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

The wars & local soldiers, 1949

579 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 24 of 29

War Widows Organisation

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 2

Ex-servicemen and women and war widows of both 1914/18 and 1930/45 war are eligible for membership of Bathurst's new organisation and are…

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War Veterans Art Union

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—All major prizes in the War Veterans’ Art Union, which was drawn tonight, went to…

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Education for Children of Soldiers

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Repatriation Commission's Soldiers' Children Education Scheme started in 1920 after World War 1 and is still going on…

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War on Rabbits Young

National Advocate · Thursday 6 October 1949 · page 6

The State Member for Young [?] F. J. Cahill) has [?] a plan [?] wage war on rabbits. He wants the Government to set up…

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German War Monster at Final British Trial

National Advocate · Thursday 6 October 1949 · page 2

HAMBURG, Wednesday: The last of Hitler's generals to be tried by Britain will open his defence against a possible death sentence before a…

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Nylon at War

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 2

A bullet-resisting plastic and nylon body armour for soldiers, a cloth-like substance that will resist a 45 calibre bullet fired from only…

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Cold War Expulsions

National Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Friday: Eight employees of the Polish Embassy in Belgrade have been expelled by Yugoslavia. Simultaneously, the Yugoslav…

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8 Million War Casualties

National Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1949 · page 2

FRANKFURT, Friday: The German army suffered more than eight million casuailties—two million dead, four million wounded and two…

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War Widows and Exservicemen's Association Meeting

National Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1949 · page 2

The view that existing Ex-Servicemen's Organisations and Bathurst New Ex-Servicemen's Association, should be on the friendliest of terms,…

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Cold War Continues Tito-soviet Deadlock

National Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1949 · page 2

LAKE SUCCESS, Friday: Yugoslavia has carried her feud with the Soviet Union one step further by asking the United Nations to declare itself…

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More Farms for Ex-soldiers

National Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1949 · page 1

GULARGAMBONE, Friday: The Minister for Lands Mr. Sheehan) has informed the Member for Castlereagh (Mr. Renshaw) that an…

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Austrian Elections First Since War

National Advocate · Monday 10 October 1949 · page 2

VIENNA, Sunday: In Austria people are going to the polls in the second general election since the war. It is estimated that nearly 4,500,000…

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Minister’s Wide Powers Over War Supplies

Central Western Daily · Monday 10 October 1949 · page 1

Senator Armstrong, Minister for Supply, has been given sweeping powers for the production of war material in…

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Italy in Verbal War

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday.--Britain in a 60-word note to Russia has emphatically rejected Soviet accusations that Italy, by adhering to the…

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Bowlers Help Ex-soldiers

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 7

Orange Bowling Club raised £30/16/- for ex-servicemen patients at the Orange Mental Hospital during the Cherry Blossom fours’ tournament at the weekend…

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Returned Men and Rabbits Minister Clears Up Position

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 4

The Minister for Lands, Mr, Sheahan, said yesterday that any inference that soldier settlers, who have rabbits on…

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War on Rabbits Member's Proposal

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The establishment of a separate authority to exclusively concentrate on the destruction of rabbits was proposed in a…

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War Damage Insurance for Flood Victims. Lyndhurst Shire In Favour

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 5

Lyndhurst Shire Council is in favour of the Government allocating portion of the money collected by it as War Damage Insurance…

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Farms for Soldiers

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 4

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Sheahan, yesterday announced that Parliament had approved the resumption of…

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Soldier Farms Held Up

Central Western Daily · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY. Tuesday.— Resumption of holdings for Soldier Settlement purposes have been held up by the issue of…

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