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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

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The War. Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 21 September 1944 · page 2

Official figures show that since the Original landing in Normandy General Eisenhower’s five armies have taken a total of 457,346 prisoners…

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The War. Latest This Morning -

The Bega District News · Thursday 28 September 1944 · page 2

A fresh landing of American troops on Pelelin was announced by Tokio official radio which says that the Americans landed on the eastern shore…

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Gas From Trees and [?]weed May Rur Your Car After the War

The Bega District News · Monday 2 October 1944 · page 3

A post-war in for making the world’s [?] and later its coa[?] from farm [?] wastes, forests and seaweeds was presented to the…

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The War. Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 2

President Roosevelt has announced measures being taken to provide Italy with supplies necessary to prevent civilian [?]ger, sickness and fear…

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War Agricultural Committees Conference of Bega and Monaro Districts

The Bega District News · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 2

A conference of Bega and Monaro War Agricultural Committees will be held in the School of Arts, Bega, to-day (Thursday), October [?] Joint…

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Estimate of Length of Pacific War

The Bega District News · Monday 9 October 1944 · page 1

The crushing of Japan will require an absolute minimum of 18 months to two years after Germany’s defeat, says an Office of War Information…

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War Agricultural Committee

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 11 October 1944 · page 7

At a meeting of the Nowra District War Agricultural Committee, held at Bomaderry on Monday last, there were present: Messrs. L…

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The War. Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 12 October 1944 · page 2

[?] the capital of Transylvania, has been captured by an assault, Marshal Stalin, in an order of the day, revealed that the Russian triumph in…

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A Soldier’s Appreciation

The Bega District News · Thursday 12 October 1944 · page 2

In a letter to Mr T. Prescott, of this office, a soldier at a northern battle station has this to say: “I have followed with interest your writings in…

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The School Column War Auxiliary Effort

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 4

A novel way of raising funds for the school's war effort was introduced recently toy Miss M. Martin, who collected quite a gallery of…

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Post War Works Local Government Programmes No Federal Contribution

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 8

The Federal Government does not intend to contribute towards the cost of post war works under-taken by local governing bodies…

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The War Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 19 October 1944 · page 2

The German New[?]gency announces that Hitler has decreed that all males between the ages of 16 and [?] will be trained for the defence of Germany…

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Food in War Time Miracle of the Irrigation Areas

The Bega District News · Monday 23 October 1944 · page 4

Swinging over from peace to war, the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas now produce 25 per cent of all canned and dried vegetate used for the…

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The War. Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 26 October 1944 · page 2

“The Japanese Navy has received a most crashing defeat and its future operations can only be on a dwindling scale,” General Ma[?]thur is quoted as…

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War Agricultural Committees Conference School of Arts, Bega, October 5th, 1944

The Bega District News · Thursday 26 October 1944 · page 1

Owing to pressure on our space, reference to the important conference held in Bega early in the month has been delayed. Mr H. R. Hawkey,…

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Hounds of War

The Bega District News · Monday 30 October 1944 · page 2

War correspondents tell how polygot “kennels” of mongrel dogs collected from the islands of the South-West Pacific were the Japanese answer to…

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Shoalhaven District Patriotic & War Fund Year’s Turnover Exceeds £3000

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 1 November 1944 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Shoalhaven District Patriotic and War Fund (Nowra branch Australian Comforts Fund) was held at the…

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The War. Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 2 November 1944 · page 2

The U.S. War Department said that is has no information about any aerial operations over Japan. An earlier series of vague broadcasts…

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Post War Works Local Government Programmes [?] Federal Contribution

The Bega District News · Thursday 2 November 1944 · page 1

The Federal Government does not intend to contribute towards the cost of post-war works undertaken by local [?] bodies. This very important…

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War Agricultural Committee

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 8 November 1944 · page 7

The following were present at the last meeting of the Nowra District war Agricultural Committee Messrs. L. Judd (Chairman), W…

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