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The wars & local soldiers, 1947

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War Memorial Library £20,000 Appeal Opens February 21 Extensive Campaign Mooted

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 8

Armidale and Dumaresq Shire's £20,000 War Memorial Library appeal will be launched on Friday, February…

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Britain's War on Fire Menace Annual Loss £10,000,000 Move to Save Lives

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 13

Fifteen hundred lives are lost in fires in Britain every year and damage to the extent of £10,000,000 is done…

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Soldiers’ League Annual Meeting

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 4

The annual general meeting of the Inverell sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League will be held on Friday, January 17 The executive is…

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Honour Roll for Housewives Is Suggested

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 6

The Rev. Harold Hawkins, at' Wesley church. Melbourne, suggested an honour roll in memory of housewives…

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Three Million War Medals for Canadians

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 3

OTTAWA: The Royal Canadian Mint has undertaken the huge task of manufacturing war medals for Canadian…

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Heavy Demand for Bells War Caused Shortage In Europe Founders Anticipate Boom

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 8

With more than 2000 European churches denuded of their bells by bombs and shellfire and by the plundering…

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Broken Hill Robbery £3000 In War Loan Bonds Stolen Broken Hill

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 2

Detectives are investigating the theft of £ 3000 in war loan bonds, £450 in cash and a quantity of jewellery from the pawnbroker's shop of…

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British Women for Traffic Club Benefit of War-Time Experience Used to Improve Travel

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 3

A new kind of women's club has just been formed in Britain. As a logical development of World War 11, when…

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Land for Soldier Settlement Danger of Deterioration After Purchase

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 4

The danger of estates acquired for soldier settlement deteriorating severely between the time they were taken over by the Government…

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Labour Member Wants Ex-Soldier To Succeed Duke

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Mr. W. P. Sheahan Labour member for Yass in the Legislative Assembly and former Vice-President of…

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Soldier In Japan Receives 1945 Xmas Parcel

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 4

Troops from Glen Innes serving with the Occupation Forces are still receiving Comforts Fund parcels paid for before…

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French Scientist Dead Distinguished War Record

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 14

A great French scientist has just died. Professor Langevin died in December in Paris. He was horn in Paris on January 23, 1872, of a humble…

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Australian Soldier's Heroism Submitted to Torture to Save Comrades TOKYO

Guyra Argus · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 1
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To save fellow-prisoners from masspunishment by Japanese prison guards' at Niigata camp, in Northern Japan, during the war, an Australian soldier,…

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Appeal on Behalf Of Disabled Soldiers

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 4

The Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers' Association of Australia New South Wales Branch is appealing for £21,000…

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Generals Hanged 1 German, 5 White Russians Led Revolutionaries During War LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 2

A German S.S. general and five White Russians, including four generals, have been hanged by the Russians on the…

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Australia in Atom War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 5

If Australia was to survive an atomic war, the war would have to he fought at the outposts in New Guinea, the Solomons, on the…

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Bretton Woods Agreement Designed to Remove Economic Causes of War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 4

Not yet ratified by the Australian, Government, the Bretton Woods.agreement represented a concerted effort by the leading…

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War Memorial Library £20,000 Appeal Being Prepared Enthusiastic Attitude Praised

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 6

Commenting to-day on the progress of the preliminary organisation for the raising of £20,000 for the War…

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Australia's Industrial Expansion Reached Undreamed-of Heights During War Part Playedby Textile Trade

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 8

Industrially, Australia, during the second World War, scaled undreamed-of heights of production as a result of…

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