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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1948

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War Weapons on Beaches

National Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday: Police have found hundreds of aerial bombs and hand grenades which have been washed up on beaches between…

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Must Organise for War

Central Western Daily · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Friday, — An admission, that the Government “Took out a couple of sections” of his Malayan despatch, was made by General A. E. Perci[?]st, in an…

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British War Graves Minister Calls For Investigation

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday: Reports from London that British Minister for War Shinwell has ordered a world-wide investigation into serious allegations…

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British Soldiers Blown Up 28 Killed When Jews Mined Train

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Monday. —Crim-faced troops, walked through pools of Mood and tore at metal and wood with bare hands to extricate dead and wounded in the wreckage of four coaches of the Cairo-Haifa train which…

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"Disgraceful," Condition of War Graves

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

Mr. B. Dickenson at last night's meeting of the Bathurst Chamber of Commerce drew the meeting's attention to the "disgraceful condition" of…

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N.G. Timber Leases. War Altered Procedure

Central Western Daily · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY. Wednesday, —Timber concessions in New guinea were granted “as a matter of course” before the war If the native…

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Fears of War Growing in Europe LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 1

There are growing fears of war in many European capitals. Vicious Russian propaganda coupled with seizure of power by…

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B.c.o.f.: Returned Men Deny Morals Charges

National Advocate · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Nine soldiers and airmen who arrived in Sydney from Japan by Qantas Lancastrian today, strenuously denied charges…

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In Palestine More Jewish Outrages Another British Soldier Killed

National Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 6

JERUSALEM. Friday: An Arab taxi carrying explosives, blew up in Haifa yesterday, demolishing a building behind the district police headquarters…

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ACQUITTED Italian War Criminals

National Advocate · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday: A group of prominent Italians Who three years ago were heavy gaol sentences for being Fascists and war criminals…

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Arabs Ready for War Jerusalem

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

"Everything is ready and the battle starts when I give the word," declared Fawzi el Kawakja, when lie assumed control of the Arab…

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Anzac Day March

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 3

The Sydney Anzac Day march this year will commence at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 25, from the Shakespeare Memorial Mecquarie…

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War Service Homes

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 2

The Deputy Commissioner of War S[?] Homes Commission has [?]ed the R.S.L. that the com[?]ion is new in a position to…

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War Gratuities May Be Liberalised

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday: Whether payments of gratut[?]es to members of the armed forces will be liberalised will be considered by a re-constituted…

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Digger Doings War Ailment Questions

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 4

Many ex-Servicemen, because of their not having a condition on war service, have been reluctant to apply for its acceptance as due to war, but…

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War Memorial for Nurses Support In Japan

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 4

A subscription list wag started in Japan among the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces less than a w[?] ago for the…

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Is Soviet Pushing World Into War? Washington

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 1

Against a background of open talk of possible war with Russia, House of Representative leaders decided to speed up the passage of the…

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News Items In Brief De Valera On War

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 1

New YORK, Tuesday. - The [?] [?] the world was head[?] for another world war was impressed by the former Premier [?]…

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Malaya War History

National Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday: Mr. Lionel Wigmore, Chief Liaison Officer of the Department of Information, has been appointed to write the volume…

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Danger of Another War LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 1

There is fear and uncertainty in many quarters about the danger of war. Every European nation is…

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