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

The wars & local soldiers, 1954

365 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 19

War Ends in Indo-China Truce Agreement Sought Communists to Control Big Area

National Advocate · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 2

GENEVA, Wednesday:—Full agreement was reached here early today on a complete Ihdo-China peace settlement, thus bringing in sight a speedy close to the bitter hostilities in the…

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Mendooran Soldier Settler Who Knows How to Ger Things Done

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 9

At the recent conference of the Country Party in Sydney a city reporter had an interesting interview with Mr. Leonard Hosegood, of "Ardmarnock," Mendooran, a young man who is now…

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Gulgong Bowlers Proved a Little Too Hot for the Boys of the Mudgee Soldiers' Club

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 8

Gulgong bowlers invaded Mudgee last Sunday, there to meet and beat the bright young boys of the Soldiers' Club. The best scrap of the day…

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Library for Soldiers' Club

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 6

The City of Lithgow R.S.L. Club is spending £500 on new books to bring its library up to first-class standard, the…

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Silly Things Asked After the War

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 12

Jones: You're looking fine, old chap. I suppose if war started again you'd be anxious to have another go…

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"Word War" Sequel to Plane Incidents

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Wed.--Britain and the United States yesterday engaged Communist China in a "war of words" at the official level over the grave Far Eastern crisis springing from last Friday's destruction, with loss of life, of a British Skymaster airliner…

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U.S. Pilots told to Shoot China Sea Air War

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday: A fight-back policy with a direct order to American pilots to be "quick on the trigger," has highlighted developments in the air fight between Chinese Communist and U.S. planes…

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Verbal War Over Air Incidents Protest by Nations

National Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday: Britain and the United States yesterday engaged Communist China in a "war of words" at the official level over the grave Far…

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China Sea Air War Eisenhower's View

National Advocate · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Thursday: President Eisenhower believes the Communists are exploiting the South China sea air incidents in an attempt to split…

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Annual War Orphans' Appeal Day in Mudgee

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 1

This year, War Orphans' Appeal Day win be held in Mudgee on Friday, September 3…

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Land for Soldiers

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 2

It is reported that 10,000 acres of the noted Collaroy estate, Merriwa, will be purchased by the Government…

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Cutler attacks State Government’s policy on soldier settlers

Central Western Daily · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 8

“I notice that the Minister for Land (Mr. Hawkins) has issued another Press statement in which he repeated his time-worm misrepresentations about the State Government’s soldier settlement policy” said the Country Patty member for Orange, Mr. C. B. Cutler, M.L.A., this week…

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War on Vice Clean-up Moves

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 5

PHOENIX CITY (Alabama), Tues: Anti-vice crusaders, who have been trying to wipe out Phenix City's neterious gambling dens for years…

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Preparing for an All-Out War on the Grasshopper Pest Next Season

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 20

The disastrous grasshopper invasion of last year has been responsible for a general awakening to the dangers which may have to be faced next season, and already preparations are being…

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U.S. Protest Rejected Air War Wrangles

National Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Friday: Communist China has poured oil on the flames of Sino-American enmity by categorically, rejecting the United States' second…

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Goa on War Footing As Tension Increases

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Monday.--Goa, the chief Portugese settlement in India, was reported by All-India radio last night to be in a state of siege. Indian newspapers said the Portugese authorities had taken steps to put it on a "war footing" because they expected a march on the settlement by demonstrators…

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Major Scheme Of Soldier Settlement

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, This Afternoon. Soldier settlement was the biggest peace time undertaking in Australia since the…

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Soldier Settlement Hold-up Fed, Govt. Criticised SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 1

Thousands of ex-servicemen had been "kept air the road" because of the lack of adequate financial support from the Federal Government, Mr. K…

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Improvements to War Memorial

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 1

The Carcoar School of Arts Committee are indeed grated to the Lyndhurst Shire Council for their prompt…

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West Germany Being Swept by Wage War

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 3

FRANKFURT (West Germany), Wed.-- More than four million workers--a quarter of West Germany's total…

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