Henty Raised £7254 During War
At the final genera meeting of the Henty and District Patriotic Committee, it was reported that total receipts from April, 1940, to…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1946
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War As Sovereign Right Abolition Suggested
TOKYO, Friday: The suggestion that all "nations should "abolish war as a sovereign right" was made…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Peep Into the Past— Wantabadgery Now for Soldier Settlement Last Stand Of Famous Moonlite Gang
Proposed Government acquisition of Wantabadgery Estate Wagga for subdivision and soldier settlement, brings into prominence one of the historic properties in the State and one which has a definite link with the romantic bushranger days. For in 1789, just a few months…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Casualties Killed in Action
SIG. GEORGE BRADSHAW (NX35483) previously reported missing is now reported killed in action, February 8, 1942, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More War Brides Leave Australia for America
The liner Monterey, which sailed from Sydney on Monday, took more than 500 wives and children of United States servicemen, including 260 from New South Wales. Relatives, who were not admitted to the wharf, are shown outside it trying to catch a last glimpse of daughters, sisters and friends before they sailed…
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The Queen Elizabeth, the world's largest liner, may be ready this autumn for the fast, luxury passenger traffic for which she was built but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.s. Soldiers Returning to Australia
A further hundred U.S. ex-servicemen wishing to settle in Australia since their discharge in the United States, reached Sydney on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Forgotten Soldier
I watched him walking down the street, He was tall and straight and lean. I could see he was a soldier…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldiers' Auxiliary Monthly Meeting
The monthly meeting of the R.S.S. end A.I. League's Women's Auxiliary was held at the club room on Wednesday of last week. The attendance was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Government Advisers Should Be Dismissed—replaced Billy Sheahan's Attack On Federal Soldier Settlement Bottleneck
Advisers on the Commonwealth Government's "myopic policy of soldier settlement," should be dismissed and replaced by someone…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ex-soldiers' Sudden Death at Bidgeemia
It is with feelings of sincere regret we record the death of Mr. Louis Theodore Merkel, farmer and grazier, of Bidgeemia. The end came…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →China Faces Intensified Civil War
CHUNGKING, Tuesday (A.A.P.): The Kuo M[?] Tang and Communist relationships have again reached a critical stage, and a new rupture…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese War Threat Five Years Ago Churchill Note to Roosevelt
WASHINGTON, Tues. (A.A.[?]): Messages from Mr. Churchill to Mr. Roosevelt, referring to the possibility of Japanese attacks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia's War Expenditure
CANBERRA, Wednesday: The war expenditure for the first nine months of the current financial year dropped by more than…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Improving Sporting Facilities in Anzac Park All Sporting Organisations To Meet Shire Councillors
At yesterday's meeting of Gundagai Shire Council, Cr Stan Glasscock brought up the need for vast improvement in sporting facilities…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain's Post-war Budget Taxation Reductions
LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.): The British public will receive concessions amounting to £13,000,000 in reductions in the purchase and entertainment taxes and £34,000,000 from lower income tax. This was revealed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unprecedented Step by War Crimes Tribunal
Witnesses Recalled NUREMBERG, Wednesday (A.A.P): The War Crimes Tribunal took unprecedented steps…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Gratuity Credits Use of Credits for Home-building
Mc[?] of using war gratnity credits for the crection ot purchase of homes were explained in the House of Representatives by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Welcome Home To Tumut Ex-Service-Men and Women
On Wednesday night the second welcome-home function organised by the Tumut Comforts Fund Auxiliary took place…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cuban Ministers Wounded in Duel
HAVANA, Thursday: Two Cuban Cabinet Ministers wounded each other slightly in a dawn sabre duel to settle a "question of honor."…
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