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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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China War Fighting Moves Nearer Capital

National Advocate · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 2

HONG KONG, Thursday With the fighting getting closer to flanking, China's capital plans are proceeding to evacuate the main part of the…

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Unveiling of Honor Plaque on Anzac Day to Be Erected in Molong Town Hall Vestibule

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 1

An order had been placed for an Honor Plaque to commemorate the dead of the 1939-45 World War, the retiring president of Molong sub-branch of the R.S.L. (Mr. J. Wright) said on Wednesday…

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P.p. Board Seeks 22 Ammunition for Rabbit War

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 7

A motion was tabled at a recent meeting of Carcoar P.P. Board that the Department of Commerce and Agriculture be…

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Wire Netting for Soldiers

Central Western Daily · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.— Wire netting and rabbit ruminant for the 792 Soldier Settlements in NSW were being made…

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Child Victims of War Help From the Red Cross

Central Western Daily · Saturday 22 January 1949 · page 3

From the Red Cross comes a report which can only be described as harrowing…

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Soldier Settlement Result of Forbes Ballot

National Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1949 · page 3

FORBES, Friday: A total of 1030 of 1080 applicants was submitted to the ballot for eight selections on the Boyd Station today. The farms on…

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Dairy Farms for Soldiers

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: The NSW Government is prepared to finance exsoldier settlers on dairy farms up to a limit of £13,000…

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Robbed and Battered Young Returned Soldier Attacked

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: A young returned serviceman was brutally bashed near the entrance to Central Railway Station last night…

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Man Found Wounded

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1

A man was found with a wound in his throat in a house in William Street, East Orange, late on Sunday night…

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China War Nanking in Danger

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 2

NANKING, Monday: It has been suggested in messages from Nankind that although General Chiang Kai Shek has officially resigned he…

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[?]ormer Soldier's Suicide

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Slashing his [?]roat with a safety-razor blade, a [?]ung returned serviceman then [?]ped 70ft to death from the…

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Soldier Shot Dead

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A young soldier was found shot dead under a [?] in the bush at Fairy Bower. [?]anly today…

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Chinese City Cut Off by Civil War Little Contact With Outside World(From W. E. Parrott, A. a .P. Reuter Correspondent)

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 4

HANKOW—Radio Australia’s rebroadcasting of the B.B.C. has become the chief link with the outside world for many of Hankow’s, cosmopolitan foreign community due to the disruption of…

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Russian Soldier Claims Soviet Preparing For Third World War LONDON

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 1

A former member of Ma[?] Sokolovsky staff in Berlin Lie[?]-Colonel [?] who has escaped to Britain [?] the British Insurance of Political Research yesterday that the political burean of the Soviet Communist Parry was…

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Less Textile Fibres Than Pre-war

National Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. reported A remarkable feature of supplies of textile fibres is [?] 1947/48, rayon yarn was the only [?]…

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Chinese Reds Issue New War Criminals List KANKING

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 1

A C[?] last night called on the [?] Government to know [?] in its [?] appeal by…

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Cudal to Welcome Home Mr. Howse

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

A meeting was held last week to make arrangements for a visit from Mr. John Howse, member for Calare, who has recently returned…

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Russians Prepare For War

Central Western Daily · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday.— A former member of General Sokolovsky’s staff in Berlin, Lieut-Colonel Georgi…

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Happy Landings for War Mutilated Children

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

From the Red Cross comes a report which can only be described as harrowing— of child war victims, war-mutilitated…

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Long List of China’s War Criminals

Central Western Daily · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

NANKING, Thursday.— A Chinese Communist spokesman, in a broadcast last night, called on the Nationalist…

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