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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

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Can Finish War This Year —Montgomery

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 1

"This war Mean a long while ago. I am getting tired and fed up with the thine." said General Montgomery in an address to thousands of his…

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War News. South-West Pacific Success. LATEST

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 2

Allied successes in the South-West Pacific yesterday included the destruction of at least 42 Japanese barges, the sinking of a coastal vessel,…

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Post-war Reconstruction Commonwealth to Seek Wider Powers

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 3

The first comprehensive analysis of the reasons why the Commonwealth is seeking wider powers to cope with the tasks of post-war reconstruction was…

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Post-war Plans and the People Regional Planning Committee Active

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 4

One of the most important features of post-war reconstruction is to encourage the people themselves to participate in the plans now being…

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War News. German's and Japanese. Defeated on Three Fronts. London

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 3

Allies yesterday defeated Germans and Japanese on three widely separated fronts. Russia: Red Army forces closed in…

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Farmers Getting £40 Million More Annually Than Pre-War Says Mr. Scully. Canberra

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 3

Measures taken by the Federal Government to organise primary production resulted in fanners securing roughly £40 million a year more…

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Soldier to Rescue Woman and Two Children Saved From Drowning Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 2

Diving fully clothed, even to his heavy military boots, into the Lane Cove River yesterday, Sapper Keith Beenoke, 32, saved a woman and two…

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Late War News

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 2

A strange silence from all ground defences at Madang, formerly one of the Japs' most important bases in New Guinea, is reported by Allied…

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Other War News

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 1

Opposition to the Italian monarchy was unanimous at a conference of five Italian democratic, parties at Bari. The conference was…

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Post-war Car Prices

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 3

In opposition to overseas suggestions that the prices of new motor Vehicles after the war will be increased considerably, the, NRMA…

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Debate on Prime Minister's War Review

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 2

Canberra: During the debate on the war review given by the Prime Minister, the Leader of the…

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The War. Grim Battle Around Cassino

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 2

London: Although the Germans on Wednesday claimed that an offensive had been launched in the…

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Air War in Europe London

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 2

It is officially announced that US fortresses to-day attacked Bruns wick, while Liberators bombed Gilzerijen, Nazi fighter base in…

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Post-war Plans and the People Regional Planning

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 3

One of the most important features of post-war reconstruction is to encourage the people themselves to participate in the plans now being…

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Plans for Big Scheme of Post-war Works

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 1

A decision that a £200,000,000 programme of immediate post-war works should be prepared was made by the National Works Council at…

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War News in Brief Germans Fall Back From Bend

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 1

Marshal von Manstein is reported to have ordered a general German retreat from the Dnieper Bend following the loss of Nikopol and the…

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"A.m.f." on Graves of Soldiers

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 2

On crosses over graves of A.I.F. soldiers in Australia and New Guinea, the letters "AIF" had been replaced by "AMF," Mr. Anthony…

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News Of Our Soldiers

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 2

Private E. E. Saxby, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Saxby, of Kundibakh. is at present home on leave. Mr. Jack Spence, a member of the…

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War Review

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 3

Despite favourable developments in the war situation there was as yet no reason to believe that Germany will be declared without the launching of…

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The War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 5

In one of the bloodiest battles of the war the Red Army has burst the German "steel wall" along the lower Dnieper and captured the great…

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