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The wars & local soldiers, 1941

18,559 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250

Nazi War Birds Caged Montreal

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 3

Hundreds of German airmen captured in Britain were landed in Canada to-day from a British ship…

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Proposed Carnival Win-the-war Effort

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 1

Penrith Chamber of Commerce decided on Tuesday evening to co-operate with the School of Arts in organising a win-the-war effort. For this…

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New War Powers in Japan London

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 5

The Japanese Cabinet is drafting a bill designed to give it powers, such as control of expenditure, without…

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Teaching Children to Spin School's War Effort

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 12

AN interesting experiment is being tried out by Miss Isobel Martin, public school, Walcha Road, who, during the…

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Assisting War Funds Youthful Orgniser of Revue

The Biz · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 3

With aspirations of becoming a dancing teacher, and at the name time evincing a fine patriotic spirit. Miss Betty Edwards, a papular young dancer and…

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Recess Is Over for Women War Workers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 21

MRS. J. CARTER, of Darlinghurst, who is a daily worker at the Lord Mayor's Comforts Depot. Martin Place, where she winds wool for the knitting machines. Since October she has wound 1200 spools of mool, which represents 3001b. She is 72 years of age, never…

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Can The Pope Stop The War? Critics Answered

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 17

SPEAKING in words that closely resembled those of Cardinal Hinsley on a similar occasion, the Archbishop of Canterbury, broadcasting to America…

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N.s.w. War Savings £6,739,149

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 16

War Savings Certificate sales now total £17,323,502. The New South Wales total is £6,738,149…

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Signallers in Camp: War Work Around the Town

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 15

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Wolf Cubs and War Service. Sydney Woman's Busy Life

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 16

One of the busiest women in Sydney these days, although she would be the first to deny it, is Mrs. G. M. Farquharson, of Mosman, who is the Assistant Headquarters Commissioner for Wolf Cubs, and is also in charge of the National Defence…

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Sufferings at Middle Age Her Head War Always Aching

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 12

"Middle-age brought be great suffering," states Mrs. L.A.C. of Le[?]rdt, N.S.W. of was [?] with pains in my back and legs. My head was always aching and I was so week…

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The War Tobruk Falls A.I.F. Plays Victorious Part

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 2

THE war news for the week has been cheerful—more or less— from the standpoint of Britain and her Allies. It is true that German dive bombers appeared in the Mediterranean to attack a British convoy. They were badly…

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Millions in Call-up Britain's Peak War Bid London

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 13

Preparations are already well advanced for Britain's call-up of millions of men and women for war work…

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Stabilisation of Wheat. War-time Marketing. Cold Storage: Wine Problem

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 6

Important plans to assist the wheatgrowing industry will be discussed at the meeting of the Australian Agricultural Council in…

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Legs to Increase Wool Consumption Sheen Would Popularise War-time Hosiery

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 5

RESTRICTIONS on [?]lk imports and inadequate supplies of wood pulp have combined to popularise woollen hosiery in England and before the war…

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Help Win the War! Activities in St. George. Rockdale Patriotic Fund

The Propeller · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 7

The Rockdale Municipal Patriotic and War Fund now totals £3,207148 made up as follow:--Amount previously acknowledged £3,2031711,…

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The War, Day by Day Opening the Heart of Cyrenaica. Importance of Seapower

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 8

Though the official announcement of the fall of Tobruk may be delayed a little longer, the fact that the initial attack penetrated both the outer and inner defences on a broad front clearly seals the fate of the key-centre of Italian defence in eastern Cyrenaica. The entire…

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Papal Motu Proprio. Universal Day of Prayer. for the War Dead and Sufferers

The Catholic Press · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 17

By a Motu Proprio signed on the Toast of Christ the King, his Holiness the Pope decreed that November 24 be a universal day of prayer for all who have died in the war…

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Their War Effort Means Hard Work Volunteers Busy Training For Front Line Jobs

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 9

"Australian women are ready should a compulsory industrial and service call-up be made here, similar to…

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Oil Resources and Trade Vital in Peace and War Survey of World Conditions

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 2

Because recent events in the course of the war have brought certain of the world's petroleum resources to the forefront of the news, the Monthly Review of The Bank of Nova Scotia for November-December presents a broad survey of the world's oil…

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