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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

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Post-war Radio Revolutions

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 8

Duplex broadcasting, enabling 12 different programmes to be broadcast on the same wave length, will be a revolutionary feature of…

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Assuring a Post-war Prosperity

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 4

A variety of opinions is being expressed as to the right international procedure to prevent a repetition of the calamitous depression which followed the last war. The problem is being discussed in different parts of the world, and what may be a solution…

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Gum Flat Prisoners of War Donations

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 3

Mrs. F. Makim, Gum Flat, acknowledges the following donations to the Prisoner of War Funds: Mr. J. R. Parker £3; F. W. Makim £2/10/; G. S…

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Island War Supplies to Japanese SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 1

According to an army announcement supplies are reaching Japanese troops cut off in New Guinea. New Britain and the Solomons…

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Opposed to Soldier Preference A.C.T.U. Re-Affirms Decision MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 2

The emergency committee of the A.C.T.U. last night adopted a resolution re-affirming its policy, and opposition to soldier preference, and…

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Two Months' Gaol Soldier and Civilian Sentenced Theft of, Goods From Fores[?]y Camp

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 4

Douglas John Kliendienst a soldier, and Clifford Allan Giles, of Armidale were each sentenced to two months imprisonment by Mr…

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Soldiers’ Preference A.C.T.U. Attitude MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 1

The Emergency Committee of the A.C.T.U. last night adopted a resolution reaffirming its policy of opposition to soldier preference…

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Berlin's Serious View of War Position

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday—East Prussia has been cut off from the rest of the Reich. This is confirmed by Marshal Stalin in an Order of the Day reporting the capture of the town…

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Motor Ships Lost on War Service

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday.—The Shaw Saville line motorships, Waiwera and Waiotira, have been lost on war service…

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Canberra in War-time Former Glen Innes Resident's Description

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 2

Speaking to the Glen Innes Rotary Club Mr William Dunbar, Director of the Canberra Tourist Bureau, told how the…

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Soldiers and the Land What Is a Living ?

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 2

The Glen Innes Sub-branch R.S.S. and A.I.L.A. is asking the State Executive to inquire of the Under Secretary for Lands what…

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War Graves Commission’s Visit

The Inverell Times · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 1

Three members of the War Graves Commission have paid a visit to In[?]erell and Delungra and attended to the graves of returned soldiers buried…

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Returned Soldiers Move on Aliens

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 3

The Queensland Council of the Returned Soldiers' League will lodge an objection to the naturalisation of every enemy alien and ex-enemy alien…

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Bloodiest Fighting of Sino-Jap. War

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 1

CHUNGKING, Tuesday.—Marooned Chinese forces at Kukong, 121 miles to the north of Canton, are slowly being wiped out in the…

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Merchantmen at War Fascinating and Astonishing Stories

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 1

Some of the most fascinating and astonishing stories ever told are in a book just published in London called 'Merchwa[?]time service of the British [?] Navy account of the wartime service of the British [?] Navy and will soon…

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War Surplus 15 Million Bales of Wool?

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 5

Wool is of overwhelming importance in the Australian economy as our prip[?]pal export and main contribution to…

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Big Moment Of War's Final Phase! Russian Avalanche on the Move Marshal Zhukov's Forces on Shortest Road to Berlin German Forces on Vital Obra River Defence System Smashed LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 1

"Red Army troops under Marshal Zhukov are on the shortest road to Berlin, and the entire front is on the move from the Baltic to the Danube." This is how the very conservative Red Army…

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Llangothlin Soldier Killed in Action Private Colin Cameron

Guyra Argus · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 1

Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Colin Cameron, of Llangothlin, that their son, Pte. Colin Cameron, was killed in action on…

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Local Preference for Local Returned Men

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 6

At the annual meeting of the Karara district committee of the Graziers' Association of South-Eastern Queensland. Mr. T. W…

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House Shortage "Acute in Glen Innes" Returned Soldiers Concerned

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

The urgent need for the erection of from 50 to 100 new cottages in Glen Innes to meet the acute shortage of…

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