£100 Donation to War Memorial Gilt of Gundagai R.S.L.
At last Friday’s meeting of the Gundagai sub branch of the RSL it was decided to make a donation of £100 to the Gundagai District War…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
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Wagga Soldiers' Club Licence Completed
The secretary of the Wagga sub-branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. (Mr. A. H. Harvy) was advised yesterday that the registration of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"War Inevitable Unless——-"churchill Warns
LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.): "War with Russia is inevitable unless the peaceful countries unite," said Mr. Churchill today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japan's War Potential To be Destroyed
WASHINGTON, Thursday: The Far Eastern commission announced a directive sent to General MacArthur ordering the destruction of Japan's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War-time Company Tax to Go Sales Tax Concessions
CANBERRA, Thursday: The Commonwealth Government intends to abolish Wartime Company Taxation and to provide substantial sales tax…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Company Tax to Be Abolished Big Concessions in Sales Tax
CANBERRA, Wednesday: The Commonwealth Government intends to abolish Wartime Company Taxation and to provide substantial sales tax concessions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Single-unit Farms for Soldiers
State Cabinet authorised the Minister for Lands, Mr. Sheahan, to introduce a bill into Parliament next session to enable returned soldiers to be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Governor Opens Wagga Returned Soldiers' Club
The Governor of New South Wales (Lieut.-General Northcott) yesterday officially opened the Returned Soldiers' Club at Wagga. He said that one of his greatest pleasures since…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Single Unit Farms for Soldiers Cabinet Agrees to Mr Sheahan's Suggestion
The Minister for Lands (the Hon W. F. Sheahan, ML A) has won State Cabinet's approval for his scheme to enable returned soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →20-Mile Column of Moslems: Many Wounded
LAHORE. Thursday (A.A.P.); A 20-mile column of Moslem refugees, estimated to total 200.000. began entering Kesur, a border town…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Proposed War Memorial Committee Meeting
At a meeting of the Coolaman War Memorial Committee on Tuesday night the programme for the [?] [?] was [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stalin Says Imperialists Want New War
MOSCOW, Monday: Generalisimo Stalin, in a greeting message on Moscow's 800th anniversary, declared that Moscow heralded the struggle against…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stalin's Reference to "New War"
MOSCOW, Monday (A.A.P.): M. Stalin, in a greetings message at Moscow's 800th anniversary, declared Moscow heralded the struggle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fewer Women Now in Employment Than During War
CANBERRA, Monday: The latest statistics disclose that 21,000 women, excluding those engaged in rural and domestic service work, left civil employment between the peak employment month of June, 1943, and June 30, 1947…
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NEW DELHI, Wednesday: With his mind "full of the horrors I have seen in Punjab," the Prime Minister of India, Pandit Uebru, in a broadcast,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Grants Coursing Club Permission to Race on Anzac Park Petition and Protest by Some Local Residents Do Not Influence Councillors Meeting of All Interested Parties to Be Called to Discuss Anzac Park
The Gundagai Shire Council, on Tuesday last granted permission to the Gundagai United Charities Coursing Club to conduct race meetings on Anzac Park. Before the decision was made a petition from some local residents…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Single-unit Farms for Soldiers
State Cabinet on Tuesday authorised the Minister for Lands, Mr. Sheahan, to introduce a bill into Parliament next session to enable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.S. Shouldn't Have Fought In War
It was unnecessary for America to enter the actual fighting in the Second World War, and anyway she would never have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Proposed Removal Of Showground To Anzac Park Show Society to Approach Shire Council Recommendations Adopted by P. and A. Society
The Gundagai P and A Society is to request the Shire Council to grant permission for the removal of the showground to Anzac Park. At a well attended meeting, held last Saturday evening a special report, containing several recommendations was adopted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"MANOORA" To be Reconverted to a Merchant Ship Remarkable War Services
The Australian twin-screw motor ship "Manoora," which, through the variety of roles she played in the recent war, became known to thousands…
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