Canada's Larger Output. Aid to Exchange for War Purchases
In order to bolster Canadian credits abroad and provide foreign exchange for the purchase of war materials, Canadian goldmines adopted a policy in 1940 of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1941
18,559 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250
Strikes in War-time. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—What foolish people we are in Australia. We let the talker have full sway, and we are slow to think for ourselves. As workers and members of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →World Wool Outlook. Large Post-war Demand Possible. LONDON, Jan. 5
The weekly wool chart at Bradford gives the index of average prices of wool tops and yarns in December as 158, compared with 157 in November…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hitler May Force War on U.S.A. New York
"Washington officials are now well aware that if the German assault against Britain is still unsuccessful, when American aid begins to tilt the scale Hitler will probably declare war on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New War Decrees in Italy. London, Jan. 5. (A.A.P.)
The Italian Council of Ministers met in Rome at 10 a.m. yesterday. Mussolini presided. The Council approved various war-time…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Free Speech in War-time. Mr. Hughes's View. Why Woman Served Prison Sentence
The Federal Attorney-General, Mr. Hughes, in a vigorous letter to the secretary of the Labour Council of New South Wales, Mr. R. A. King, gives his…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"First-class Job by Australians." From the Acting: Commonwealth War Correspondent. Cairo, Jan. 5
The Australian assault of Bardia was preceded by the heaviest aerial bombing ever administered in the Middle East, lasting all Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Worse Than War in Finland Winter on Albanian Front "Plain Hell" Cold Immobilises Armies ATHENS
This war in Albania is grimmer than the Finnish war because of the absence of prepared warm dugouts, special stoves, and proper clothing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Aid by U.S.A. Vital Congress. "Peace Planners" in Minority. From Our Own Correspondent. Washington, Jan. 5
The defence programme will present the new Congress, which convened on Friday, with the alternatives:— 1. To continue to super-impose war…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Soldiers Held After Fight
NEWCASTLE, Sunday. -- Constable Ronald Charles Prosser 30, was allegedly punched and kicked tonight by five members of the A.I.F. in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Red Cross Prepared for Wounded
IN his progress report of business of the finance committee, Mr. Wilfred Johnson, chairman of the Red Cross Sociey, announced that he…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Groups for War Savings
Australian Woollen Mills, Marrickville, has 60 war savings groups, which have bought £1400 worth of certificates…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →War News Facilities Melbourne
The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) is taking steps to have the position of Australian war correspondents in the Middle East rectified immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Savings. Effect of New Taxes
Mr.C.M.Wilson, organising secretary in New South Wales of the war savings certificates campaign, said yesterday that the increase in Federal taxation should…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An After-war Plan. London Observations
What economic system will prevail after the war? The special correspondent of the Australian Associated Press in London…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maritime War Casualties Tonnage Lost to Date
The following fable records, as accurately as is practicable under the circumstances, the number and tonnage of merchant vessels lost 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 →War Brings Cut In Trade Posts CANBERRA
One Commonwealth Trade Commissioner will look after our trade with the United States and Canada, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bardia And The Grand Strategy Of The War
BARDIA. For Italy --another name on the long list of her defeats, ranking in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fighting in Snow and Mud. War of The Heights in Albania. From Our War Correspondent in Greece. Korca, Jan. 6
After a seven hours' trek by mule and foot through snow and mud I reached the Greek front line in a part of the northern sector which runs along a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →R.A.F;s New War Slang London, December 10
Many new slang "war words" have crept into the English language since the outbreak of war in September, 1939…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →