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

The wars & local soldiers, 1948

617 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 31

WHARFIES Work Now as Well as Pre-war

National Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday Wharfies load and unload cargoes as quickly now as they did before the war, Federal Secretary of the Waterside Workers'…

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Strive for Peace But Prepare for War U.S. Speaker on Grave WASHINGTON, Wednesday

National Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 3

"The constant advance of the "iron curtain" across Europe has created a grave crisis in our international relations, declared…

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Soldiers' Carnival

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 12

Mudgee R.S.L. branch members are hopeful that their carnival on April 20 will prove as successful as the diggers' turn-out at Wellington…

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May Have 360 at Anzac Dinner Molong Prepares For Big Function

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 1

Molong RSL sub-branch expects about 360 people at the Anzac Dinner for ex-service personnel in the School of Arts on…

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Dismantling War Plants In Occup[?] (From Keith Garner, Reuter’s Correspondent)

Central Western Daily · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 2

BERLIN (by Air Mail).—More than 200 of the 496 British Zone industrial plants in Germany, scheduled last October to be dismantled as reparations, have already been dismantled, or are being…

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In Event of War Australia Must Self-Support

National Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 2

PERTH, Friday: Chief of the Australian Air Staff, Air Marshall Jones, told the conference of the West Australian Air Association in Perth to-day…

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British War Widows to Settle in Queensland. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 1

Two war widows, each with three children, were among a party of British migrants who arrived to-day from London in the Moreton Bay…

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Anzac Dawn Service

National Advocate · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Anzac Day Dawn Service will beheld at 4.30 a.m. on Sunday. April 25, and not on the Anbac Day holiday on the following…

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Drift to War Says Evatt

Central Western Daily · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA. Sunday. The present world situation could only lie described as a “drift” towards war said…

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Russia's Big War Potential LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 1

Russia has announced that the Red Army will be reduced to conscripts of the 1926 and 1927 classes only…

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Dreaded War Cloud Grows Bigger And Blacker WASHINGTON

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 1

Diplomatic authorities here say that the situation in Europe is so serious that it may cause the Secretary of State (Mr. George Marshall) to change his plans to attend the Inter-American Conference, scheduled to open at…

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Soldiers' Memorial

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 16

At last monthly Denman R.S.L. meeting, it was decided to start upon the erection of the town's Anzac House at the…

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Soldiers' Luggage Is Well Investigated Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 1

The personal belongings of 1174 soldiers and 92 airmen, who returned to Sydney from Japan, were thoroughly searched by Customs officers…

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Soldier Land Settlement Ballot Available

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 7

Secretary of the Orange Subbranch of the R.S.[?], Mr. Harold Cassidy, yesterday announced that two War Service…

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War Unlikely Says Listowel

National Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 8

HONGKONG, Tuesday: Reasonable precautions against war should be taken by sensible people, said the former Secretary of State for India, Lord…

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In Greece Aircraft War Begins

National Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 2

ATHENS, Tuesday: Guerrillas plan to bomb Greek cities from airfields in side Aldbania and Bulgara. This is learned from Government…

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Salesman on Murder Charge Us War Bride

National Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Harry Turnbull Shoebridge. (39)., salesman, was charged at Central Court today with having, on March 10, feloniously…

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Public Meeting for Celebration of Anzac Day

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 11

Molong RSL has asked the Municipal Council to call a public meeting for the celebration of Anzac Day, April 25…

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War Graves Booklet

Central Western Daily · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 10

The Imperial War Graves Commission has prepared a booklet of war cemeteries, which will be forwarded to…

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Worthy Effort to Remove War's Shadows London

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 1

A motion calling for an early meeting between Prime Minister Attlee and Generalissimo Stalin, and if possible President Truman and…

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