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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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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