Bows and arrows have reappeared in the British Army in East Africa. It is not a throwback of medieval days, but a new and terrifying weapon. The ...
Article : 680 wordsMr. C. B. Lethbridge, M.L.A. for Corowa, has received a letter from the Premier's Department, stating: "Referring to your personal ...
Article : 187 wordsIt was officially determined yesterday by the Minister for Air (Mr. J. M'Ewen, M.H.R.) that a service flying training school be set up at Uranquinty, nine miles from Wagga, in ...
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Advertising : 25 wordsThe Japanese Foreign Minister (Mr. Matsuoka) to-day called upon "the white race to cede Oceania—the vastly more than 10,000 mile square region ...
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Advertising : 43 wordsTurkey's unexpected agreement with Bulgaria naturally caused uneasiness and some perplexity in Allied diplomatic circles. So many pacts and pledges and promises of loyal support to the Allied cause have been treated lightly in the past year or two that few people now attach much ...
Article : 723 wordsA R.A.F. communique declares that the South African Air Force bombed Nechelli on Saturday, directly hitting a motor transport park, dumps and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 19 wordsA meeting of the Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund and the Women's Voluntary Services and Comforts Fund will hold their fortnightly meeting at ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 84 wordsA Berlin communique declares that a U-boat sunk four armed merchant-men, totalling 33,000 tons. Another is reported to have sunk two armed ...
Article : 61 wordsThe hospital motor car art union which is being conducted by the Riverina hospitals will be drawn at the Wonderland Theatre, Wagga, on ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 109 wordsA bomb from a German raider over a north-east town damaged two houses, killed four persons outright, and two more died in hospital. One is still ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 289 wordsThe Henty Red Cross Society held an evening at the Henty Bowling Club house, when bowls and flag bridge were indulged in. The sum of £9/10/ was raised. ...
Article : 119 wordsThe Governor (M. Sautot) announces the receipt of a congratulatory letter from General de Gaulle thanking those "who succeeded in dominating the ...
Article : 96 wordsA cheque for £1912/18/5 headed the list of donations received by the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and war Fund last week. It represented tile proceeds of ...
Article : 111 wordsThe monthly meeting the the Wagga and District Horticultural Society will be conducted to-night in the School of Arts lecture room, not in Town Hall, ...
Article : 120 words"The Australian will soon be ready for any emergency. The efficiency of the advanced units has enabled them to settle down quickly and begin ...
Article : 319 wordsI have just returned from a three-day tour of Australian camps in Malaya. I have driven past miles of rubber plantations, past groves of ...
Article : 347 wordsThe annual meeting of the Wagga Eisteddfod Society will be held in the school of Arts building, Wagga, to-morrow night, beginning at 8 o'clock, ...
Article : 105 wordsGeneral Weygand has arrived at Dakar (French West Africa) after an extensive tour of the French possessions in Africa. ...
Article : 34 wordsThere was no change in the condition of ex-King Alfonso, of Spain, to-day. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Wagga Rotary Club, at its meeting yesterday, discussed a proposal to nominate a Rotarian for the governorship of the 65th district. ...
Article : 125 wordsFerrier and Dickinson Ltd., at £1730, were the successful tenderers for the supply, installation, etc., of a steam raising plant at the Leeton District ...
Article : 28 wordsMr. and Mrs. R. Williams, of "Elswin," Rhoda-avenue, have returned to Wagga after an enjoyable holiday at Cronulla. "Thier daughter, Mrs. ...
Article : 553 wordsThe annual meeting of the Wagga Sub-branch of the R.S.S. & S.I.L.A. will be held in the Soldiers' Hall on Saturday night at 8 o'clock. The ...
Article : 94 wordsA training school for domestics and a creche at which infants and toddlers will be cared for between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily will shortly be opened ...
Article : 116 wordsThe acting prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) announced to-night that, through the Australian Minister at Washington (Mr. Casey) the ...
Article : 95 wordsHer Excellency, Lady Gowrie, having inaugurated the "power of the penny" drive on Sunday night, members of the V.A.D. throughout N.S.W. stationed ...
Article : 86 wordsShow patrons will be pleased to learn that the Tumbarumba patriotic show will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, March 12 and 13. This is ...
Article : 90 wordsA conference to discuss the proposed tubercle-free dairy herd area of Wagga will be held in the M.P. and A.A. Rooms, Gurwood-street, at 8 o'clock ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Foreign Minister (Mr. Matsuoka), responding to questions by the House Accounts Committee, said that the Japan and Indo-China trade ...
Article : 74 wordsAustralian Troops have now moved many miles south of Benghazi, joining the famous British cavalry regiments in the forward patrols in desert ...
Article : 330 words"Mind" was the subject of the lesson-sermon at the well attended service of the Wagga Christian Science Group held on Sunday. The golden text was: ...
Article : 115 wordsThe Wagga police advise that there will be a call-up for unemployed married men at the Wagga police station at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning ...
Article : 28 wordsA slot weighing-machine apparently full of pennies, was found a few weeks ago by the Wagga police lying in a gutter in Baylis-street. It was ...
Article : 43 wordsWhen a motor car and a motor cycle, driven by Robert Dale, of Yanco, came into collision at the corner of Gurwood and Fitzmaurice ...
Article : 94 wordsA settlement of the strike of 50 moulders, crane drivers, and ironworkers at Cockatoo Dock is expected soon following a compulsory conference ...
Article : 49 words"Warlike preparations" on the part of the French in Indo-China are being made, says a semi-official Japanese report from Hanoi. It alleged that the ...
Article : 87 wordsA full brigade from the A.I.F. camp at Bonegilla, comprising approximately 4000 soldiers, will march through the streets of Albury on Friday afternoon in connection ...
Article : 132 wordsLondon insurance underwriters have notified the Shanghai marine insurance underwriters that the war insurance on shipping lines between China ports, ...
Article : 48 wordsNational Security Regulations relating to possession of firearms and explosives apply to British subjects as well as to aliens, and not merely to ...
Article : 126 wordsSome time ago the Curator of the Wagga Municipal Gardens (Mr. T. Wood) was advised that the time taken for the hatching of turtles' eggs ...
Article : 283 wordsThe woman whose body was found at the foot of Khyber Pass, nine miles from Wentworth Falls, on Saturday, is believed to be that of Clare Thomas ...
Article : 62 wordsA simple but touching tribute to the memory of the late Mr. Tom Hanson was paid at the Pioneers' Tree in Kurrajong Avenue, Leeton, on Sunday ...
Article : 104 wordsDevelopments of new types of aircraft capable of better performances than existing service machines was occupying the constant attention of ...
Article : 191 wordsSpeaking at Pittsburgh to-day, General Hugh Johnson expressed the opinion that the United States was headed for war. "We shall be lucky if we ...
Article : 48 wordsThere was a good attendance at the Wagga Teachers' War Auxiliary meeting held at the Gurwood-street School, Mr. s. Hosken. Inspector of Schools, ...
Article : 177 wordsA quantity of illegal papers and books was seized by the police to-night from the office of the League of Young Democrats. Twenty men visited houses ...
Article : 63 wordsThe French Indo-China and Thailand armistice, which was to have expired to-morrow, has been extended to March 7, it is authoritatively ...
Article : 113 wordsThe death has occurred of Sir Arthur Harbord, member of the House of Commons. ...
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Advertising : 29 wordsJohnny Shields (10.8) outpointed Bobby Rivers (10.10) in the main contest over 12 rounds at the Rushcutters Bay Stadium to-night. ...
Article : 32 wordsHitler will speak at 4 p.m. to-day (G.M.T.). ...
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Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954), Tue 25 Feb 1941, Page 2
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