Anzac Day at Wagga Arrangements For Next
A dawn service at the Cenotaph will begin the Anzac Day observances at Wagga next Thursday. The service has been arranged by…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1946
1,339 stories in Riverina's papers · page 26 of 67
China's Civil War
CHUNGKING, Wednesday: Communists entered Changchun, capital of Manchuria, on Monday night after continuous attacks, says the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nurses Memorial And Ambulance Sports Showground on Anzac Afternoon
A SPLENDID afternoon programme of trotting and sporting events has been arranged for Anzac Day, commencing at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Leeton District War Memorial
When the President of Willimbong Shire at the beginning of World War 2, called a public meeting for the formation of a Patriotic Committee,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Better Sporting Facilities in Anzac Park Gundagai Councillors Meet Sporting Bodies Coursing Fence Problem May Be Overcome
Yesterday afternoon on Anzac Park, Councillors of the Gundagai Shire heard all about Gundagai’s football prospects for 1946, the big scores that will be rattled up on the turf wicket during the next cricket season, and how the favorite hound will be defeated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tumut Town Band Has 1600 in War Loans Plus Credit of £378
Those present at the monthly meeting of the Tumut Town Band Committee were Mr. Brn. Elphick (chair) and Messrs. J. J. Learmont…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Settlement of Soldiers Gunbar Station being Investigated
The Minister for Lands (Mr J. Tully) has referred to the Closer Settlement. Advisory Board for investigation the request of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coolamon Welcome Home Banquet Monday, 20th APRIL
The co-operation of the ladies of the town and immediate district is sought in making this function the outstanding event in the history of the town…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome Home Banquet to Service Personnel Ganmain’s Great Tribute
In its long history, the spacious building now known as Walshâs Hall, has been intimately associated with the civic and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Secret Revealed
The Prime Minister of Canada. Mr. Mackenzie King, has announced that the Stone of Destiny, on which all English monarches since 1926 have sat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Casualties Private James A. S. Stanger Presumed Dead
After being in suspense since the Malayan battle before the tall of singapore regarding official information concerning her son NX35349…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Settlement Public Meeting Discusses Question
There was only a fair attendance at the public meeting convened by the Mayor and the President of the Yanko Shite Council to discuss the question…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Day at Wagga
The Anzac Day commemorative gathering will be held in the Victory Memorial Gardens at 11 am. next Thursday. In the event of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Members of War Crimes Commission Arrive
Three members of the War Crimes Commission, who have reached Australia from Singapore, on their way to Rabaul. From left to right they are: Major Gray, Major Sinha (who is the son of the Rajah of Kashmir) and Major Wait. They presided over courts in Singapore which sentenced a number of Japanese war criminals to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Anzac March for Sydney
SYDNEY, Sunday: It is estimated that 50,000 ex-servicemen and women will take part in the Anzac Day march in Sydney on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Pilot Buys Plane for Business
Squadron-Leader R. H. Gibbes. D.S.O D.F.C. a nd bar, who in private life is a stock and station agent at Coonamble, is here inspecting the Butler Bat plane which he has bought for use in his business. With him is Mr. Arthur Butler, who de signed the plane…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →India "On Brink of War" Moslem-Hindu Animosity
LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.): "India is on the brink of civil war," says the New Delhi correspondent of the "Sunday Observer"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Civil War Continues in Manchuria Communists Claim Capture of Capital
CHUNGKING, Sunday (A.A.P.): Communists intend to occupy Harbin (Manchuria) when the Russians withdraw on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Killed in Crash Near Albury
ALBURY. Sunday: When the car which he was driving on the Wodonga-Tallangatta road capsized yesterday, a young soldier was fatally…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Allowance for Soldier Settlers
CANBERRA, Sunday: Ex-Servicemen allotted holdings under the war service land settlement scheme will bo granted living allowances…
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