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The wars & local soldiers, 1941

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Services at War Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 5

Instructions and counter-instructions, which followed the first release of news of the rescue of the raider prisoners, have revealed a wide…

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Palestine—a Haven for War Refugees

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 2

A message from Istanbul, reports the arrival of 220 Rumanian immigrants with. Jewish Agency certificates and capitalists some travelling overland and some…

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Chess Display to Aid War Fund

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 9

In aid of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund a display of simultaneous chess will be given at Bondi Beach on February 2. The Bondi Beach…

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Eire Blinkers Hide War Realities London

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 7

"The plain truth is that nobody in Dublin seems to know or care a threepenny-bit about the war," says an "Evening Standard" correspondent, wiring from the Ulster border…

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Borrowing for War. Burdens Cannot be Postponed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 3

Money, required to meet present expenditure must always be fully provided by the present, and the burden of war expenditure cannot…

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Cold More Deadly Than War Athens

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 1

Cold is killing more men on the north-eastern battle front of Albania than bullets or shells…

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Challenge to Courage. Lady Gowrie's War Message

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 4

Lady Gowrie, in a broadcast message to the women of Australia last night, said that she was proud to see the way hundreds of women had accepted the…

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War Council to Meet Soon Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 3

The Advisory War Council will meet in Melbourne on Wednesday. It may be preceded on Tuesday by a meeting of the War Cabinet…

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Personalities of the Week War Auxiliary's New President

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 13

JUST appointed president of the women's auxiliary of the National Defence League is MRS. A. W. KEIGHLEY,…

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Shipbuilding in Australia. War Cabinet Review. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 7

The Commonwealth Government's general policy on commercial shipbuilding in Australia will be discussed by the War Cabinet in Melbourne on January…

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The War Air Brutality Italians Being Viciously Hammered

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 2

CHRISTMAS and bad weather caused a slight cessation of bombing hostilities over last week. The Huns, however, made up for it all on Sunday night when they conducted the most savage and insensate raid that London has experienced since…

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War-time Anomalies. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 2

Sir,—At a time when our Empire is in a life and death struggle so that Australia and all the members of the British Commonwealth of Nations should…

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The War, Day by Day. Spotting of Incendiary Bombs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 4

It would be mistaken to describe last Sunday night's raid on London as indiscriminate bombing. That term could be used to connote the dropping…

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Farmers and the War Royal Show to Feature Rural Effort

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 10

NOT alone will the primory producing sections of the Royal Empire show feature the part men on tho land are playing in swelling the country's material…

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BRITAIN'S "3 Per Cent. War." New Issue Adheres to Rate. LONDON, Dec. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 3

Commenting on the Chancellor of the Exebequer's announcement of the issue of two new Government securities, the "Daily Telegraph" says: "This latest issue…

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The Pope's Christmas Message. "Unconditional Bases of Any New Order." Helping Prisoners of War

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 17

A cable in the Australian dailies from London, December 25 (A.A.P.), says that His Holiness the Pope's Christmas message to the peoples of the world was…

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Marine Insurance in America Underwriters' Liabilities in War. (Concluded from last issue.) Confiscatory Degrees

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 1

"The epidemic of confiscatory decrees has also had its effect on marine insurance laws and on the risks which must be taken into…

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Heavier Tax Slug Possible Fadden's Warning As Deductions Start War Cost May Be Greater

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 5

War expenditure might exceed estimates and compel the Commonwealth further to increase taxation, said the Federal Treasurer, Mr. Fadden, in a statement issued to-day…

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War Threat to U.S.A. Guns or Butter. Congress to Decide. From Our Own Correspondent. New York, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 5

It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which Americans have approved President Roosevelt's call to the nation "to increase the…

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Soldiers' Camps. Times of Masses

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 18

The CUSA organisation and the presence of chaplains in so many of our military camps give to our Catholic men in training the same facilities they have in their…

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