Amateur Hour at Dubbo War Loan Gets £2,940
Listeners to Radio 2DU were entertained on Wednesday night to a, competition in sons arranged by the Dubbo War Loan Committee and…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
588 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 10 of 30
Returned Men Complete Preference Asked. Melbourne
A special meeting of the Federal Executive of the Returned Soldiers' League yesterday decided to ask the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Muioof and War Loans
The Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Oddfellows has invested a total of £18,000 in the Third Victory Loan making a grand total of £114,120…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killed in Action Gordon Irvin Passes
Genuine regret was expressed throughout the district last week end when it became known that Private Gordon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Returned Soldiers Anzac Day Interference
A well attended meeting of the Coonabarabran Returned Soldiers’ League was held at the Club Rooms, last Friday. Present were: Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cumnock Anzac Day Fittingly Celebrated
Anzac Day was celebrated in Cumnock in a fitting manner last week. Prior to the procession to the Cumnock…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Killed in Action
Mr. V. H. Mills, of Dandaloo-street. Narromine received word on Tuesday to the effect that his brother. Ptc. Cyril Mills, had been killed in action…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Day at Peak Hill Impressive Public Service Honour to the Name of "Anzac"
Anzac Day was celebrated at Peak Hill by a United Commemoration Service in the AIF Memorial School of Arts at 11 a.m. There was a good attendance of the public and returned soldiers, with a good sprinkling of men of the 2nd AIF, who formed a guard of honor in front of the building…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War News In Brief Europe
The death has been announced by the German radio of Herr Hitler. The former Italian Dictator, Mussolini was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Diggers Meet Challenge in Popular Man Contest Old Anzac Spirit Flares Again
Progress scores are:—D. Mc[?] 10,029 K. SUT[?] (Business Houses) 8,098 H. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Blind but Can Take It" Training Blinded Soldiers Johnny Seufert Attends Welfare Committee Dinner
Noel Ottway, writing in "The Sun." tells how blinded soldiers are returning to their places in industry, many more proficient at their jobs than the sighted men beside whom they are working. At the third annual dinner of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EDITORIAL Post-War Development
The announcement that the Federal Government is spon[?] a new primary industry, the [?] of linseed, by the very practical…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Notes Post War Prospects
War-time experiences in wool and the manufacturing industries connected with it have some surprises. The news that the French mills and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Land Settlement Referendum on Tax Bill
If the Upper Houre again rejected the Closer Settle-Rent Promotion Tax Management Bill the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News In Brief Pacific
Australian troops have made good progress on the Japanese—occupied island of Tarakan, off the coast of Borneo. Following…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bourke Central School War Effort
During the first term the Bourke Central School raised the following amounts:— Red. Cross £30, War Savings £103, special Term Effort…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Position and Wool Sheep Losses—drought and Flies
Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report—The importance of production at woollen mills in Great Britain is shown by an announcement that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Welcome Home Arrangements Discussed by Public Meeting
Ald. R. C. Tancred (Mayor) presided at a public meeting in the Narromine town hall last night to deal with the question of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Air War on Japanese Mainland
That Japan's industries will be completely flattened in a comparatively short time is the opinion of military experts folio wing a U.S. Superfortress raid on the Japanese mainland in which 500,000 fire bom bs were dropped. Pressure is increasing against Japan on all fronts and already U.S. and British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German War Prisoners Made to Work
LONDON, Monday. — Excluding 101 Generals, the Red Army, between May 9 and yesterday, has taken 1,230,000…
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