Militiamen are now manning positions in coastal areas throughout Australia. Their military preparations have strengthened the entire defence system. These pictures, taken yesterday by special arrangement with the Army, show: Top, left, the interior of a machine-gun position heavily sandbagged and camouflaged on the exterior. Lower left: An anti-tank gun in position on a country roadside. Right: A. 3-inch mortar in thick scrub. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 69 wordsLONDON, January 6.—The arms of the Russian pincers movement around Mojaisk, the strategicallyimportant city 70 miles south-west of Moscow, continue to drive further into enemy-occupied territory. ...
Article : 258 wordsLONDON, January 6.—"The formation of an Allied Supply Council to rush aircraft, tanks, ships, and food to the battle fronts most urgently needing them will be announced shortly," says the ...
Article : 195 words"We need now large numbers of men in order to put into the field an army of a size large enough to win this war," said ...
Article : 541 wordsALEPPO, Jan. 6.—Talks I have had recently with Allied and neutral diplomats and observers with first-hand knowledge of the ...
Article : 512 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6. (A.A.P.).— R.A.F. bombers heavily attacked the docks at Brest and Cherbourg last night, says the Air ...
Article : 411 wordsNEW YORK, Jan. 6. (A.A.P.).— Nazi artillery and dive-bombers, in fighting the Serbian guerilla army, completely razed the town ...
Article : 147 wordsJERUSALEM, Jan. 6.—Careless packing by manufacturers in Australia has resulted in many hundreds of tins of tobacco ...
Article : 435 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6.—The fact that the German High Command have reinforced Mojaisk at a time when pincers from ...
Article : 567 wordsNEW YORK, Jan. 6 (A.A.P.).— Free French who have occupied the French islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon have discovered a ...
Article : 263 wordsWASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (A.A.P.) —The United States. Canada. and Britain have established a new joint board to purchase and ...
Article : 539 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6 (A.A.F.).—The Germans have further restricted railway traffic in Poland and the Ukraine as part of plans for the ...
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Advertising : 86 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6 (A.A.P.).— "The Times," in a leading article, emphasises that the post-war policy in Europe must be shaped ...
Article : 178 wordsPaint and varnish supplies for other than defence needs will be practically unprocurable until the war is ended. ...
Article : 264 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6 (A.A.P.).—A Junkers 88 bomber was shot down in flames into the sea and several enemy aircraft were severely damaged in air ...
Article : 112 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Minister for Trade and Customs, Senator Keane, said to-day that Sydney tobacco retailers were themselves ...
Article : 105 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6 (A.A.P.).—An Admiralty statement suggests that a careless letter may have been responsible for the loss ...
Article : 155 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6 (A.A.P.).— The Stockholm correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that King Christian of Denmark ...
Article : 177 wordsWASHINGTON. Jan. 6 (A.A.P.).— The Immigration Appeals Board yesterday unanimously reversed the deportation order against Harry Bridges. ...
Article : 85 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6 (A.A.P.).—In an explosion at a colliery in Lancashire, six miners were killed and four were injured. Those killed included the ...
Article : 26 wordsCANBERRA. Tuesday.—The Minister for Health and Social Services. Mr. Holloway, will visit, Sydney to-morrow for important conferences with the ...
Article : 93 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6.—Mines were quoted to-day at:—Broken Hill Proprietary, 23/9: Electrolytic Zinc, 33/9; New Broken Hill. 10/3. ...
Article : 26 wordsDetails of a call-up for employment are announced in the "Positions and Situations Vacant" columns on pages 16 and 17. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 7 Jan 1942, Page 12
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