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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

2,915 stories in Riverina's papers · page 37 of 146

A Soldier Speaks

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 7

So you're sick of the way the country's run. And you're sick of the way the rationing's done,…

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Wool After the War

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 6

The concern expressed at the annual conference of the Graziers Assn. over the looming conflict between wool and synthetic fibres…

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Wagga War Effort Soldiers' Parcels Further Acknowledgements By Women's Auxiliary R.S.S.A.I.L.A.

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 2

The following additional acknowledgments of soldiers' parcels have been received by the Women's Auxiliary of the Wagga RSSAILA:—…

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£21,000 for War Comforts Fund

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday: The joint secretaries (Messrs. G. T. Rowe and T. T. Manning) estimated last night that the Australian Comforts Fund would…

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Post-war France "No Coalitions or Trusts"

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday. (A.A.P.).— Addressing the consultative council in Algiers, General de Gaulle outlined a programme for…

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Civil Aviation in Australia Big Post-war Scheme

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday: A postwar air plan that would bring any place in Australia within 24 hours of any other and would…

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Step Up Production Part Money Plays In War

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 6

There are millions of skilled workers toiling day and night— for Hitler. Propaganda and force keep them working. But the…

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Border Policy After the War British Economic Planning

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 1

The British Government's reconstruction policy would be a bold, deliberate polic[?] of reform as well as restoration, said the…

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Another Big Daylight Raid Austrian War Plants Damaged LONDON

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 1

A new daylight raid by United States planes was carried out yesterday across the Alps on War plants in Austria, where…

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Reported Prisoner of War in Germany Flight Sergeant Lyle Doust

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 1

Last week Mr and Mrs A. Doust of Yass, and formerly of Gundagai, were officially advised that their son, Flight Sergeant Lyle…

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This Is Your War— You Cannot Get Others to Deputise for You

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 2

You have heard many times that this is a total war, in which no one can escape his own personal responsibility to make his…

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The Seventh Parades in Capital Cit[?] High Reputation Established in War Areas

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday: General Bla[?]ey announced to-day that units of the Seventh Division AIF and attached units will be accorded a march…

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Daily War Diary

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 1

Six U-boats were sunk in 20 days in the Atlantic. One was captured 350 miles from Eire…

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Post-war Wool Marketing

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 3

The President of the Australian Wool Producers' Federation, Mr. F. E. Hitchins, said that the policy of his federation was entirely opposed to…

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Wagga War Effort War Loan Campaign Organisational Work Ahead of Schedule in Riverina

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 2

From reports to hand from the representative for War Loans [?] Riverina (Mr. A. W. Chessell), it would seem that First Victory War Loan…

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Australian Letters for Prisoners of War

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 2

GENEVA, Monday: The International Red cross Central Aid has received for the first time airgraph letters from Australia,…

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Our Part in War Clearer Reports Urged

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 3

The Minister for the Army, Mr. Forde, will consider the question of separating R.A.A.F. and A.I.F. activities on different fronts from Allied…

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Finland and War Military Leader Advises Government

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: "According to reliable information from Helsinki. General Mannerheim has advised the Finnish Government…

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Red Cross Jottings Prisoner of War Bulletin

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 4

Next of kin of prisoners of war in Europe and the Far East are reminded that the monthly bulletin published by the Australian Red…

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Lower Incomes Financing the War Loan Investments

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 3

With over two-thirds of the national income received by people earning less than £400 a year, it is obvious that a…

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