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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

2,498 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 125

Post-war Plans Basic Aims of Reconstruction Programme

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 1

While continuing to concentrate on the nation's full resources for war, the Commonwealth Government is not…

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Mr Curtin on Coal Losses Threat to War Effort

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 2

The Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, told the Premiers' conference in Canberra yesterday that, unless coal production in New…

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Soil Erosion As Post-war Work. Premier’s Request

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 6

CANBERRA Wed.— At the Premiers’ Conference, Mr. McKell, Premier of NSW, urged the Commonwealth to handle soil…

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Council’s Programme of Post-war Works Government Help to be Disregarde[?]

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 2

The under-secretary of the Department of Local G[?]ernmnet and Housing, in a letter read at the meeting of East Maitland Municipal Council last night regard[?] council’s programme of post-war works, stated that the…

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Ost-war Programme of the A.L.P. Federal Executive Defines Objectives

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA Wed.—The Federal Executive of the [?] has decided to request the Federal Government to [?]oceed immediately with the formulation of plans for carrying out the post-war programme of the party…

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To-day’s Leaders: After the War—What? Hold Up Of Sydney Transport

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY Wednesday. — All manner of conveyances were used to transport £50,000 people to work in Sydney to-day. Many…

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No Opposition to Soldier Parliamentarians

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 2

The leader of the Opposition (Mr. Mair) expressed gratification at the decision of the Labor Party Executive to agree to a proposal which he…

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"Disgrace to Soldiers' Uniform "

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 2

Brian Barry, 21, soldier was sentenced in Wagga Police Court to a month's, imprisonment on a charge of having stolen £11 from a…

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Two Men Wounded at Wooloomooloo

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY Thursday.— John McClusky, 28, of Macleay-st, Potts Point, and Albert Balley, 31, of [?] Surry Hills,…

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Care of War-blinded Soldiers

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE Thursday.— The conference of Red Cross women personnel, recommended that small groups of specially selected…

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[?]Erman Trade [?]Fter the War

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 1

WASHINGTON January 26.— [?]stifying before the Appropriate [?] Committee, Rear-Admiral and said that the Axis powers…

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Nazi War Industries in Parlous Plight Grave Material Shortage (Australian Associated Press)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON Jan. 26—Germany is facing a rising scale of military operations, with declining productive capacity as a result of four years blockade and bombing, said the Minister for Economic Warfare, Lord Selborne to-day…

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Federal Plans for Plans Post-war Housing 50,000 Homes Proposed in the First year

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA Thursday—At the Premiers’ Conference last might no agreement was reached an a Commonwealth wide housing which was explained by the Minister for post-war reconstruction Mr. chifley…

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Soldiers’ Bill Described As “A Fraud”

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 1

WASHINGTON Jan. 26— In a special message to Congress President Roosevelt denounced the Soldiers’ Vote Bill, passed…

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War Notes

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 1

With the signing of the Teheran Agreement, the hopes of the Nazis to exploit the bogey of Bolshevism, were dissipated. Now…

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Post-war Housing Scheme

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 1

The Commonwealth Government postwar housing scheme envisages the payment of subsidies to bring the cost of houses within…

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Prisoner of War Students

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY Friday.— “Kindly forward me at your easiest convenience books on scientific dairying and pig-farming,” writes…

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Liberia at War with Germany

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON Jan. 27.— The Independent Negro Republic of Liberia, between Sierra Leone and the French Ivory Coast, on the…

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Nazis Feeling Pinch of War

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 2

LONDON Jan. 27—In the course of a statement en Germany’s declining war production, Lord Selbourne said. Germany…

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Secondary Industries After the War

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 2

THERE ARE PERSISTENT RUMOURS that both Britain and America will request Australia to limit her activities in regard to the installation of secondary industries in the post-war period. If this is not so, the Government should take steps to…

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