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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · The wars & local soldiers
74 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 4
THE first case of its kind to be listed in the district, a charge of having failed to enlist in the defence forces was preferred against a young man at the Richmond…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →FORMERLY stationed in Palestine, from which he forwarded to a member of the staff of this paper several very interesting descriptive letters which were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →You simply write off as gone for ever money paid in taxation. And to-day taxation is heavier than before in history, for, with war and defence commitments reaching more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The decision to employ female members of Voluntary Aid Detachment Units has been announced by the Minister for the Army (Mr. Spender). Women would be enlisted at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A SUGGESTION that a special room be provided at Windsor for the entertainment of soldiers on leave, to be conducted by honorary lady workers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following prophecy, claimed to date from the year 1600 A.D., has been attracting a good deal of interested attention among those who have seen it since the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Footless stockings are to be issued to Australian troops for use with shorts during hot weather in the Middle East. They will be worn with short puttees which prevent sand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE forming of a War Savings Committee at Windsor, as suggested by the State Organising Secretary of the campaign in a letter included in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A VERY creditable record of achievement over the past twelve months by the Kurrajong Patriotic and War Fund— the controlling organisation for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TN connection with the Commonwealth War. Loans and War Savings Certificates Campaign, the Mayor (Aid. J. J. McLeod) has taken the necessary action to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →PLEASING tribute to the wide popularity of the two guests of the evening was the capacity attendance at the Wilberforce School, of Arts on Saturday evening, last to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Notwithstanding the great demands upon our national finances in connection with the war effort, I feel sure that no Head of any Christian Church need apologise for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →AN unfortunate accident associated with the march of a detachment of troops from Broadmeadows to Ingleburn occurred at Upper Colo on Monday morning last, when…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →IN the present grave trend of national events, and 'the interest which is centred on the part which our younger generation of soldiers are playing in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THIS week we received a further interesting letter from Pte. J. Mann, serving with the A.I.F. abroad (and formerly of St. Albans), dealing with impressions of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ATTENDED by the largest gathering seen at this annual function for many years past, and following a march which was probably the most representative of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BRIEFLY addressing the large gathering at the Windsor School of Arts on Saturday evening, after the conclusion of the Premier's address…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DECISIONS to invest an amount of £200 in the new War Loan, and to ask the Department of the Interior, in extending the Air Station, to make a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ANOTHER of those most interesting letters which are being received from our district men on active service abroad has been handed on to us with permission for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THAT our present war position was "extremely critical," and that Australians and the British-speaking nations generally had a "hard row to hoe…
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