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

The wars & local soldiers, 1953

426 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 21 of 22

Welcome home to couple

Central Western Daily · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 6

Last Saturday night a crowd of well-wishers invaded the home of…

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War Cost Brit. 7 Thousand Million Pounds Sir Stephen Holmes speaks to Royal Empire Society

Central Western Daily · Monday 23 November 1953 · page 2

High Commission for the United Kingdom in Australia, Sir Stephen Holmes, said in Orange on Friday night that World War II had cost Great Britain more than seven thousand million pound Sir Stephen was addressing a gathering of members of the Orange…

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War Service Land Settlement

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 25 November 1953 · page 4

Mr. John Howse, M.P. for Calare, has received the following reply from the Minister for the Interior, Mr…

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Gift of Rams for Soldier Settlers

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 25 November 1953 · page 4

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Hawkins, announced in Sydney today that additional gift of 245 Merino…

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Yeoval Soldier Settler's Holding Forfeited by Land Board

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 27 November 1953 · page 4

A Yeoval Soldier Settler whose holding was declared forfeited by Molong Land Board, is expected to lodge an appeal with the Minister for Lands. The settler is Harold Thomas…

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Divorced to Escape Cold War

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 December 1953 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.-- A Russian woman libs obtained a Russian divorce from her English husband because I am…

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Soldier Settlement Grazing Blocks Applications Close on December 11

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 2 December 1953 · page 5

Applications for is Western Division soldier settlement grazing blocks close in Sydney on Friday, 11th…

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"Not Federal Responsibility" Soldier Settlement

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 2 December 1953 · page 3

The responsibility to decide how much would be spent on soldier settlement in New South Wales was on…

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Davis Cup War of Nerves" U.s. Writer's Complaint

National Advocate · Thursday 3 December 1953 · page 6

NEW YORK, Wednesday: An American Associated Press tennis writer, cabling from Melbourne on the elimination of the…

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Returned Men And Queen

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 4 December 1953 · page 5

Special provision will be made in the Park on February, 12 for all ex-servicemen and women to…

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Peace Problems Tougher Than War Worries

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 December 1953 · page 4

STOCKHOLM, Wednesday.-- Sir Winston Churchill is working on a new book which he intends to "burst on the world"…

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"Soldiers Fought for Democracy"

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 9 December 1953 · page 3

Compulsory unionism represented the totalitarianism against which Australian soldiers had fought in the…

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Gift Rams for Soldier Settlers

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 9 December 1953 · page 6

Applications, from men on war service land settlement farms, to share in a further merino gift ram…

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First District Soldier Settlements Announced

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 December 1953 · page 5

Moves to introduce what are believed to be the first soldier-settler holdings in the Lithgow-Oberon districts have been begun by the Lands Department which has arranged to resume two well-known pastoral…

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Recommends World Howse critical of soldier settlement

Central Western Daily · Thursday 10 December 1953 · page 3

The Commonwealth Government has allocated £1,500,000 to expedite soldier settlement in Staten in which it has some control over war service land settlement projects…

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War Could Delay

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 16 December 1953 · page 3

Dr. Shepherd has since worked on radar fuses to enable shells to seek out their targets in the air. He has been a…

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Wounded in Throat Early Morning Incident Bathurst Man Injured

National Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1953 · page 2

Bleeding profusely from a wound in the throat, allegedly sustained In an altercation with another man, a young Bathurst…

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Late Release of War Prisoners

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 21 December 1953 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Monday.-- Senator Wayne Morse (Independent, Oregon) said yesterday that the United States was…

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The All Blacks "War Cry"

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 December 1953 · page 3

The New Zealand Rugby tourists in Britain are here doing a "war dance" at Brighton and Hove Stadium. The occasion was the start of their tour of Brfitain where in a great match they beat the Southern Counties by 24 to nil. These All Blacks are the fourth…

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Additional Gift Merino Rams for Soldier Settlers

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 23 December 1953 · page 4

Applications, from men on war service land settlement farms, to share in a further merino gift ram…

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