“War h Not Almost Won”
LONDON February 9.—"I am told the people of many parts of. Britain are infected- with very remarkable optimism and that…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
2,498 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 125
Private Norman Nairne Killed in Action
News was received recently by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Nairne, of Borambil, of the death on active service of their son, Private Norman John…
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When the question of postwar reconstruction was being discussed at Kearsley Council on Tuesday night, Cr. Varty…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prayers For Prisoners of War
LONDON Feb. 10.— Because of the gravity of the recent statement by Mr. Eden in the House of Commons on Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Post-war Plans for China
NEW YORK Feb. 10—A drive for the “concentrated industrialisation of Church after the war was forecast in an address by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Limit of Labour Power For War Work
CANBERRA Friday—Australian had almost reached the limit of labour power that could be extracted and diverted into the…
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Estimates presented to the Federal Government indicate that at least half of Australia's working, population of 1,886,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Merriwa and District News Our War Effort
If the enthusiasm and attendance which marked Saturday's meeting of the Patriotic Fund Committee is maintained we may look forward to big…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Mercantile, Land & Finance Company Limited. Post-war Outlook
There is much conflict of opinion as to the outlook for wool after the war. Some highly placed individuals predict a prolonged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Post-war Employment. 943,000 Will Want New Jobs. Canberra
Estimates presented to the Government indicate that at least half of Australia's working population of 1,886,000 will have to secure new…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aberdeen News Returned Soldiers' League
The annual general meeting of the local sub-branch of the above took place on Saturday last, with a good attendance of members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Falstein in Stormy Scene Questions Over R.a.a.f. Enlistment
While Mr McEwen was Minister for the Air, he was asked by Mr Palstein (Lab., N.S.W.) for an opportunity to enlist in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cannot Say How Long War Will Last
OTTAWA Feb. 11—The Can adian Press states that the Prime , Minister, Mr. Mackenzie King, addressing a Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Post-war Development of Oil Resources United Nations Prepare Plans
NEW YORK Feb. 11—Britain, America and Russia at the Teheran Conference agreed in principle to a programme for the development of the vast oil resources of the Middle East, and the sale and distribution of petroleum products…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier May Have Been Murdered
SYDNEY Sat.— Police believe that a soldier may have been the murderer of Joyce Patterson, 31, who was found dead in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ten Years’ Gaol For Soldier
BRISBANE Sat—An American court-martial passed a sentence of 10 years hard labour and dishonourable discharge from the forces…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Guinea Fighting Has Changed Troops Heartened by Better Equipment (From Axel Olsen, Our War Correspondent with the Ramu Valley Force)
Fashions in war, like fashions in millinery, change with the times, and perhaps nowhere in the world has the change in methods of fighting been so apparent and so great as in New Guinea in the last six months…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Worst Soldiers of War Trail of Outrage by Hitler Youth
A new and even more-thanordinary detestable type of German soldier is now appearing with increasing frequency in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Post-war Food Problems
NEW YORK Feb. 13—The American Institute of Food Distribution, forecasting post-war requirements, decried…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Body to Plan War Building
CANBERRA Monday.— week-end the Prime [?] (Mr. Curtly) Issued Nation curity Regulations recon[?]…
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