CP. And Mr. Spender To Remain on War Council CANBERRA
The Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) today acceded to the Country Party’s request for enlargement of the functions of the Advisory War Council and the CP will…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
2,172 stories in Murray's papers · page 15 of 109
N.E.S. To Function Until End Of War SYDNEY
The Defence Committee considered that National Emergency Services should be maintained until the end of the war, declared the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Old Bush Shanty Was Their H.Q. How Diggers Met In The Far Outback and Need for Soldiers’ Club in Albury
Once a Digger has been on active service there’s something wrong with him if he can’t find a friend in any community, no matter how remote, in Australia. On Christmas Day, 1919, I crossed the NSW Queensland border…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.s.s.a.i.l.a. Welcome Home
One of the best attended meetings of the Sub-branch was held on Thursday. 17th February, to extend a welcome home to four Diggers—Fred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News
"The Riverine Grazier" is a subscriber to" the Australian Associated Press which provides the overseas news in this issue…
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Believed have been the victim of an underworld land. William McCarthy, aged 24, was found by two Maltese staggering along Sydney st, East Sydney, early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Facts in Brief
Of a total employment of 551,100 in the whole field of munitions and war supply production in Australia, covering both government and private…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Items of News War Services Ball Appeal
A meeting of the committee of the War Services Hall appeal will be held this evening (Tuesday) at 8.30. in the Bank of NSW., Dean st…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“War Causes Declining Morals” Catholic Archbishop Outspoken BRISBANE
Three standards by which the cost of the war can he judged are listed by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane (Dr Duhig), in his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News Anzio Situation Well in Hand German Resistance Weakening London, Monday.--AAP
General ke[?]lring's mauled divisions have relinquished the initiative in the last 36 hours, says an American correspondent from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.A.P. Storm Over War Council May Break at Party Meeting CANBERRA
Until members return to Canberra for the resumption of Parliament on Wednesday, no important developments regarding the Advisory War…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Soldier Before CourtMartial Here SYDNEY
A court-martial comprising two Australians and one British member today discharged Pte Harold Johnson, aged 27, a member of the British forces, from his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letter From Soldier in N.g
In a letter to Mr. A. McKirdy, PTE, BERKS. GREAVES writes: “I am at present and have been for the last month having a complete rest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Pensions Bill Now £10¼ Million Yearly CANBERRA
Total payments to incapacitated soldiers of this war and their dependants involves an annual liability of £1,815,055, said the Minister for Repatriation (Mr. Frost)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Services Hall Appeal On Way to £3000 Mark
Many helpful suggestions to raise funds for the proposed war services hall in Albury were put forward when the Albury and District War Services Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Beechworth Leads Country Inspectorates in Contributions to War Funds by Victorian Schools
The headmaster of the Beechworth Higher Elementary School (Mr R. L. Walton), who is honorary treasurer of the State School’s War Relief Fund in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Developments Leave Their Mark There Are Two New Guineas in New Guinea To-day
There are two New Guineas in New Guinea today. One is the New Guinea of Port Moresby, and the other large and well-developed bases. The other is the New Guinea of the frontiers. The differences between these two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War In Europe May Not End This Year “No Time for Sorrow or Rejoicing”—Mr. Churchill LONDON, February 22
“This is no time for sorrow or rejoicing. It is a time for preparation, effort, and resolve,” declared the Prime Minister (Mr Churchill),…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reinstating Ex-soldiers in Civilian Life Canberra
A sub-committee of Cabinet is preparing a draft of a Re-establishment Bill to assist the return of members of the forces to civil life after the war,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News of a Berrigan Soldier
Pte. Bob Ackerly, of Berrigan, is a [?] policeman who[?] duty it is to conduct prisoners and wounded back from the front line…
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