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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

9,843 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

Tactics of War Change

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 4

LONDON. Tuesday.--Germans have been told by the newspaper Pommersche Zeitumg that the technical development of war makes a…

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Tactics of War Change

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.--Germans have been told by the newspaper Pommerscehe Zebung that the technical development of war makes a…

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War On Queues In Victoria

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- Alarmed by the extent to which queues are spreading, Victorian police have…

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Seamen's War Bonus General Secretary's Comment

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 2

Australian seamen, with a calendar monthly wage of £20/11/, plus 33 1-3 per cent., receive the lowest wage paid to…

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8800 Cards From Aust. War Prisoners

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 7

About 8800 more cards from Australian prisoners of war in Japanese hands have reached Australia, the Postmaster- General (Senator Ashley) announced…

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Night-Out In London at War

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 15

LONDON, Tuesday.--If you want to spend an evening, wining, dining and dancing in London, you can't do better than roll up the carpet and stay…

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Post-war Planning for Nylon Hose

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 5

NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—The National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers' post-war planning committee has recommended that Nylon hose producers…

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Night-Out In London at War

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 15

LONDON, Tuesday.--If you want to spend an evening, wining, dining and dancing in London, you can't do better than roll up the carpet and stay…

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The War Must Come Before Politics

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 2

Plans for more active Australian participation in the war demand first consideration by the Federal Cabinet at this week's meetings. All…

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Sen. Keane Grateful for Canada's War Assistance

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 18

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--ln an interview with Canadian newspapers during the week-end, the Australian Minster for Customs (Senator…

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Sen. Keane Grateful for Canada's War Assistance

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 9

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--In an interview with Canadian newspapers during the week-end, the Australian Minister for Customs (Senator…

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Sen. Keane, Grateful for Canada's War Assistance

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 9

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--In an interview with Canadian newspapers during the week-end, the Australian Minister for Customs (Senator…

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Struggle for Roads Developing Our War Correspondent. Harold Austin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 1

WITH U.S. FORCES, Jan. 3.— The offensive to link the First and Third United States Armies has developed into a battle for…

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Post-war Shipbuilding Permits To Cover Specific Half-Years

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 2

The scheme for the regulation of shipbuilding orders after the war, embodied in the report which, as the First Lord of the Admiralty announced in the House of Commons recently, has been submitted to the Government by a joint committee of the…

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Abbeville, War Eagle to Be Withdrawn Randwick Double Surprises

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 6

Surprise announcements for the Challenge-Anniversary double, to be run at Randwick on January 20 and 27, were made yesterday by the owners of…

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Longer War in Europe Effect on Pacific Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday.—War events in Europe have created a strong impression in Federal quarters that longer fighting lies…

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Attack in Philippines Reported From Our War Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 1

NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—Planes from an American carrier task force on Saturday joined in the air assault on Luzon (main Philippines island). Our land-based bombers and fighters for the ninth consecutive day continued the pounding of airfields…

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Air Power in China Crippling Blow At Japanese Our War Correspondent, H. MISHAEL

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 3

KUNMING, Jan. 8.—The U.S. 14th Air Force in December destroyed one-third of all Japanese aircraft in China,…

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Rebels Still Have Grip On Most of Greece From Our War Correspondent, T. Southwell-Keely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 3

ATHENS, January 8.—The E.L.A.S. forces (National Liberation Army), although driven from Athens and Piraeus, still dominate the greater part of Greece. They have made no fresh approach for a…

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Enemy Now Being "Written Off" Montgomery Reviews Salient Battle From Our War Correspondent, H. A. Standish

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 3

FIELD H.Q., BELGIUM, Jan. 8.—"The battle of the salient is not yet oyer but von Rundstedt's forces have been headed off and are now being written off," said Field-Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery,…

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