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The wars & local soldiers, 1942

251 stories in South Coast's papers · page 7 of 13

The War the Latest [?] Morning

The Bega District News · Monday 29 June 1942 · page 2

The Chinese ha[?]captured Liahsien in the H[?] ravine north west of Shanhi[?] Tuesday, killing and wounding [?] panese and…

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Wonderful Effort Berry Raises Over £300 for Prisoners of War Appeal Soldiers’ Candidates Win King & Queen Comptn

The South Coast Register · Thursday 2 July 1942 · page 1

Berry rose to the occasion magnificently to raise just short of £320 for the Prisoners of War Appeal. When the size of the town…

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The War. the Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 2 July 1942 · page 2

Addressing [?] House of Commons to-day the Min[?] for Production. Mr Lyttleton, [?] dive bombers had been delivered [?]he British army in…

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For These Things we Fight a Christian Interpretation of Our War Aims

The Bega District News · Thursday 2 July 1942 · page 2

“SECURITY” will be the subject of the fourth sermon in the series on the above general subject to be preached next Sunday morning in the…

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The War. the Latest [?] Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 9 July 1942 · page 2

Marshal Petain, in [?] speech at Tulle, said it was necess[?] to send more French workers to [?]any in order that French prison[?] may be freed…

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Minister’s Serious Warning Vested Interests and the War Effort

The Bega District News · Thursday 9 July 1942 · page 4

A warning that the Federal Government would brook no interference from certain vested interests which he claimed were clamering for an all-out…

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For These Things we Fight a Christian Interpretation of Our War Aims

The Bega District News · Thursday 9 July 1942 · page 2

In the fifth of the series of sermons on the above subject being preached in the Methodist Church, Bega, Rev A. J. Bingley will take as his topic…

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Social Wandella School War Auxiliary

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 10 July 1942 · page 2

The School War Auxiliary social, held at Wandella on 29th June, was an unqualified success. The total proceeds amounted to…

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The War. the Latest [?] Morning

The Bega District News · Monday 13 July 1942 · page 2

The Australians [?] not wait long before they visite[?] the enemy in Egypt, says the [?] Unites Press Cairo correspond[?] The…

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The War. the Latest [?] Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 2

The former War [?]ister, Mr Hore Belsha, in a speech to-day said he thought the situation[?]d prospects at present were grac[?]an ever, and…

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For These Things we Fight Christian Interpretation of Our War Aims

The Bega District News · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 2

In the previous sermons on the above general subject the Rev A. J. Bingley has dealt with the major war aims as outlined in the Atlantic…

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The War the Latest [?] Morning

The Bega District News · Monday 20 July 1942 · page 2

A new kind of [?] aircraft fire was used against [?] pilot engaged in a sweep agains[?] hipping off the Breton coast yest[?] One of the…

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BEMBOKA (From our Correspondent.) Lord Mayor’s Patriotic and War Fund

The Bega District News · Monday 20 July 1942 · page 4

There was a very small attendance at the nubile meeting Called to help forward the above object. Does this reflect the amount of interest in the…

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Shoalhaven Patriotic and War Fund

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 7

At the monthly meeting of the above committee, on Wednesday night last, the hon. secretary (Mr. Paul O’Keeffe) and the hon. treasurer (Mr…

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The War. the Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 23 July 1942 · page 2

During last night’s R.A.F. raid on the Ruhr high explosive bombs dropped included fifty weighing 4000 lb each. Additional information from a…

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War Agricultural Committees To be Appointed by Minister for Agriculture

The South Coast Register · Thursday 23 July 1942 · page 1

War Agricultural Committees are [?] be ret on immediately by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. F. Dunn) in 28 districts of the…

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The War. the Latest [?] Morning

The Bega District News · Monday 27 July 1942 · page 2

More than 50 4000 bombs, besides a great load of oth[?] heavy high explosive and incend[?] bombs, were dropped on Duisbu[?] last night by a…

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The War. the Latest THlS MORNING

The Bega District News · Thursday 30 July 1942 · page 2

Yugoslav circlet in London reveal that the Germans at Zagree shot 104 Yugoslavs in the [?]ast few days as a reprisal for the a [?]ed action and…

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Salvage Rubber Scrap a Weapon of War Against Fascism

The South Coast Register · Thursday 30 July 1942 · page 2

I earnestly urge all those good folk in the Berry district, who, through the courtesy of the “South Coast Register,” do me the honor of…

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Salvage Rubber Scrap A Weapon of War Against Fascism

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 31 July 1942 · page 2

I earnestly urge all those good folk in the Cobargo district who through the courtesy of the "Chronicle" do me the honour of…

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