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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

2,498 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 125

Letters to Th£ Editor Post-war Dreams

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 2

Sir,—A-B., in his letter of 15th inst., brands our currency as “synthetic money” to condemn it. The point that he seems to…

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Sleeping Bunks on Trains for Soldiers

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY Sat.—Better accommodation for some troops travelling by train between Albury, Sydney and Brisbane, is…

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Memorial to Singleton Soldiers

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 3

SINGLETON Sat.—Outline of the scheme which the local sub-branch of the Returned Soldier[?] League has in mind for the…

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Wounded With Shotgun At Wyee

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Monday.—While walking home on Saturday afternoon, Narelle Enid June Hodges, 17. of Wyee, was wounded with…

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Hirohito’s Gift to Wounded

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK March 19,—Band ages apparently made by Hirohito have been sent to the North China front Announcing this, the…

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V.a.o.c. Cares for Wounded Soldiers Forced Landing at Innisfail

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 4

Twenty-on wounded army personnel being flown from New Guinea to Townsville had cause to be grateful to the Volunteer Air Observers Corps…

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Finance the War

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 2

WITH over two-thirds of the National income received by people earning less than £400 a year, it is obvious that…

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Sports on Anzac Day Open Air Service in Burdekin Park

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of Singleton sub-branch of the R.S.S. & A.I. League, held on Friday night, the President (Mr…

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Curbing Japan After War

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 1

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19— Commander Melvyn McCoy, who dramatically escaped from a Japanese prison camp, expressed…

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W.v.s. War Savings Certificate Group

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 2

The audit of the W.V.S. war savings, certificate group just completed by Mr. J. Bayliss disclosed that £690 worth of certificates have been…

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Step Up Production Part Money Plays in War

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 1

There arc millions of skilled workers toiling day and night—for Hitler. Propaganda and brute force keep them working…

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New Party Formed in Rumania Withdrawal From War Demanded

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 2

With the Russians facing Bessarabia, a new Left Wing Patriotic Front Party has been forred in Rumania, says…

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To-day’s Leader: Financing the War Isolationist Propaganda in America

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY Monday — Well in formed Americans were appreciative. of what the Australians were doing in New Guinea, said…

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Soldiers See Vesuvius Erupt

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 3

LONDON March 19 — Thousands of Allied soldiers on Saturday night watched the awe-inspiring spectacle of…

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V.a.o.c. Cares for Wounded Soldiers Forced Landing at Innisfail

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 3

Twenty-one wounded army personnel being flown from New Guinea to Townsville had cause to be grateful to the Volunteer Air Observers Corps…

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V.a.o.c. Cares for Wounded Soldiers. Forced Landing at Innisfail

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 1

Twenty-one wounded army personnel being flown from New Guinea to Townsville had cause to be grateful to the Volunteer Air Observers Corps when…

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After the War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 1

A lot of irresponsible nonsense that is being talked well merits the satire of A. P. Herbert, the Editor of London "Punch," who concludes four or…

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War Facts in Brief

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 1
Also in The Scone Advocate

Before the war vegetable dehydration was almost unkhown in Australia. Now there are 23 dehydrating plants operating and a further nine will come…

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Address on Post-War Work

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 2

Speaking at the Rotary Club of West Maitland on the question of post-war development, Mr. J. Nancarrow (Newcastle Club)…

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