War-time Homes Priorities To Be Allotted
The target for war-time housing has been increased from 1,250 to 1,500 a quarter, and their construction will be given the same priority as that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1944
488 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 13 of 25
France’s Use of Wool Large Pre-War Consumer
The invasion of Northern France by the Allied forces is not only a momentous national event, but has great significance for the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Red Cross Society N.S.W. Division Prisoner of War Funds
The quota calls from National Headquarters on Prisoner of War Funds have been met by the N.S.W. Division. This Division’s proportion of the first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers’ Views
In a booklet entitled “Fighting Men Speak” which has just been issued by the Department of Post-war Reconstruction, opinions of service men and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Red Cross Society Prisoner of War Funds
Quota calls from National Headquarters on Prisoner of war funds have been met by the N.S.W. Division. This Division's proportion of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →France's Use of Wool. Large Pre—war Consumer
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— The invasion of Northern France by the Allied forces is not only a momentous national event, but has great…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest War News German Retreat in Italy Continues
LONDON.—The Germans in Italy continue to withdraw in the face of the Fifth Army's persistent pressure, says Reuter..—A.A.P…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“War on Wheels”
The term “war on wheels” conveys to the average civilian that automobiles and mobile units are playing a major part in the global…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Post-War Jobs
The number of people working, in Australian cities has greatly increased during the war years, while primary industries are absorbing a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wounded Flown Home to America . New York. Monday (AA.P.)
Thousands of Americans wounded in the invasion of France will soon be arriving in New York by air. The Army Air Transport Command…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stored Wool After-WarDemand
Our final catalogue of the Sydney wool appraisement season will be dealt with on Friday, June 23, and the Monday following, reports Pitt,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest War News Saipan. Japs in Losing Battle on
WASHINGTON. Alternatively battering down Japanese counter-attacks and attacking across the shell-torn canefields on Saipan Island, American…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Front- Now on Phone LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.)
A new cable connecting France and Britain, laid since the invasion, is now open for telephone and teleprinter circuits…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Post-War Commercial Aircraft Diesel Type of Engine May Be Used
So amazing has been the development of the power output of aero engines (now approaching the goal of one h.p. per cubic inch of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vast War Losses
LONDON.—In three years' fighting against the Russians Germany has lost 7,800,000 killed of prisoners. This was stated in a special war review…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Huge Post-War Job Bringing Pre-war Efficiency To Nation’s Automobiles
A huge task ahead of the maintenance and repair division of Australia’s automotive industry will be the reconditioning of a very large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest War News Invasion Armies' Steady Progress
LONDON.—There is no official confirmation of correspondents' reports that Allied ground forces have entered Cherbourg. Allied forces have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegraphic News Clothing Preference for Returned Soldiers
Pointing out that soldiers had to start from scratch to build up their wardrobes, the Commissioner, Mr. W. J. Bradley, K.C., announced at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Post-War Training
More than 250 ex-servicemen and women have been accepted for free, trade and professional training since the Commonwealth Reconstruction…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prisoners OT War Near Tokyo
Prisoners of war at Section Camp 3, at Riroake or Hiraka, attached to the Tokyo command, are reported by International Red Cross…
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