School Concert Prisoners of War Benefit
On Wednesday afternoon the children of the local public school organised and staged a delightful concert to a large and appreciative audience…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
926 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 16 of 47
Farmers' Role In Australian War Effort Government to Stimulate Production
Primary producers are playing an increasingly important role in the Australian war effort. The need to feed large groups of men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BEDGERABONG Patchy Rains Over District Soldiers Home on Leave BEDGERABONG, Wed
The weather has taken a decided change for the better. A general rain has been recorded throughout the district. It has been of a patchy nature,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CORRESPONDENCE Soldier's Appreciation (To the Editor)
Sir, -- Would you kindly allow me space to offer my congratulations to the Returned Soldiers' League of Forbes, and to the Mayor, Ald. I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.s. Soldiers in New Caledonia
The leader of the Free French Forces in Australia, M. Andre Brenac, said this week that the reference to the "occupation" of New Caledonia by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Star of Anzac
The star of Anzac shines to-day, With its light of hope and cheer: It has moved in power 'long freedom's skies,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Use of Rubber Vital Factor in War
Few motor owners, apart from recogntion of the importance or motor tyres insulated electric wiring and the numerous rubber components that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bank Officer's and War Service Minister's Statement Resented
At a largely attended meeting of the Bank of New South Wales Subbranch of the Returned Sailors, Soldi ws and Airmen's Imperial League of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bank of N.s.w. Its War Efforts
A certain statement made by the Minister for War Organisation and Industry (Mr. Dedman) so raised the ire of those affected that a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Out London Letter Nurseries in War Factories. Where Children Play While Their Mothers Work
Women on war work in Britain can now lake their children with them, leave them in a factory nursery, and pick them up when they go home for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mallee Plains Presentations Soldiers
A farewell and presentation was tendered three district solders recently, the soldiers being Privates M. Kelly, W. McLachlan and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Welcomed Home on Furlough From the Middle East
Friends and relatives of soldiers returned from the Middle East were again present in large numbers at the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. Club Rooms on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The "War By Wire To-day, 2.15 p.m. If Germany Uses Gas Against Russia, England Will Gas Raid Germany
In a broadcast speech, last night Mr. Churchill revealed that the Soviet Government had expressed to the United States the view that the Germans in desperation may use People gas against the armiles and people of Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome Home and N.E.S. Dance
The usual weekly welcome home to returned A.I.F. men on leave will take place at the N.E.S. dance, to be held in the Town Hall on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£800 WEEKLY Forbes' Objective Financing the War
The Forbes committee of the war loans and war savings campaign organisation, at its meeting on Saturday afternoon, set the objective for Forbes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Damage Insurance Cowra Suggests Varied Rating Abercrombie Shire's Discussion
A suggestion that a scheme of differential rates -- the levy to depend on the vulnerability of the area concerned -- be adopted in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Killed Truck Overturns Near Bathurst
Oliver Henry Ivers (25), an inmate of a camp near Bathurst, was killed instantly early on Saturday morning in a truck accident. He and 11 other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WARROO Middle East Soldiers Home Other Personal Pars WARROO
After serving in the Middle East for about two years with the A.I.F., recently returned and now enjoying leave and a well-earned rest with their parents,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nazis Promise Debt Payment 'After War'
LONDON.—An admission that Germany could not meet her economic obligations to the Balkan countries was made yesterday by the Reich Economic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dengue Fever Danger to Bland Shire War on Mosquitoes
Following a communication from the Department of Public Health, the Bland Shire Council decided at its last meeting, to…
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