SPECIAL CLOTHES AND EQUIPMENT had to be made for the smallest soldier in the British Army. He is Pte. Rushworth, formerly of Mills' Circus, and is only 4ft. 3in. tall. His age is 30. Pte. Rushworth is shown with two ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 46 wordsFROM his rooms at Free French headquarters in London, General de Gaulle, at 4 p.m. today, led the five minutes "standstill" demonstration by Frenchmen throughout the world as a protest against the killing ...
Article : 574 wordsTHE Russians claim that the German drive in the Tula sector, 100 miles south of Moscow, has been halted, although the enemy, in spite of the slaughter of whole battalions, continue to maintain their pressure. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 422 wordsJAPAN is reported to be massing troops for an attack on the Anglo-American supply line to China, also possibly for some move against Thailand, says the correspondent of the United Press. ...
Article : 308 words"Blitz" blast need no longer send glass splinters flying in all directions during air raids over Britain this winter. The British Government's ...
Article : 172 wordsTHE prospect of hanging up a stocking in a compartment of the Adelaide-bound express on Christmas Eve apparently does not appeal to ...
Article : 408 wordsCANBERRA, Saturday. — Three cookery instructors are to be sent to Malaya to improve the standard of cooking and catering for the A.I.F. ...
Article : 200 wordsSYDNEY, Saturday.—For 20 minutes three young men stood in the dock of Newtown Court and heard 22 charges read to them concerning ...
Article : 193 wordsTHE Queen of Pastoralists (Miss Shirley Temby), of Coombah Station, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Temby, are staying at the ...
Article : 204 wordsBritish locomotive engineers are now building 24 railway engines for Turkey. They are part of an order for 68 locomotives for that country. ...
Article : 128 wordsMuch interest was shown by parents and members of the public who took advantage of the open night at the Technical College last night to ...
Article : 242 wordsBEFORE a fair crowd of spectators last Sunday the Broken Hill Cycling Club conducted its first track meeting for the 1941-42 season at the Western Oval last Sunday. Weather conditions were a little on the windy side for fast times, but racing throughtout the ...
Article : 778 wordsCAIRO, October 31.—An R.A.F. communique says: "On Wednesday night we heavily bombed Tripoli, Benghazi and El Tmimi in Libya, and ...
Article : 56 wordsA short service was conducted at the Cathedral today for the repose of the soul of the late Mr. William Brady, who died yesterday. The ...
Article : 126 words"If the U.S. destroyer Reuben James was accompanying a convoy it is no wonder she was torpedoed," said a Berlin spokesman tonight. ...
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Advertising : 489 wordsSYDNEY, Saturday.—It is understood that the Government intends to construct a sewerage scheme costing more than £20,000 at the war ...
Article : 297 wordsBecause of wartime conditions and the full production of munitions there will be a scarcity of fireworks with which to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day ...
Article : 190 wordsCYPRIOTS INSPECTED BY THEIR GOVERNOR— Down the lines passes Sir William Battershill, the Governor of Cyprus, on a visit to the Cyprus Regiment in North Africa. This regiment is attached to the British Royal ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), Sat 1 Nov 1941, Page 5
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