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The wars & local soldiers, 1947

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Bega War Memorial Decision Additions To Present Arch

The Bega District News · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 1

“A swimming pool, and gardens surrounding the pool, in the vicinity of the Bega Recitation Ground would prove a means of greatly beautifying the town of Bega, besides it would provide a place of meditation as a…

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Anzac Day Impressive Ceremony

The Bega District News · Tuesday 29 April 1947 · page 3

“For us the word Anzac is s shrine, symbolising as it does the courage, devotion and sacrifice of those whom this day we remember. No country has greater cause to honour its dead or to give thanks to God for its brave and noble sons,” declared…

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Anzac Service Berry Remembers

The South Coast Register · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 3

Kerry paid its tribute to the honored dead on Anzac Day, by attending in large numbers the service in the School of Arts…

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Writing War History

The South Coast Register · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 2

Amongst the present at the Anzac Day service at the Berry [?] of Arts was Staff Servant Jack [?] who is on…

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Anzac Day in the District Candelo

The Bega District News · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 4

A brief but very impression ceremony was held at Candelo War Memorial on Anzac Day morning. Mr. E. H. Filmer, patron of the…

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Editorial in Peace As We War

The Bega District News · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 1

Bega Bed Cross has accepted the task of establishing and maintaining a blood transfusion centre in Bega. The value of this step cannot be…

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Competition for War Memorial Suggestions Sought By Committee

The Bega District News · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 1

At a general meeting of the Bega War Memorial Committee, held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday, April 29, the committee decided to initiate a competition inviting suggestions as to what form the proposed…

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An Echo of History Bega War Memorial, World Warl

The Bega District News · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 3

In the vault of the 1914-18 War Memorial lies a large brown paper parcel containing ancient parchments of plans and registers, of old receipt books and newspapers. Musty with age, they tell the story of…

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War Gratuities Regulations Amended

The Bega District News · Friday 16 May 1947 · page 4

War Gratuities Regulations have now been amended to provide early payment to ex-Servicemen needing the money because of distress or…

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Returned Soldiers to Confer State President Coming

The Bega District News · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 2

Mr. Ken Bolton, State president of the Returned Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen’s Imperial league of Australia, is scheduled to arrive at Bega…

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Helped Develop War Weapons Wolumla Man’s Wartime Service (By a Staff Correspondent)

The Bega District News · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 4

With a memory of flying through clouds on a job of experimenting. with all types of deadly bombs to cause devastating destruction to the Japanese enemy is a Wolumla resident, now seeking the quiet and beauty of one of the most peaceful districts…

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War Memorial Competition Result Subnet Man’s Win

The Bega District News · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 2

An entry by a 22-year-old Sydney engineer, Mr. Noel Barr, was warded the prize in the competition conducted by the Bega War Memorial Committee…

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Soldier Land Settlement New Minister’s Appeal For Assistance

The Bega District News · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 1

The recently appointed Minister for Lands (Mr. W. F. Sheahan) has appealed to landowners for assistance in an endeavour to speed-up the land settlement of soldiers. In a letter to our State member (Mr…

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War Seen Sure tJNLESS Democracies Aid France and Others Against Soviet

The Bega District News · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 6

“Our [?] chance to avoid open war with the Soviet Union is to organise the world’s free peoples to resist Soviet imperialism. Thus is…

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Lived in New Guinea Evacuated During War

The Bega District News · Friday 8 August 1947 · page 4

Mrs. J. McDonald of Cremorne, arrived in Bega on Tuesday night to spend a holiday with her [?], Mrs. January, of Bega [?] Before her…

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“Railways at War ”

The South Coast Register · Thursday 21 August 1947 · page 4

The Commissioner for Railway Mr. T. J. Hartigan, announced to-day that the [?]of the part played by the NSW…

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Britain-has More Phones Rapid Expansion Since the War

The Bega District News · Tuesday 2 September 1947 · page 9

One In every, four of the telephones now in service in the United Kingdom has been installed since the end of the war…

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Britain’s Wool Industry Should Nearly Double Pre-war Figures

The Bega District News · Tuesday 14 October 1947 · page 1

Under Britain’s new export programme the woollen industry will ultimately be sending overseas about half its total production…

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Soldiers’ Memorial at Berry Public Meeting Decides to Erect a Hall

The South Coast Register · Thursday 30 October 1947 · page 1

At a public meeting held at the Berry School of Arts or, Monday night last, it was unanimously decided to erect a…

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Out to Aid Returned Men . Minister Wants Land

The Bega District News · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 4

“I want the country areas well improved for the returned serviceman, with the possibility of his making a success of his life on the land,”…

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