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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1944

1,879 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 94

Australia Will Make Clocks. New Industry to Meet War Needs

Leader · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 4

One of the most Important wartime developments In Australia has been the creation of new manufacturing industries to…

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The Food Front Strength Will Largely Determine War's Duration Mr. Dunn's Appeal

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Food is the war material of which the nation is now in most vital need, and a full recognition of this fact can do much to…

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Jungle Warfare Tactics Tributes to Australian Soldiers

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Army Minister, in a review of the operations or Australian soldiers, sold the troops had enhanced their already…

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Maimed Soldiers Welcome Home Fund

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 6

There appears to be some doubt in the minds of some of our readers as to whether the recently formed Maimed Soldiers and Welcome Home…

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Prisoner of War

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 3

Pte. Robert Invin, 8th Div., A.I.F., is a prisoner of war in Japan. His relatives had not heard anything about, him. for nearly two years…

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War Exploits of the Mary

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 4

"At £30 a night you can sleep in an A-deck suite whose decorations may include peach glass and pythonskin fabrics. You open the…

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Late War Nazis Leaving Beridchev

National Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: Tass Soviet Newsagency announces that the Germans are quitting Berdichev, the [?] town on the line of the…

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The War Is Going Well--but

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 2

Without being accused of undue optimism we can certainly console ourselves with the fact that the war is going well. But--Yes, it is a big but!…

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Post-war Car Should Discard Frills

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 6

The technical editor of one of Great Britain's loading motor journals contends that the "fashionable frills" associated with the modern motor car…

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Ambitious Programme Post-war Reconstruction Works

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 20

At last meeting of the Coolah Council it was decided to submit an extensive programme of works to the Government, to be carried…

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War Damage Scheme Extension, of Contribution Period

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 20

The Coolah Council has been advised by the War Damage Commission that the Commonwealth Government has decided to extend…

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Scrub Typhus Soldier Attacks Doctor To the Editor

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 13

Sir,—In an issue of your paper dated 15/11/43. is a paragraph referring to scrub typhus, saying that a leading medical man states that…

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Comforts For Soldiers SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 12

The Chief Commissioner of the Australian Comforts Fund, who has returned from battle areas in ' the north, said that the distribution…

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Soldiers Eager To Go On The Land SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 12

Of 40,000 men discharged from the A.I.F. to date 2000 want to settle on the land in N.S.W and have been granted…

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Rural Labor 8000 Soldiers Released

National Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Dealing with the release of soldiers for work on farms the Army Minister (Mr. Forde) said today that 8000 were now…

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Post War Administration Outlook Is Dismal

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 2

According to Professor Bland, who is Professor of Public Administration, Sydney University, in an article in the Australian Journal of Science,…

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War Industries Government Guards Against Bankruptcy

National Advocate · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday: A regulation issued in Canberra today gives the Commonwealth Government power to prevent any company doing urgent…

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Late War Japs Hit Back at Arawe

National Advocate · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 3

The NBC correspondent fat a South-west Pacific base reports that fierce fighting has broken out again on Arawe peninsula…

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Spared by Japs Wounded Bathurst Boy One of the Greatest Stories of New Guinea Campaign

National Advocate · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 2

How he was assisted by a party of Japanese soldiers who had found him helpless and seriously wounded on the Kokoda trail,…

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Air War Tactics Enemy Conserves Fighter Planes 136,000 Tons of Bombs on Germany Last Year

National Advocate · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday: An RAF commentator last night referred to the very small Allied air losses in their sweeps over France…

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