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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

9,843 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

Theft Of Soldiers' Comforts

The Sun · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 5

Ninety per cent, of Christmas hampers from the Comforts Fund were tampered with,…

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Soldier Factor Most Vital

The Sun · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 2

Rehabilitation of the discharged soldier was the major problem of this generation, the NSW president of the Legion of…

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Soldier's Body Found in Tunnel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 5

A soldier's mutilated body was found yesterday morning in a tunnel 300 yards north of Wynyard station. He was Spr. Leonard Keith Kinch,…

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Farms for Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday. -- The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) announced today that proposals to assist servicemen…

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Farms for Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday. -- The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) announced today that proposals to assist servicemen…

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Farms for Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday. -- The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) announced today that proposals to assist servicemen…

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Farms for Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday. -- The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) announced today that proposals to assist servicemen…

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Mo Direct War Damage

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 17

The directors of Cuthbert's Misima Goldmine, Ltd., report that the property in Papua has escaped direct war damage. No idea can be given as to when mining…

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Hit by the war, eh?

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 10

RETURNING to Australia this week after 18 months reporting the war in Europe, I find Australia singularly fortunate in its preservation from the…

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Vegetable Prospect "Worst Since War"

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 5

This year's prospects for vegetable supplies were the worst since the beginning of the war, the chief of the Marketing and Agricultural Economics Division (Dr. H. G. Hynes) said…

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War Costs Inflate Stock Values

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 15

LARGE departmental stores, which in 1944 provided one of the few bright spots on Stock Exchange records, may be thrown on their mettle during 1945. Whether they can continue the high ratio of war-time…

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Characters On The Stage Of War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 8

ALMOST daily for more than six months, I have heard characters in the tremendous drama of this war speak…

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U.s. War Loan Record Broken

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 17

WASHINGTON, Friday (A.A.P.).--The Secretary of the Treasury (Mr. Morgenthau) has announced that sales in the record-breaking Sixth War Loan…

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Post-war Ministry Job for Journalist

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA. Saturday. -- Mr. Ulrich Ellis, of Melbourne, has been appointed Assistant Director of Public Relations in the Ministry of…

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Post-war Ministry Job for Journalist

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA. Saturday -- Mr. Ulrich Kills, of Melbourne, has been appointed Assistant Director of Public Relations in the Ministry of…

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Post-war Ministry Job for Journalist

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA, Saturday. -- Mr. Ultich Ellis, of Melbourne, has been appointed Assistant Director of Public Relations in the Ministry of…

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Exceptional War Experiences Three Sydney Nurses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 6

Few Australian nurses will have more interesting tales to tell of their experiences in this war than three Sydney girls,…

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Home Radio Sets After the War

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 7

Many manufacturers in the U.S.A. have already built and tested the radio and television sets which will be sold to the public after the war. The corporations have a pretty good idea of the prices they will…

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French Call To War In Pacific

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday. -- Paris radio last night appealed for volunteers to fight in the Far East, including Indo-China…

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