An Australian War Nurse Abroad
Sister (Lieutenant) K. Bacon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Bacon, of Rose Bay, who has been on active service in the British Army…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
18,559 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250
Greek's Gifts for War Effort
The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Fadden), on behalf of the Commonwealth Government, has accepted an ambulance from Mr. Jack Kouvelis,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Stimulates State-wide Minerals Search
War has stimulated prospecting in this State, not so much for gold, the search for which goes on unendingly, but for rich deposits of other much- needed minerals…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Mustn't Repeat Last War Error"
The British Empire must not repeat the error of the last war--being successful in battle but losing the peace, the Premier…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The most inspiring war song in history
ALTHOUGH most wars have produced songs to cheer marching soldiery few of these have lived…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir Philip Game's War Work. Wife's Letter
The war work being done by Sir Philip Game, former State Governor, in London as Commissioner of Metropolitan Police and head of the British Air Wardens'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Used War Principle In X-Ray Invention
LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.).--Mr. Charles Thurstan Holland, a pioneer in radiology, died yesterday. He was one of the first men In Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Victims' Children. Education Scheme. Commonwealth Aid
The Federal Cabinet has decided to give educational assistance to the children of members of the Second A.I.F. who are killed, suffer blindness,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Strange War Contrasts. Climatic Freak in Albania. Day in Front Line. From Our War Correspondent in Albania. Himara, Jan. 17
By a freak of climate, Greek troops who have been driving back the Italians to Valona live among fruit-laden orange groves in almost spring-like…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Unions And War-Work Overtime Unions' Strong Case Against War-Work Overtime Loss of Wages and Ill-Health Are the Results
PROBLEM of overtime is paramount in industrial affairs to=day. Throughout Australia, organised unionism is voicing its opposition to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soccer Offer. Chinese Team for Australia. War Funds to Benefit
Chinese Soccer officials are prepared to send a football team to Australia, without any financial obligation on the part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Australia and Empire War Economics Need For Regional Self - Help
A FAR-FLUNG Empire can be a vulnerable Empire. Opportunities inevitably occur…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Converted for War Duty. Air Liner's New Job. Flying Classroom
After flying more than 1,000,000 miles, including hundreds of Timor Sea crossings with mails and passengers, the Qantas D.H.86 landplane Melbourne has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sandstorms Delay Messages. From Our War Correspondent with the A.i.f
Duststorms over the desert between Libya and Egypt have delayed my reports lodged at advanced R.A.F. head-quarters during the past week. One…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Books of the Week. Background To Irish Neutrality.— Major Events of the War
"The [?]rish Free State and Its Senate," by Donal O'Sullivan.— Faber and Faber. The Irish Free State is no more;…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Army Leaders. War Office Seeks Report From Our Own Correspondent. London, Jan. 17
As a sequel to his letter on the "Old School Tie" tradition in the Army, published in "The Times" yesterday, the War Office has asked…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Education and War "Adrcsses 1939-1940," by J. D. C. Medley.—Melbourne University Press
This collection of twelve addresses by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne contains many wise observations on education and much inspiring…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Agriculture and War. Control Urged. Tinkering Alleged. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Jan. 17
While there continues to be pressure in many quarters for an early statement of the Allied war aims, the more immediate war problems of countering…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The War, Day by Day. Rout of Libyan Air Force. by Our Military Correspondent
The continued quiescence of Italian aerial activity in Cyrenaica draws attention to the fact that the desert is the graveyard of the separate Libyan…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Australian Pilot Praised. Posthumous D.F.C. From the Commonwealth Acting Official War Correspondent. Cairo, Jan. 17
High official praise of the late Squadron-leader William Joseph Hickey, on whom the Distinguished Flying Cross was conferred…
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