War on Hoppers P. M. Offers Federal Aid
CANBERRA, Friday: The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) today offered Commonwealth aid in combating the grasshopper plague…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1953
426 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 20 of 22
War on Hoppers : P.M. Offers Aid Appeal by State
CANBERRA, Friday.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies announced today that the three services would help in combatting the…
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SYDNEY, Mon.— Immediate action to combat the grasshopper plague in N.S.W. was agreed on in Sydney today at a conference between…
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SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--The State Agriculture K Minister (Mr. Graham) said today he had been told the Commonwealth could only supply 600 servicemen to fight the grasshopper plague instead of the 1200…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gift Merino Rams for Soldier Settlers
Applications by men on war service land settlement farms for "Willandra" gift merino rams close on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Prisoner of War Memorial 1953 Objective Achieved
The Anglican diocese of Bathurst is aiming to b[?]uld the first Australian Memorial to prisoners of war who died in the…
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LONDON, Wednesday: Fusilier Patrick Lydon, the young soldier sentenced to a year's Imprisonment and [?]gnomanious discharge from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wounded Won’t Cry
Some of the 80 National Service trainees attached to the Orange squadron of the Sixth Mounted Rifles will find themselves minus legs and arms on Tuesday night next…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prisoner of War Memorial Objective for 1953 Achieved
The objective of £20,000 for the work of erecting Australia's first prisoner of war memorial, set for 1953, has been reached with two months of the year yet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tough Policy by Russia Continuation of Cold War Likely
LONDON, Friday: Fears that the new Soviet regime, headed by Georgi Malenkov, have gone back to the tough attitude towards the West prevailing before the death of Stalin, are increasing in Western…
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Over four hundred thousand acres of Western Division grassing land will be Crown open in thirteen…
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TRANGIE, Sunday: The war on grasshoppers in Western NSW began in earnest today when RAAF men went into action on a station…
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DUBBO, Monday: Hot summer weather today provided perfect conditions for R.A.A.F. ground staff men to make their first…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Carcoar P.P. Board's War Against Grasshoppers Outstanding Results Obtained
Carcoar Pastures Protection Board members were elated with the report furnished by their Field Officer, Mr. A. Cooley, in connection with the grasshopper control campaign being carried out in their…
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Four hundred thousand acres of grazing land in the western division opened this week in thirteen soldier…
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I our hundred thousand acres of grazing land in the Western division opened this week in thirteen soldier settlement blocks, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Keen Pennant Fight Between Mudgee Soldiers' Club and Gulgong Bowlers
Owing to the pranks of Jupiter Pluvius, the No. 2 pennant bowls match between the Mudgee Soldiers' Club and Gulgong could not be started on Sunday morning as scheduled, and the fight…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Unveiling of Photographs of War Dead
An impressive service took place in the Nuffield Hall at Fairbridge Farm School Moolong on Wednesday night when enlarged photographs of two ex-Fairbridgians who lost their…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War "Veteran's" Death at Concord
Seriously wounded at Pozieres during World War I, Mr. Albert James Champion, of Woy Woy, passed away in…
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BERLIN, Wednesday.-- A British solder who arrived in Berlin on Monday after seven years in Soviet captivity will…
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