Firm Aids War Effort
The first War Savings Certificates group of Grace Bros, was completed on January 7, and the total subscribed by the staff amounted to £9403…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
18,559 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250
Nazis Get French War Material
LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.).--War material brought into Switzerland by French troops and seized there has been handed over to Germany, says a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five War Films Made Here
Five documentary films have now been made by Australian studios for the Films Division, Commonwealth Department of Information. TWO of these, "The Road to Victory," and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gloves and Rice Sent As War Gifts
LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.).--Eighty pairs of gloves from St. Helena and 2000lb. of rice from British Guiana are among the latest gifts to Britain's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maritime War Casualties Tonnage Lost to Date
The following table records, as accurately as is practicable under the circumstances, the number and tonnage of merchant vessels last under war conditions since September 3, 1939. Names and other details of lost vessels are not now issued by the Admiralty, but a weekly review gives the number…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.s.w. Leads in War Savings
Sales of War Savings Certificates now total £17,235,282. Figures for the States are:--New South Wales, £6,689,753; Victoria,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War To The Buff, Sir! LONDON
A naked British colonel took the surrender of General Argentina, one of three Fascist commanders…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Week of War December 27th., 1940
The second bombardment of valona by the British Fleet within a week must have caused consternation among Italian troops preparing defences to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Call Up For Duration Of War MELBOURNE
Victorian militia anti-aircraft units are to be called up for continuous service for the duration of the war and a year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Emergency Younger Set N.C.J.W.
The first noteworthy function of 1941 is our LaunchPicnic on the 19 th January. We are giving everyone plenty of notice, fox this outing promises to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War and Labour. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—As a man who lived in Paris during the decline and fall of the French Republic, and had friends in every political party, might I send a word of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New War Powers. Strong Labour Move Threatened. CANBERRA
Before Parliament meets in March a strong Labour move may be made for the modification or removal of some clauses of the new National Security…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Kogarah Will Support Greeks. Suggestion for War Relief Fund
“Thousands of Australian casualties in the war have been avoided because the Greeks have been game enough to make a stand against the Dictators.”…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SEE U.S. Close to Entering War Tokio
"The stage has been perfectly set, and if a single match is put to it, all will burst into flames," declares the Tokio newspaper, "Asahi" discussing the chances of the United States participating actively in the war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The World at War The Gloves Are Off in U.S.
WHILE the world eagerly awaits the final assault of the Army of the Nile on Tobruk, the United States has taken the centre of the stage with a bold and determined stroke to marshal the whole of the vast resources of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Official Favoritism Charged Bulk of War Contracts Go to One Group
Seventy-five per cent, of all recent Government machine tool contracts worth £2,000,000 had gone to one group of manufacturers in Melbourne and Adelaide, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ussishkin Speaks His Mind “In Time of War Prepare for Peace”
The time mid-November, the place the National Fund Headquarters in Jerusalem, the occasion a press conference. There is-always a story when Ussishkin speaks. This is his first talk of the year to the press. Reporters and correspondents have turned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Store Fodder on Every Farm as Part of the War Effort
"PRIMARY producers owe it to themselves and to their country, especially now that Australia is engaged in an all-out war that brooks no delay, to conserve fodder wherever possible and in whatever form that will Produce the best results," said the secretary of the Royal Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Readers News Strike in War-time to the Editor of "The Land."
Sir,—For some time past I have noticed you have been making attacks on the working class for striking in time of war, and on the face of things it is not a loyal thing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colonies Give £18,295,279 to War Effort. London, Jan. 16. (A.A.P.)
Colonial Governments, native rulers, and residents of the colonies had contributed £18,295,279 to the British war effort up to the beginning of this year…
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