War Pensions Dependant's Allowances Mr. Arthur Fuller, Mhr. Receives Reply
In the House of Representatives [?]10th February, the Hon. Member [?]Hume (Mr Arthur Fuller) asked [?]Minister for the Army whether…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
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Wagga War Effort First Victory Loan Committee Meeting To-night Helpers Asked to Attend
The first move in the First Victory Loan campaign in Wagga, will be made to-night at a meeting of the War Loan Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News Returned Soldiers' Carnival
Returned soldiers, members of the women's auxiliary, and all persons willing to assist at the Diggers' carnival are asked to be present at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Day
Anzac Day, Tuesday. April 25, will be a close holiday. Hotels and wine saloons will not be open. There will be no horseracing or sporting events…
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Allied forces have inflicted the first olg defeat on Japanese in Burma. This was in the Arakan section. The battle has been going on for three…
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Another Japanese convoy north of New Guinea has been destroyed. A transport carrying about 400 Japanese was sunk and 73…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leeton Women War Workers
The sewing circle will resume work on Friday, March 3. Handkerchiefs are needed badly by head office for the embarkation kit bags…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket After the War
LONDON Sat. (AAP): A four after the war by Australian cricketers from the forces, on the lines of the 1913 AIF side, would be welcomed in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Facts In Brief
Australia's vegetable acreage goal for the present season is an increase of 137,200 acres over the area actually harvested in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Production Record in India
War factories in India put up a production record last year, and during the coming year there will be an Increasing flow of armaments. A big…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Prisoners Army Minister Visits Camps
MELBOURNE, Mon: After inspecting prisoners of war and internment t[?] the Army Minister (Mr. Forde) to-day expressed his firm conviction…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wagga War Effort V.A.D. NOTES
The weekly meeting of members of the VAD will take place at the Drill Hall to-night at 7.30. The following are the arrangements…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Risk Cargo Rates New York, Sunday (AAP).—
The reduction of [?] per cent in war risk cargo rates to Australia via the Pacific is announced by the Institute of Marine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News Major Victory in Burma Heavy Japanese Losses
British and Indian troops have scored their first major success against Japanese forces in Burma in a battle that has lasted over a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holbrook Patriotic and War Fund £1100 From Show Society Allocated
A meeting of the Holbrook Shire Patriotic and War Fund was held on Tuesday last when there were present: Councillor J. F. Nyhan…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Post-war Plans Premier on Funds Available Labor Shortage Expected
SYDNEY, Monday: "The funds expected to be available for postwar reconstruction will he large but they will not be without limit"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Question of Finance Post-War Reconstruction What Government Intends
A letter received by the Burrangong Shire Council, in reply to enquiries made regarding the Government's intentions as to financing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Australia War Pictures on Exhibition in Britain New Guinea Fighting
CANBERRA, Monday: The importance of the Pacific war, and of Australia as the main offensive base of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Returned Soldiers
A special general meeting of the Wagga sub-branch of the RSSAILA will be held in the Soldiers' Hall Wagga, on Monday. March 13, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Stabbed Fight in Sydney Hotel
SYDNEY, Monday: Two servicemen [?] knife wounds during an alter[?], in a hotel in Pitt-street this [?]. It is believed that the fight…
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