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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Latest Bulletin From The "Cold War" Front

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 1

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War Medals

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 4

Members of the Citizen Military Forces and the Volunteer [?]elence Corps who attended Tr[?]ing camps during the…

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Disability Due To War Service

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 4

Opinions subscribed by various members of the medical profession on the question of whether a disability (or disabilities)…

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Former Soldier To Beautify Dunmorven

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 2

MACLEAN.--Mr. P. Dann, a Maclean businessman and a soldier of World War I, is to take up residence at…

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Soldier-miners Live in Comfort

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 3

LITHGOW, Tues—Even Interstate draught beer is available at Marrangaroo "coal cap," where service personnel…

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Size of War Service Farms

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 7

"The present day costs of establishing new settlers or of purchasing established farms as going concerns is…

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Banana Growers Help War Veterans' Home

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 2

A donation of £150 to the fund for the erection of the war veterans' home at East Ballina was approved at a meeting of…

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No Relaxation In Church-Red War

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.).--Reports from Europe to-day reveal that there is no relaxation in the war between religion and Communism in the Soviet and Satellite-controlled areas. Vatican Radio reports that Hungarian Communist police on…

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Bowls Played by Blind Soldiers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 8

Mr. Sid Marsh, who visited Coffs bowling green last weekend, coaches blind ex-servicemen in the Sydney…

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Soldiers Break Miners' Record

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.--In the Muswellbrook Field, soldiers broke the production record of 2500 tons produced in one day (16 hours) by regular miners, by crushing and…

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Charges on War Contracts

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Fri. (AAP).—"Shocking evidence" of fraud, collusion and bribery on the part of former army officers in the…

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War On Grasshoppers

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 August 1949 · page 3

The kangaroo menace is becoming a major problem in the Kimberley (W.A.) district, where pastoralists report…

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German War Criminals Sentenced To Death

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 August 1949 · page 1

LILLE, Sun. (AAP).--A French military tribunal sentenced to death eight of nine German S.S. men charged with taking part in…

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Soviet Says West Plans New War

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 August 1949 · page 3

MOSCOW, Sun. (AAP).--The Brititsh Conservative programme published recently is a frank programme for…

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War Widows' Entiltlements

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 August 1949 · page 1

MR. BARNARD. MELBOURNE, Tues.--The Minister for Repatriation, Mr. Barnard, told the Returned Soldiers…

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Inter-nation Body on War Victims

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 August 1949 · page 1

GENEVA, Tues. (AAP).--A Red Cross conference of 59 nations meeting here has decided to discuss a proposal to establish…

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Examining Proposal To Train Soldiers In Open-Cuts

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--The Government proposes to ask the Military Board to investigate the proposal that Army…

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Atomic Power In War And Peace

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 3

In an address to the Grafton Rotary Club, Dr. A. A. Sharland pointed out how interesting it was that though uranium had…

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First Post-War British Lagonda Car

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 1

This picture shows the first post-war British Lagonda car which has been purchased by the Maharajah of Jawhar for his use in India. The Maharajah, who is seen entering the car, is studying Law in England and plans to return to India in…

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Lightships To Replace Those Lost In The War

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 2

A fleet of modern light vessels, giving their crews "luxury" conditions compared with pre-war ships, and with many technical improvements, are now taking…

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