastic new powers under the National Security Act to check attempts to interfere with war…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1941
18,559 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250
Radio's Part in War Effort. Supplying Defence Forces
The steady building up of wireless manufactures in Australia over the past 27 years is bearing good fruit now that the nation is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shift in Purchasing Power. Effect of Large War Expenditure
Changes in sectional purchasing power as a result of heavy Government spendings are discussed in the monthly summary of the National Bank of Australasia…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Cabinet Decision. Three Accounts of Visit. Melbourne
The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, to-day confirmed the statement of the Minister for Information, Senator Foll, that the passport on which Lady…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Big Labour Demand. 75,000 Workers Needed. War Industries
More than 75,000 workers, at least one-third of whom must be skilled artisans, will be needed to staff new munition and aircraft factories in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Union Leaders and War Work. "Government Concerned." Brisbane
The Minister for Information, Senator Foll, said to-day that the Government was very concerned at the activities of certain trade union leaders in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Book to Read War Is Horrible — and Sometimes Humorous
'SPINSTERS are blessedly rare in China, since the custom of polygamy, abolished by law, though there are ways of getting round it, absorbs all the surplus…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War, Day by Day. Greek Victory at Klisura. Strategical Possibilities
The capture of Klisura last Thursday may be rightly termed the most important victory the Greeks have yet achieved in Albania, both because of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Post-war Financial Problems Are Worrying Americans New York, December 28
Problems of post-war finance are worrying many Americans more than the immediate difficulties of war and defence. Will Labor or Capital rule the new…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Letters. Strikes in War-time. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir, — The decision of 2,000 ironworkers and boilermakes not to work overtime unless overtime earnings were exempt from Federal income tax, will affect…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soviet Aim. "Attempt to Prolong War." From Our Own Correspondent. London, Jan. 13
Russia is trying to prolong the war between Britain and Germany. There is no doubt about this in well-informed circles, where the effect of the latest…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →London Visit by Mr. Menzies. Departure Soon. Consultations on War Effort. MELBOURNE
Before leaving for Sydney to-night, the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, said he would visit the United Kingdom soon…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£7,000 for War Funds. Gift of N.S.W. Public Service. MELBOURNE
The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, who left Melbourne by train to-night, will receive in Sydney to-morrow a cheque for more than £7,000 subscribed by officers of the N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →After the Battle. Grim Scenes in Klisura. Italians Flee. From Our War Correspondent in Albania. Klisura, Jan. 13
The scene after the battle of Klisura, the Italian stronghold on the Albanian central front, which the Greeks captured last week, was one of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Council Faces Overtime Storm Labor Men Angry at Attacks on Union Menzies Hopes For Solution, But Problems Mount
With the ban on overtime imposed by boilermakers and ironworkers threatening a serious hold-up in Australia's war effort, the emergency meeting of the War Council,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →C. Pepper Enlists. All-round Cricketer
Cecil Pepper, the Petersham and interstate cricketer, has enlisted with the A.I.F. He expects to be called up in March. Pepper is the second of the prominent…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Straw Hats for N.Z. Soldiers. Auckland
Straw hats will be worn by territorials training in the warm climate of North Auckland. They will be the same shape as the familiar felt peaked hat and are being issued…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Soldiers Grow Own Food London
Every soldier in Britain is becoming a food-grower, says the "Daily Express." He is given tools and seeds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stop Press Women Attack Soldiers 'Phone: M2406
LONDON, Monday.--When Italian soldiers beat up a crowd in a small town in unoccupied. France, angry Frenchwomen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Straw Hats for Soldiers in N.z
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday.--Because of the shortage of felt, soldiers In one of New Zealand's territorial battalions will wear straw hats…
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