War Badges. Wives and Mothers Eligible. Conditions of Issue
The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Fadden, said yesterday that badges for people engaged in war service, rejected volunteers, and female relatives of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1941
18,559 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250
A Travers La Presse Catholique the Ravage of War
The "Petit Parisien" publishes reports on the effects of the war in occupied France, and writes:—"Nancy has resumed its normal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Tragic Leadership" in War Effort. Sir Archdale Parkhill's Criticism
Speaking at a luncheon at the National Club yesterday Sir Archdale Parkhill said Australia's war effort would have been much greater but for "tragic leadership."…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Plans for After the War. State Ready to Help
The Premier, Mr. Mair, said yesterday that the State Government would co-operate fully with the Federal Government in post-war reconstruction…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The War, Day by Day. Tactical Mysteries at Tobruk
The tactics pursued at Tobruk closely resembled those which were so successful at Bardia, although the two concentric lines round Tobruk fell far…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Japan's New Order Drive War Danger in Pacific Consul Warns
"If any country refuses to co-operate with Japan, either on its own initiative or through the influence of another country, the future of the Pacific cannot be regarded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Weekly Labor Feature Looking ahead to problems after this war
THE Minister for Labor A (Mr. Holt) has announced that plans to absorb in civil…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dutch Planning Post-war Reconstruction. London, Jan. 23. (A.A.P.)
Dr. Philipse, a member of the Dutch Ministry of Economics, announced that an arrangement has been made for the purchase and storage of food, fodder, and materials…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Comforts for A.I.F. Bulk Distribution Only War Zone Task
Major E. Gorman, Australian Comforts Commissioner in the Middle East, said yesterday that it was impossible to distribute comforts for individual units…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir Bertram Stevens. New War Supply Post. To Go to India
Sir Bertram Stevens, former Premier of New South Wales, has been appointed the Australian representative on the Eastern Group Supply…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Moves To End Indo-China War LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.)
French Indo-China is awaiting instructions from Vichy before it replies officially to Japanese efforts to mediate in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Farmer's Splendid Response To War-Time Call For More Output
"MAXIMUM production will not be secured until British farmers have enjoyed remunerative prices long enough to recover from the impoverished state which existed up to this harvest," says Mr. R. W. Haddon, managing-director of "The Farmer and Stock-Breeder,"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Idle Machine Plant. M.P.s Visit Works. Lack of War Orders Blamed
Members of the Federal Parliament who visited the works of the Purcell Engineering Company yesterday were shown £70,000 worth of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →33,000 War Planes by June, 1942. Production in U.S.A. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. (A.A.P.)
The Director of Defence Production, Mr. W. S. Knudsen, said in a speech yesterday that he still held to the estimate that 33,000 military planes would…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Story of Tobruk by Eye-witness. From Our War Correspondent with the A.I.F. Near Tobruk, Jan. 21
Australian brigades broke through the semi-circular defence line round Tobruk in two places early this morning and, with the help of British tanks, were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Soldier Farmers & Wheat Scheme
REPLYING to questions relating to the wheat scheme asked by the General Secretary of the F.S.A. (Mr. Cambridge,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Divorce to Wed Soldier
A woman alleged in the Divorce Court yesterday that her husband had refused to work, and had forced her to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Egypt Has Welfare Committees for Palestine Jewish Soldiers
Welfare committees for Jewish soldiers from Palestine and the Empire now serving with His Majesty’s Forces in Egypt have been set up by the local…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War Aims
"What Is At Stake, and Why Not Say So?" by C. E. M. load.—Gollancz; Victory Book No. 8. There is a twofold purpose behind this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Win War First
I wish people in this country would forget about the new social order alter the war and think more of winning the war…
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