Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

Sydney · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1942

19,549 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

Sir Earle Page and War Cabinet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 8

CANBERRA, Thursday.—News that the Australian envoy to London, Sir Earle Page, has been given unfettered access to…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Home Army's Needs Modern War Training

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 9

"It is essential that our Army should have equipment, training, and the benefits of experience which will give that…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Editorial Australia's Voice In The War

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 5

THE proposal of the Government to organise an efficient Australian publicity is timely. Recent events have shown how…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Unified Control of Agriculture; War Proposal

The Land · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 6

A SUGGESTION has been made, both in Queensland and New South Wales, that an Australian body of primary producers should be set up to…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Attlee Skims Over War Criticism Commons Reply To Curtin Defence of Far East War Policy

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.-- Although the absence of the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) kept the debate in the House of Commons chiefly down to generalities yesterday, the Deputy Leader of the House (Mr…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Attlee Skims Over War Criticism Commons Reply To Curtin Defence of Far East War Policy

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.-- Although the absence of the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) kept the debate in the House of Commons chiefly down to generalities yesterday, the Deputy Leader of the House (Mr…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Attlee Skims Over War Criticism Commons Reply To Curtin Defence of Far East War Policy

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.-- Although the absence of the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) kept the debate in the House of Commons chiefly down to generalities yesterday, the Deputy Leader of the House (Mr…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Attlee Skims Over War Criticism Commons Reply To Curtin Defence of Far East War Policy

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.-- Although the absence of the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) kept the debate in the House of Commons chiefly down to generalities yesterday, the Deputy Leader off the House (Mr…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Prospect Of War Cheers A.I.F.

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 7

AUSTRALIAN TROOPS in Malaya, scenting battle, were in high spirits as they crossed a river in this flat-bottomed barge. Picture was taken on December 24, just 17 days after Japan took her plunge into the Pacific boiling pot. (Official Cinesound Picture)…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Maritime War Casualties Tonnage Lost to Date

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 2

The following table records, at accurately at it 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 monthly review gives the number…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Pacific War and Supply of Newsprint

The Land · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

THE Pacific war threatens to cause a further interference in the flow of newsprint to Australia from the only recent sources of…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Prospect Of War Cheers A.I.F.

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 7

AUSTRALIAN TROOPS in Malaya, scenting battle, were in high spirits as they crossed a river in this flat-bottomed barge. Picture was taken on December 24, just 17 days after Japan took her plunge into the Pacific boiling pot. (Official Cinesound Picture)…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

This Is All One War Total Realism

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 7

We went on dreaming for a long while. Certainly we sent troops abroad, and their high deeds in Libya and Greece thrilled us no less than the…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Prospect Of War Cheers A.I.F.

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 7

AUSTRALIAN TROOPE in Malaya, scenting battle, were in high spirits as they crossed a river in this flat-bottomed barge. Picture was taken on December 24, just 17 days after Japan took her plunge into the Pacific boiling pot. (Official Cinesound Picture…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

To a Free French Man-o-war

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 8

Swift as the flight of a gull o'er the ocean. Strong as the hearts of the bold and the free. Filled with the spirit of valiant devotion. Symbol of triumph that all can forsee…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Big Naval Increase U.s. War Aims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 8

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (A.A.P). —The U.S. House of Representatives has passed and sent to the White House a bill authorising…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

War Victims' Pensions Regulations Now In Force

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 6

CANBERRA, Thursday.—National Security Regulations were gazetted to-day to give effect to the Commonwealth…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Prospect Of War Cheers A.I.F.

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 7

AUSTRALIAN TROOPS in Malaya, scenting battle, were in high spirits as they crossed a river in this flat-bottomed barge. Picture was taken on December 24, just 17 days after Japan took her plunge into the Pacific boiling pot. (Official Cinesound Picture)…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

"Sun" Maps Tell To-day's War News

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 5

NAZIS ON THE RUN again in Libya are retreating towards their big base at Tripoli…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Page Says Plan Now For Post-war Food

The Land · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 4

ESTABLISHMENT of an International Food Relief Finance Corporation, with the object of promoting the production, processing…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →