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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1944

488 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 25

Krawarree Sports Successful Effort for Prisoners of War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 3

Weather conditions were anything but pleasant for the above sports on Anniversary Day, a fierce wind and blazing heat doubtless keeping many…

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Australian, Mercantile, Land & Finance Company Limited Post-war Outlook

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 2

There is much conflict of opinion as to the outlook for wool after the War. Some highly placed individuals predict a prolonged slump. Others…

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Post-war Plans and the People. Regional Planning Committee Active

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 1

One of the most important features of post-war reconstruction is to encourage the people themselves to participate in the plans now being…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Post-war Car Prices

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 4

In opposition to overseas suggestions that the prices of new motor vehicles after the war will be increased considerably, the N.R.M.A…

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That Welcome Home (To the Editor of the "Review")

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 3

Sir,—Would you please allow me space in your paper to comment on "Ostrich's" letter "enlightening" the public re the welcome home at…

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Officer Prisoners of War in Oflag Viiif

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 3

Information has been received through the International Red Cross that eight Australian officers are now interned in Oflag VIIIF, at…

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Latest War News Position Better in Italy

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 3

LONDON.—All recently adjusted [?] perimeter defences in the Anzio [?] in Italy are holding, and the position to-night is better than…

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Cabled Information Reaches Prisoner of War in Hongkong

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 3

When Mrs. D. E. Davis, an evacuee from Hongkong left Australia for England on May 31, 1943, a cable was sent from Red Cross to the…

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“Stars of the Air” American Soldier-actor-author, Rolph Bayer

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 3

ROLPH BAYER, the American soldier-actor who broadcasts in “Shoulder to Shoulder” (Fridays, National, 8 p.m.), came to…

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Two Soldiers Killed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 1

Two soldiers were illed and four injured when a military lorry skidde[?]d and overturned in Heathcote Road, Holdsworthy, yesterday…

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Soldiers Break Camp

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 1

Soon after noon yesterday more than 100 men made a rush to get away after a sentry had been knocked down at a detention camp at Miranda…

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Miners and the Soldier

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 1

A miner from the Welsh coalfields told the story of a poster—a poster that had great influence upon him and his comrades—in a recent BBC…

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Post-war Tourist Industry

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. urges that local authorities and other persons vitally interested in tourist traffic should not wait until after the war before…

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Rubber Products Vital to War Effort

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 3

Only those closely associated with the manufacture and ramifications of the Australian rubber industry have any idea of the varied and extensive…

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At Whose [?] Councils and Post-war Reconstruction

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 1

"Just what I thought" said the president (Councillor Stone) whom Blacktown Council week was advised last week that the Local Government…

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Post-war Cars S.A.E. Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 2

A large percentage of the owners of the 500,000 motor cars still registered in Australia will be interested says the Dunlop Bulletin, in a report…

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Latest War News Berlin Battered in Record Raid

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 3

LONDON.— The largest bomber force which has so far attacked Berlin bombed the city last night at the rate of over 80 tons a minute,…

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Primary Industries Will Still Be Vital in Post-war Era “'Release of Credit” No Substitute For Production

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 2

It is extraordinary to find so many people baffled by what is called “financ[?] Much of the popular confusion about…

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Soldiers Entertained

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 2

The Federal Hall, Araiuen, was well filled on Saturday, 5th inst., when friends of Ptes. M. Keating, L. Mathieson and L.A.C. J. Mather met to…

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Housebreaker’s Mean Trick Used Soldier’s Name

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 4

It was stated at Sydney Quarter Session on Wednesday that when arrested on a charge of housebreaking, John Bruce Martin gave the…

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