Bourke District War Agricultural Committee
On the evening of the 8th May a meeting of the above Committee was held in the Pastures Protection Board Office…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
715 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 18 of 36
Chinese Representative Impresses Great Lesson Learned In Eight Years of War
"The speaking who most impressed delegates at the recent Country Women's [?] was Madam [?] who [?] the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Municipality of Bourke £250 Grant for Footpath Paving. Big Post-war Project—new Pumping Station, Central Tower, Sewerage and Filtration
A meeting of the Aldermen of the above Council was held in the Council Chambers on Monday evening last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers Letters
In addition to our request of Parents and Relatives to [?] us have anything interesting [?] the letters they receive [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Telegrams Empire Prime Ministers Sign Declaration to Create a World Organisation to Maintain Peace After the War. World Declaration to Maintain Peace. Sydney
A declaration drawn up and signed at a meeting of the Prime Ministers in Britain yesterday morning and released in Sydney by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NARROMINE Children's Self-denial To Adopt Soldiers
It was revelled at this week's meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association that for the term just ended the pupils of the Public…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Corporal Johnson's Story Life in German Prison Camp Captured and Held with Wellington Soldier Corporal G. R. Johnson, who spent two and a half years with Driver Jack Rich, of Wellington, as a prisoner of war in Germany, and who stayed for several days last week in this centre, has provided the story of their joint experiences for publication. Corporal Johnson writes:—
Jack and I were constant companions since leaving Australia in January, 1940, and after intensive training in Palestine and Egypt, we went through much together in the campaign in Libya, Greece and Crete…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →BRIEFS Returned Men's Meeting
Dubbo sub-branch of the RSSAILA will hold its monthly meeting in the Women's Services Club. Macquarie Street, on Thursday evening. It will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rotary Governor Says: All War Criminals Must Be Punished
"If Rotary were foolish enough to lend itself to any movement for any leniency to be shown to the war criminals, World War III probably would come more quickly than this war has followed World War I."…
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Parliamentary candidates are giving the electors many assurances of employment for the people when the war ends. There is to be land for…
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In this war, which is described as a total war, we are engaged in a struggle for life. Thousands of our women are absorbed in one way or another in the war effort. They are in all branches of the services, in the munition…
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Monday.—At the Week-end it was announced that Americans had landed on Wakde Island off the coast of Dutch New Guinea…
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Melbourne.—The Acting Army Minister, Mr. Fraser, said it has now been established that there are 61 members of the A.L.F…
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The wife of a serving member of the AIF is entitled to membership of the hospital contribution scheme at half rates, but the widow of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Prisoner Broadcasts
Mrs. B. A. Cowper, of West Dubbo, has received seven letters from various part of the State announcing that a broadcast message from her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Savings Certificates
Sales of war savings certificates in Dubbo during the week ended last Monday amounted to £203, a figure which is below the weekly average…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Germans Shoot Allied Prisoners of War? London
The British Government is inquiring through the protecting power (Switzerland) regarding Stockholm reports that 2700 Allied prisoners of war,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Army Isn't Being So Over-generous in Garbing Its Discharged Soldiers
Instructions were issued in Canberra yesterday that, in the event of, a discharged soldier not wanting to accept Army suit and hat issue, he is to receive £4. The only interpretation that can be placed upon this is that the Army values…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trangie War Agricultural Committee
[?] a meeting of Trangie WAC on the 20th inst., the chairman reported that owing to a sudden alteration by the department of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Faces Charge of Murder of Wife Brisbane
Jessie Waters (20), married, was fatally stabbed at Ipswich last night. It is alleged the woman was attacked by a soldier at an hotel where she…
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