Plans For Soldiers' Vote At Referendum
CANBERRA, Fri.--The Minister for the Army, Mr. Forde, said to-night that comprehensive plans had been made, which would…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
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War-Time Borrowings Over £901,000,000
MELBOURNE, Sun.—Wartime borrowings would be raised to more than £901,000,000 by the filling of the second Victory Loan of £160,000,000, to open…
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SYDNEY, Sun.—A 16 years old youth Pte. John Latama Assheton, of Tamworth was killed to-day, while trying to open a 2in. mortar shell. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Men Apply For Land
SYDNEY, Mon.—The Minister for Lands, Mr. Tully, said to-day that he would take immediate steps to acquire sufficient…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Expenditure on War Services
CANBERRA, Mon.—In the financial year just ended expenditure on war services amounted to approximately…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prime Minister Says: No Reason for Compulsion of Service After War
CANBERRA, Mon.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, said to-day that so far as he was concerned there would be no industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Red Cross. Street Adoption Scheme For War Prisoners Raises £1904 For Year
A review of the year's work to June 30 for the Grafton Red Cross Prisoners of War street Adoption. Scheme shows that…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.—A remand to July 17 was granted at the Melbourne City Court to-day in the case in which John…
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CANBERRA, Tues.--The Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, to-day explained that economies had been responsible for Australia's war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hopes Europe's War May End By October
BRISBANE, Tues.--Allied military leaders are hopeful that Europe's war may end by October of this year, said Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Higher Efficiency In Rural Industries Needed After War
SYDNEY, Tues.--The need for a higher level of productive and marketing efficiency in rural industries in the…
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WASHINGTON, Wed.--Receiving credentials from new Ambassadors for Portugal. Peru and Ecquador, President…
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LONDON, Fri.--The possibility of Turkey's entry into the war on the side of the Allies is being canvassed in London…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Soldier Dies Of Illness
SYDNEY, Fri.--Tor. H. G. Eardman, Cav., Grafton, is reported in to-day's army casualty list to have died of illness…
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SYDNEY, Sun.—When he fell from a train in a tunnel near St. Peter's Station last night, Sergt. Gnr. T. V. Heffron, 18, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Employment and Land Settlement for Returned Men
CANBERRA, Mon.--A plan for the form of employment and land settlement for returned servicemen is outlined by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lend-Lease Supplies For War In East
WASHINGTON, Sun.--Nearly 1400 million dollars worth of lend-lease materials, three-fourths of which consisted of military…
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LONDON, Mon.--Recalling that when he addressed officers on the eve of D-day, that he told them that if we "did our…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Officers Without War Service At Victoria Barracks
CANBERRA, Tues.--Many officers who had never seen war service occupied positions at Victoria Barracks, while those with…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.--A jury in the Criminal Court to-day found Victor Dowling, a 19-year-old soldier, guilty of the manslaughter…
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