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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

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Bellawongarah War Auxiliary

The South Coast Register · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 1

On New Year’s Eve a very successful euchre party and dance was held at Tappatalli, at the residence of Mrs. Towner. Mrs. McMahon was…

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The War. Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 2

A large force of heavy bombers, with escorting American and R.A.F. fighters, attacked ship yards at Kiel and marshalling yards at Munster. Good…

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War Agricultural Committee

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 3

Principal discussion at the meeting of the Nowra District War Agricultural Committee held at the Council Chambers, Kiama, on…

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Bomaderry Public School Tuck Shop and Third Term War Effort

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 8

The usual “tuck shop” and special school war effort took place at the Bomaderry Public School on Friday 10th December, and proved…

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Christmas Hampers Soldiers’ Appreciation

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 3

For the past week or so the Nowra Comforts Fund committee have received a continuous stream of acknowledgments from soldiers…

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Welcome Home at Brogo

The Bega District News · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 2

On Wednesday night last the residents of Stony Creek held a very enjoyable social in the Brogo hall to welcome home two of their Stony Creek…

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Weste and the War

The Bega District News · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 5

Waste paper and cardboard go to war these days. Repulped and reprocessed, it can be made into a host of articles necessary…

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The War. Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 2

The London “Evening Standard believes the U.S. Airforce lost about 60 plans over north-western Germany on Tuesday. The German figures, which…

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The War. Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 2

The Air Minister, Sir Archibald Sinclair, stated in the House of Commons that between January 1st and 17th, Bomber Command dropped 6000…

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Women’s War Effort

The Bega District News · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 4

Increasingly effective mobilisation of womanpower. for war production, commerce fid the Services is shown in latest official figures released by…

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The War. Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 2

A special Soviet commission investigating the murder of Polish was prisoners by the Germans has reported that over 11,000 corpses, clad in Polish…

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War Agricultural Committees Conference Visit of Minister and Officials

The Bega District News · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 2

A conference of War Agricultural Committees will be held at Bega tomorrow, Friday, January 28, from 10 a. m. to 4.30 p.m…

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“War’s End Not in Sight”

The Bega District News · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 1

“People who feel that we are approaching the end of the war make a great mistake, the New Zealand Minister to the United, States, Mr…

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Important Conference War Agricultural Committees, Officials and Minister for Agriculture

The Bega District News · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 2

A conference of war Agriculture Committees was held at Bega on Friday, and a civic welcome was extended to the visitors by the Mayor, Ald…

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The War Latest[?] Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 3

A warning th[?]nland’s position was serious was [?] to the Finish Parliament by [?] Ryti. According to the Ger[?]wsa[?]encty, Ryti…

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The Hot-House of War Distinguished Forester in Prophetic MOOD(By Our Special Correspondent)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 4

“Many of the basic raw materials upon which we have been accustomed to draw freely for our everyday needs are of an exhaustible nature…

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Returned Soldiers League

The Bega District News · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Bega sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers League was held on January 28, with a good attendance…

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Soldiers Good and True

The Bega District News · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 4

Agriculture is a constructive agency, even during wartime. It never destroys. It produces the food that sustains…

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War Agricultural Committee

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 4

A meeting of the Nowra D.W.A.C. was held at the office of the Nowra Co-op. Dairy Co., Bomaderry, on Monday last. The following is a…

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The War. Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 2

Reuter’s Algiers correspondent says the British have a again deepened their lower Gariglione bridgehead, and have advanced north-east from Castileforte,…

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