War Services Hall Appeal £58 From Swimming Carnival
A nett profit of £58/9/10 resulted from last Saturday night’s swimming carnival in aid of the War Services Hall appeal. In addition to this…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
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Latest War News Rain Still Falling on Anzio Beachhead London, Thurs.--A.A.P
German attacks on the Anzio beachhead slackened off yesterday morning, says a report from the beachhead. The attacks last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Soldier Settlement Waiting on Federal Government SYDNEY
The State’s programme for settlement of returned soldiers on the land was merely waiting for the Commonwealth to provide finance, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Preference Law of Land Land CANBERRA
Preference to returned soldiers was already the law of the land, the Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) said in the House of Representatives today. He…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →'Sons of die Anzacs' to be Screened at Henty Acclaimed the Most Amazing War Film of All Time Annual and Ordinary Meetings of R.S.S.A.I.L.A. BRANCH
The annual meeting of the Henty branch of the R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. was held in the School of Arts on Saturday night Mr. R. J. Fisher…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Loan Organisers to Meet
A social conference of war loan organisers in the south end south-west will be held at Cootamundra on Tuesday and Wednesday. Those present will include…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“N.Z. Has Excessive War Commitments” AUCKLAND
New Zealand had excessive commitments in the war, said the Leader of the Opposition (Mr Holland) Today. It was impossible for a country with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Withdrawal of War Report’s Credentials Sydney
Mr Curtin told Mr Spender (UAP, NSW), in the House of Representatives today there was no reason for further action on his request for an inquiry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sick Soldiers Need Slippers
With the approach of cooler weather warm slippers will be in demand by convalescent soldiers, and as the stock of felt hats, out or which the North…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Henty Returned Soldiers Annual Meeting Held
At the annual and monthly meeting of the Henty branch of the RSL, the president (Mr R. J. Fisher) presided and the following members were also present:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bowlers To Help Soldiers’ Memorial Hall Fund
The following have been selected to represent the Commercial Club on Sunday Beechworth and Albury visitors on Commercial greens (proceeds are for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Preference for Returned Soldiers R.S.L Deplores A.C.T.U. Attitude MELBOURNE
The Federal Executive of the Returned Soldiers’ League today deplored the attitude of the interstate executive of the Australasian Council of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Soldier Fined
A charge of unlawful assault was laid against James Palmer, a soldier, aged 22. by Joyce Zeibell, laundress of 474 David St., in Albury Police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hitler’s Winter Line Breaking Before Red Army’s Blows One of Greatest Offensives of the War in Progress Russians Only a Few Miles From Latvia LONDON. March 3
Hitler’s northern winter line in Russia, stretching from Narva to Vitebsk, is now shaking and breaking before one of the greatest Russian offensives of the war, and powerful Red Army spearheads are rapidly gaining ground in battles for the last miles separating them from Latvia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bed Cross Society News a Welcome Home
All returning prisoners of war and sick and wounded men of our forces are greeted by a bevy of Red Cross Voluntary Aids on their arrival at all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bowls for War Memorial Hall
A tournament arranged by the Commercial Bowling Club was played over the week-end. The visiting teams were three rinks from Beechworth and three from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Greek Civil War Ends CAIRO, March 4
It has been officially announced that a peace agreement ending the civil war in Greece has been signed by representatives of the two waiting Greek…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Cabinet to Review Position CANBERRA
War Cabinet will consider tomorrow latest developments in the South Coast strike, It is understood purposes of discussion will not vary in any way the steps…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Services Hall Appeal Coursing Meeting for Funds
Saturday. March 18. has been resolved by the Albury Coursing Club as the date for their meeting in aid of the above appeal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →People’s Liberation League Formed by Japanese; “Tired of War” CHUNGKING, March 4
The Communist newspaper New China Daily News reports that a few Japanese prisoners and intellectuals met at Yenan, Shensi Province on…
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