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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

1,401 stories in New England's papers · page 16 of 71

Economic Control Post-War Necessity View of Graziers' OFfICIAL SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 2

In his opening address to the annual conference of the Graziers' Association, the president (Mr. H. R. Cowdery)…

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Soldiers' "Excessive Spending Power" Cause of Crime, Says Judge SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 1

Commenting on a case in which three men were found guilty of assaulting and robbing an American serviceman,…

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Soldier Charged Misuse Car and Ambulance SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 1

Several charges have been laid against a young man who, it is alleged, yesterday took temporary possession at revolver point of a taxicab and…

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Land Tenures Conversion of Settlement Purchases and Soldiers’ Group Purchases into Leases in Perpetuity

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 4

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Tully, stated to-day that the Closer Settlement Amendment (Conversion) Act, 1943, which provides for the…

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Wounded May Wear Stripes

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 1

Australian servicemen who were listed as battle casualties would be entitled to wear a gold wound stripe for each occasion…

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Points on Parcels for Prisoners of War

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 1

Next of kin are asked by Red Cross to note particularly the following points when preparing contents for quarterly parcels to…

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If Weather Is Favorable. the Air War Will Be Decided in 30 TO 60 DAYS Plans to Knock Out Luftwaffe

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.—It is learned in London that it may be desirable and practicable, when conditions change, to use on day raids R.A.F. bomber squadrons trained and equipped for night…

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Post-war Garages Standardisation Suggested

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 4

Among the suggestions advocated by the British Institution of Highway Engineers is that standardised petrol stations and garages should be a…

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America, Britain, Russia, After the War

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 3

The London Times, in a Series of articles has surveyed British foreign policy for the last fifty years. Her qualifications to continue to contribute to world leadership are discussed. It is realised that there will be great changes, that Great Britain would be but a small…

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Junior Farmers’ Clubs Splendid War-time Record

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 2

The annual report of the Junior Farmers Clubs’ Council for the year ending February 4, 1944, contains many pleasing features, among the…

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Wool Appraisement Graziers Against Decentralisation During War SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 9

The Graziers' Association carried a resolution objecting to the installation of the country wool appraisement and selling centres during the…

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THE W.A.S.P.S. A Soldier's Tribute

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 12

The following lines, composed by Driver Don Archer, of the A.I.F., in a forward area in New Guinea, and sent home to his wife in Coff's…

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Wraith of the Soldier

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 4

On the banks of a creek running into Southampton Water was an old powder-magazine called Marchwood, concerning which a very curious…

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Wounded May Wear Stripes

The Uralla Times · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

Australian servicemen who were listed as battle casualties would be entitled to wear a gold wound stripe for each occasion on which they had…

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Threat of Civil War in Finland

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday—The Finnish Parliament to-day carried a vole of confidence in the…

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Points on Parcels for Prisoners of War

The Uralla Times · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

Next of kin are asked by Red Cross to note particularly the following points when preparing contents for quarterly parcels to be…

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Treating the Soldier As a Man

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 4

It is coming to be realised that the making of war, according to modern ideas, is a highly scientific business. What is more, the science is not all of the practical kind, as applied to the manufacture of bigger and better guns and faster…

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U.s. War Bill

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 4

The War Production Board has announced that the war is now costing the United States 350,000,000 dollars a day…

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Shortage of Labor When War Ends Premier’s View of Early Post-war Period

The Inverell Times · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 4

Although half a million men and women of New South who are now in the services or engaged in war production will have to be found…

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Ashford Activities Personal—War Functions- Hospital PERSONAL

The Inverell Times · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 6

Matron Heron is spending leave with friends. Dvr. Geo. Coggan is spending leave with his wife and family…

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