Plans for 25,000 Homes to Avoid Post-war Shortage
The State Government plans to build 25,000 homes to relieve the house shortage expected after the war. The Premier (Mr. Mair) said yesterday that the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1941
18,559 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 250
Last-war Key to Raiders Studying Diary Of "Wolf" CANBERRA
Tactics of the German Pacific raider Wolf in the last war will be studied by Australian Naval intelligence…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Indo-china War Ominous Thai Prophecy LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.)
French Indo-China and Thailand will probably begin a full-scale war within a week, informed circles in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War, Day by Day. Bardia and Its Consequences. Opening the Way to Tobruk
The fall of Bardia ends the second stage of the campaign of the Army of the Nile. The first stage saw the expulsion of the Italian intruders from Egyptian soil, and the second carried the offensive into Libya and involved the reduction of the great outer fortress of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"All-out Race to Win." Spanish View of War. LONDON, Jan. 6. (A.A.P.)
"Time is working for Britain, and Germany will be forced to run the race all-out as soon as possible in order to win," declares the Spanish…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thai Border Clash. "Full-dress War" Threat. Peace Talks Ended. New York, Jan. 6. (A.A.P.)
A new outbreak of fighting on the Thailand-French Indio-China frontier has caused informed circles in Bangkok to predict a "full-dress war" within…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Warning to People by Minister for War. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Jan. 6. (A.A.P.)
Commenting on the warning issued by the Japanese Minister for War, Lieutenant-General Tojo, that greater sacrifices, greater exertions, and greater…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Co-ordinating War Effort. "Big Four" to Speed Up Production. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Jan. 6
Mr. Churchill's first New Year drive —the speed-up of the effort on the home front—will be inaugurated by a reshuffle of Cabinet jobs involved in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →N.S.W. Battalions Chosen for Assault. From Our War Correspondent with the A.I.F. SOLLUM, Jan. 6
To take Bardia, Australian infantry brigades, supported by British tanks, broke through a fortified line comparable in strength with the Hindenburg…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers Make Good Pal's Theft Bathurst
Soldiers of Bathurst camp, by guaranteeing to make good a deficiency involved in an embezzlement charge against one of their comrades, to-day persuaded a magistrate to release the offender on bond…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Magistrate Halves Soldier's Fine
Raymond Athol Judd, 38, of the A.I.F., was yesterday fined 10 in the Licensing Court for having carried away liquor from the Forest Lodge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier's "Bottle Note" From Ship Found By Friends
A "bottle message" thrown overboard from a large transport by a member of the A.I.F., was found on Sunday off Coogee Bay. It was from Private W. Hayes,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Libyan War Zone
MAP of North-West Africa, showing the region through. which the British forces are driving from Egypt to Tobruk…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holding Up War Supplies
No loyal citizen, conscious of the supremely important part which Industrial production plays in our war effort, will dissent from Mr. Justice Cantor's…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War Policy of Roosevelt
"President Roosevelt's message to Congress represents a truly remarkable advance in America's attitude towards the war, from that of a few…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Week of War
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →After the War—what?
Insistently we ask our leaders the two vital questions: (I) What are you going to win the war for? and (2) What form, in measures of social…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →1941 Overseas War Finance Agreement
CANBERRA, Tueday. -- Negotiations are being concluded between the Australian and British Governments for a new financial agreement to cover…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boer War Veterans Elect Officers
Mr. John T. Ryan has been elected honorary secretary of the South African Soldiers' Association of New South Wales, in place of Mr. Alex Russell, who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Golfers' Bid For War Funds
Professional golfers, who raised £400 for war funds last year, intend to redouble their efforts this year…
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