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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 15 of 19

Death Sentences Commuted War Crime Trials

National Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 6

PARIS, Wednesday: Death sensentences passed on two former SS men for their part in the wartime massacre of the population of…

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Grant for War Memorial Park at Mendooran

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 12

Reference was made to the Mendooran - Merrygoen War Memorial Park, at last meeting of…

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Mudgee Soldiers' Club Bowlers Had Great Outing at Kandos Last

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 8

The Mudgee Soldiers' Club bowlers visited Kandos last Sunday, and, although downed by the locals, were delighted with the splendid treatment meted out to the[?]. It is reported…

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Public Appeal For Portland Soldiers' Memorial

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 6

A public meeting held in the supper room of the Majestic Hall on Tuesday night to consider the erection of a suitable soldiers' memorial in Portland was fairly well attended and was chaired…

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Inquest on Woman Soldier Charged

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 September 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A woman found nude with 64 bruises on her body was dangerously under the influence of liquor at the time of her death. City…

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Distinguished Soldier To Pay Lithgow A Visit

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 September 1954 · page 4

One of Australia's distinguished military administrators who was decorated for his part in the deciding battle against Rommel's Afrika Korps in El Alamein, and who was present at…

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Vietminh "War' Government v ARMY

National Advocate · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 1

SAIGON, Sunday: The struggle for power in southern Vietminh developed yesterday into a show of force between the Government and the…

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Lithgow Boy Has Long And Distinguished War Record

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 4

A former wartime bomber pilot, who was engaged on attacking enemy shipping in French and Norwegian ports and later on the destruction of German Afrika Corps troop concentrations at…

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War on Diphtheria Compulsory Immunisation

National Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.— Compulsory immunisation should be introduced in NSW to tackle diphtheria, a conference of health inspectors was told…

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No Anzac Day Without C.M.F. Says General

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 4

One of the senior officers who prepared orders for the Battle of Alamein claimed yesterday that the allies would have lost the Middle East if there had not been a Citizens' Military Force in…

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We Must Avoid War If We Possibly Can

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 2

Sir,—I wish to congratulate the "Guardian" on the firm stand it is taking on the need for the Democratic nations…

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Twenty-Seven Farms for Soldier Settlement

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 2

Nearly 36,000 acres of land from five country properties will be taken over soon for soldier…

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Soldier Settlers

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 7

Comparative figures showing the Commonwealth expenditure on soldier settlement in the…

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Women Wounded on Hunting Trip

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 1

NYNGAN, Tuesday: Mrs. Christina Nicholl 31, of Wellington, was accidentally wounded near Nyngan yesterday…

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Cold War

Central Western Daily · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 16

NEW YORK, Wednesday. — Yugoslavia yesterday called upon the Soviet bloc and the West to abandon…

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Anzac Week Festival

National Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1954 · page 5

The Anzac Festival Committee announces the schedule of competitions in connection with the Anzac Week Festival 1954-5, and many…

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Federal Expenditure on Soldier Settlement

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 3

Comparative figures showing the Commonwealth expenditure on soldier settlement in the Various States…

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Large-scale Hospital Extensions Sought by Board Bid for action on plans pigeon-holed during war

Central Western Daily · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 1

Orange Base Hospital Board at a meeting on Wednesday night decided to make strong representations for large-scale extensions to the hospital. The board will seek action on plans, pigeon-holed…

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More Soldiers Blocks

National Advocate · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs — Applications for seventeen war service land settlement grazing blocks in the western division close in Sydney on October…

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Brown Captured End of Sensational Manhunt Ill and Wounded

National Advocate · Monday 18 October 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Robert Michael Brown (20). whom police captured yesterday after the most sensational manhunt in…

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