War Budget Likely to be Exceeded CANBERRA
Figures release [?]day be the Treasury show tha[?] the seven months ended January the loan fund expenditure was £116,200,000. It [?] rate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,728 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 18 of 137
Huge War Expenditure. Budget Estimates Soon be Reached. CANBERRA
Figures released to-day by the Treasury show that for the seven months ended January the Loan Fund expenditure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bullet Fired From Gun Wounded Woman Nearly Two Miles Away. Narrowly Missed Husband and Baby. Young Man Had Been Firing at Tin Can
After a woman, sitting in the kitchen of her home on the slopes of Mount Canobolas, had been wounded by a bullet,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Huge Sums Sought For American War Commitments Roosevelt Satisfied with Progress WASHINGTON
President Roosevelt has asked Congress for additional appropriations [?] £3,000,000,000 for the army and £275,000,000 for the construction of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Chaster for War Restrictions on Wages and Properties Prime Minister's Important Announcement Far-Reaching Changes CANBERRA
At its meeting today the War Cabinet agreed to far-reaching changes in the direction if industry and the control of profits. prices and [?]vages…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Blackout Whole of Australia's Coastline Bathurst and Orange Included CANBERRA, Tuesday. Soldier Faces Four Charges SYDNEY
The whole of the coasting of Australia and vital areas up to a 100 miles inland, and including also Canberra, Bathurst and Orange. will be COURT MARTIAL CONTINUES When the court martial of Gummer Norman William McLeod. charged with four military offences to which he pleaded not quilty, was resumed at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commando Duty Training of Picked Soldiers SYDNEY
Modern warfare technique developed from experience gained in Malaya is being applied to special training now being given to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Comforts Donation By Council
Although Council was appreciative of the excellent work being done for soldiers in Lithgow by the Soldiers' Comforts Club, it was pointed out at…
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Old Soldiers to Give Welcome to New A.I.F. MEN. Lad From Tobruk Now Back in Home Town
Among A.I.F. men who have returned to Australia, Sergeant Ray Cole, of Orange, is back in his home town. He sailed away…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When It Strikes Home Kandos and Rylstone Lads Killed in Action
WORD was received on Wednesday of last week by relatives that Private Reg. George, of Rylstone, and Private Eddie…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New War Loan Coolah's Quota £5000
THE new Commonwealth War Loan of £35,000,000 will open on Tuesday next, 17th instant. The quota fixed for Coolah is £5000, and…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Post-war Problems Challenges Must Be Met
A NATION lives and grows by its ability to reply satisfactorily to the challenges that confront it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Pots and Pans" Day Helps the War Effort
A LARGE number of pieces of scrap aluminium was received at the Gulgong Roxy Theatre on Saturday afternoon last. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Huge Sums U.S. War Effort WASHINGTON
President Roosevelt has asked Congress for an appropriation of £1,300,000,000 for the lease—lend programme…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Need for Strategic Road Through Gulgong Stressed Years Before War Started
A CONFERENCE which was held at Gulgong two years before war broke out was referred to by the Dunedoo…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Good Year C.W.A. Records Some War Time Activities
MENTION of war work was a feature of the secretary's report at the annual meeting of the Gulgong branch…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Libyan War British Patrols Roam Far Rommel's Forces Still Held CAIRO
British mobile columns are ranging over a wide area of no-man's land…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Full Control Money, Wages and Prices Restrictions On Industry Far Reaching Decisions All-in War Effort
AT its meeting this week the Federal War Cabinet agreed to far-reaching changes in the direction of industry and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sandy Makin Charbon Soldier Farewelled
THE Charben School presented a gay scene on Wednesday evening, January 28. when the villagers turned out in force to say cheerio to…
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