Planes Wage War on Flies
MANILA, Sunday: Flies—millions upon millions of flies—provided a more tenacious proposition than the Japanese to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riverina · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,460 stories in Riverina's papers · page 21 of 123
Finland Declares War This Time Against Huns
HELSINKI, Sunday: The Finnish Government has formally declared war against Germany The official announcement stated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier’s Body Found Alongside Line Near Nubba[?]
For the third time within 12 months a soldier has been killed as a result of falling from a train between Cootamundra and Harden…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Welcome Home Committee
A meeting of the Welcome Home Committee was held in the Rest Room on February 13. Present were Mr. T. H. Dunn in the chair, Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Organised Sport On Anzac Day
The Minister for Justice (Mr. Reg. Downing) said that he had been advised by the Commonwealth Government that Anzac Day be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soudan War Veterans
SYDNEY, Monday: Soudan war veterans were driven through the city this morning and entertained at luncheon at Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wagga War Loan Committee
A meeting of the Wagga War Loan Committee will be held at the Town Hall at 8 o'clock to-morrow night. The meeting is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chinese War Towns Wrested From Japanese
CHUNGKING, Monday: Chinese troops have recaptured from the Japanese Ichang, in Southern Hunan, and Yugsin in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →European War "Early End Expected" LONDON
"That the weather alone can prevent a comparatively early end to the European war, is the opinion of some experts at Field Marshal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News Battle for Cologne Americans in Suburbs
American First Army troops who reached the outer suburbs of Cologne are now fighting their way to the centre of that city. Berlin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Air War Australian Bombers Busy Enemy Planes Over Britain
LONDON, Monday. (A.A.P.): Fighter Command Spitfire bombers, including Australian squadrons on Sunday blasted railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Post-war Cultural Activity of Real Importance, Says Mr. Dedman
CANBERRA, Mon.: The Minister for Post-war Reconstruction (Mr. Dedman) said to-day that the tendency to regard cultural recreational activity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Water Conservation Important Projects "A" Priority Post-war List Announced
At my urgent request a review was recently made by the appropriate Government instrumentality of the present state of each of the rivers of the State as compared with its condition in periods of normal rainfall. At the same time an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Community Centre for Tumut Top Park Suggested As Site Visit of Anzac House Representatives New Proposal To Go Before Council
As the result of a visit to Tumut of representatives of Anzac House Committee the original suggestion of the local sub-branch of the R.S.S. and A.I.L.A. to the Tumut Shire Council that an area of land in the centre of the town of Tumut be resumed and a building, embracing civic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leeton's Fine War Loan Record Shire President Handed Another Pennant for Town
MR. T. M. Wilton, Assistant Deputy Director of War Loans, accompanied by Mr. A. C. Franklin, Riverina supervisor, paid a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.N.R.R.A Visits Leeton Future of Rice, Fruit, Vegetables Post-War Problems Discussed
LEETON, Thurs.: Visiting delegates of U.N.R.R.A. were extended a civic welcomed at the Council Chambers, Leeton, to-day, and their leader. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Junee Soldier Dies in Thailand Camp
The distressing news was received in Junee on Wednesday, that Servant Percy James Smith (A.I.F.), previously reported a prisoner of war, had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tumut Soldier Daring In Jungle Skirmishes
Australians in a series of ad-venturous skirmishes have been giving the Japs a hot time in the Aitape area…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian Army Approaching But Airfield Removal of Wounded
MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The Australian troops have advanced to within seven miles of the important Bin airfield, in the Wewak…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Memorial Hall Appeal
A meeting of the storekeepers' group—comprising the storekeep ers, hotelkeepers. Apex Club, manufacturers, professional men…
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