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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 28 of 29

Orange Soldiers Honor Late “Terry” Smith

Central Western Daily · Monday 28 November 1949 · page 4

Orange, and particularly the Returned Soldiers’ League, lost another prominent and popular identify through the death late on Friday night of Mr. Terence Smith, aged 69…

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Welcome Home Party

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 7

MR. & MRS. ALFRED STEPHEN, of March Street, gave an afternoon party last Thursday as a welcome back to their…

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Howse Favors Rise in War Pensions

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 30 November 1949 · page 2

The Federal Member for Calare, Mr. John Howse (Liberal) has affirmed his support for the R.S.L. plan for increased pensions. Mr. Howse yesterday issued…

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Blueprint for Next Phase of "Cold War"

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 30 November 1949 · page 1

PARIS, Wednesday. -- Observers here believe that the recent secret Cominform meeting in Budapest and the Peiping…

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War Danger Recedes

Central Western Daily · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday—United States Secretary of Defence, Mr. Louis Johnson, told a Press conference here that [?]e danger…

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Cold War Plan Red Conference

National Advocate · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 2

PARIS, Wednesday: Observers here believe that the recent secret Comm[?] meeting in Budapest and the [?]king selction of the…

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Blueprint For Soviet Cold War

Central Western Daily · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 3

PARIS, Wednesday. — Observers here believe that the recent secret Cominform meeting in Budapest…

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British Attack on Cominform's "War Manifesto"

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday.-- Britain's Minister for State, Mr. Hector McNeill, yesterday told the General Assembly that the…

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Sum of £2521 for Orange War Memorial

Central Western Daily · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 1

A credit balance of £2,521 is shown in the balance sheet of the Orange and District War Memorial…

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Red Charge Against U.s. "Third World War"

National Advocate · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 2

FLUSHING MEADOW, Wednesday: Russia's Foreign Minister, Andrel Vishinsky, yesterday told the, United Nations that the US had "girded…

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Not Impressed by Jap Soldiers

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday.--The Army chief of staff, Lieut-General V. J. Lawton Collins, told a press conference here that the Japanese…

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Franco-polish "Cold War"

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 4

LONDON, Friday.--Nine French citizens, including four women, have been expelled from Poland in another move in the Franco-Polish…

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Beetles Released for War on Pest

Central Western Daily · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 8

Five colonies of beetles, totalling about 175,000 in all, have been liberated in the Orange district in the hope that they will bring the noxious weed —St. John’s Wort—under control…

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“Cold War” Expulsions In Warsaw

Central Western Daily · Saturday 3 December 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.—Nine French citizens, including four women, have been expelled from Poland in…

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War on Rabbits Coonamble Activities COONAMBLE

National Advocate · Saturday 3 December 1949 · page 1

Rabbits are thick in the Coonamble area. Last night a drive organised by local landholders on shire Roads…

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Two Orange Soldiers at Investiture

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 7 December 1949 · page 1

Two Orange soldiers, Lieut-Colonel Hennessy and Lieut-Steve Bernard were invested with medals by the Governor,…

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Letters To Editor Is It War on Housewives?

Central Western Daily · Thursday 8 December 1949 · page 5

Sir,—Kindly allow me space to express my disapproval of the effrontery of the bakers, in taking it upon themselves to…

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More Land for Ex-soldiers Gunnedah Estate

National Advocate · Thursday 8 December 1949 · page 7

GUNNEDAH, Wednesday: The latest big country estate in NSW to be broken tip for soldier settlement is in the Werris Creek-Gunnedah…

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Birthday and Welcome Home

National Advocate · Friday 9 December 1949 · page 3

Last night more than 30 guests as­sembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Norm Morcom, of Keppel St., at a party Riven to Mrs. Morcom on…

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Soldier Farmers

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 9 December 1949 · page 11

The Minister for Lauds (Mr. Sheahan) announced today that 1317 farms have been provided for ex servicemen under the War Service Land…

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