War Savings Certificates
The progress sales of War Savings certificates at Dubbo, for the week ended last Monday, amounted to £23. This brings total sales since July 1…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
588 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 2 of 30
War Facts in Brief
Ball bearings, one of the most difficult products of precision manufacture in the whole range of engineering science, are now being turned…
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LONDON, Thursday. — Five United States soldiers have been condemned to death as being members of gangs of deserters who "stole huge quantities of…
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That the good work which is being carried out by the Wellington Comforts Fund is appreciated by the members…
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At the meeting of the above on Saturday night, the president, Mr. W. H. Swain, occupied the chair. Others present were: Messrs. J…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War News in Brief Pacific:—
American troops have reached a point 32 miles from their beachheads on Luzon Island. American planes have again bombed targets…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disposal of Surplus War Goods. Sydney
Addressing the Legacy Club yesterday, the General Manager of the Commonwealth Disposals Commission, G.A. Davis, said that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldier's Meeting
The annual meeting of the Bourke sub-branch of the R.S.S. A.I.L.A. will ve held in the Council Chambers on Saturday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Spiritual Home" for Dubbo Returned Men
The property, in Macquarie Street, Dubbo, known as the old Lighting Company's office and store premises, was the subject of discussion at…
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SYDNEY, Friday Night.—Further action is to be taken by the RSL and Ex-Servicemen and Women's Associations to combat the Government's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prisoners of War Helped by Pope
SYDNEY. Friday Night.—The Apostolic delegate (Archbishop Panco) received word by the Vatican City that the Pope recently sent to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Preference ALP Opposition
SYDNEY, Friday Night.—The industrial win of the Australian Labor Party is strongly opposed to the Federal Labor Government' granting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Welcome Home Service Newtown SS and AE Club
A welcome Home Social was held by the Newtown S.S. & A.E. Club in Newtown Hall, last Friday, the occasion being a Welcome Home to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Finland Suffered Little War Damage
London, Tuesday—The chief impresion after a visit to Finland is that Helsinki, and Finland generally, suffered, incredibly small material damage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Outstanding Raaf Achievements in Far Eastern War Melbourne
In the first three years of the war against Japan RAAF squadrons in the South-east Pacific area have [?] 400,000 operational hours…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sgt. Ted Ochiltree Killed in Action
NX5516 Sgt E. G. (Ted) Ochiltree, only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Cohiltree of "Ugothery" Dubbo, was killed in action in New Guinea on January 20th…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Returned Soldier On Two Murder Charges
BRISBANE, Thursday.—Following the fatal shooting yesterday of Chief Petty Officer John Daniel McCollom, of the United States Navy, at a house at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hotels and Anzac Day
The Returned Soldiers League is to campaign for the opening of hotels on Anzac Day. The League says there should be no…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News In Brief Europe:—
The Germans are retreating from their salient in Belgium towards the Siegfried Line defences, under pressure by Americans. The…
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The manager of the Common-wealth Bank, Dubbo (Mr. C. R. Watts) advises that the progress sales of War Savings Certificates for the week-ended January 22, amounted…
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