Gragin Estate War Service Land Settlement
The Minister for Lands advises that thirty (30) blocks on Gragin Estate were notified in the Government Gazette of [?] 17, 1917, as available for…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
465 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 24
Sowing Seeds Of Further German War Debate In House of Commons
London, February 6.—"We are piling up by our muddle, our mismanagement and our good intentions the seeds of a third German war," said Richard Law…
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Sydney, February 7.—Approximately [?]80,000 war medals will be issued in Australia to former members of the three fighting services, the Army…
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NEW YORK, February 9— Governor Yen Hsi-shan, last of China's old-style war lords, is fighting a losing war in Shansi…
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Although the Disposals Commission, which handles the disposal of surplus war-time goods, and materials, has had to answer…
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LONDON, February 10—The Admiralty has lifted the security ban on the story of the wartime use of infra-red rays the "cat's eyes" of the fighting services. In an underground room in Whitehall, Admiralty experts demonstrated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Post-war Marketing Of Tobacco Report Of A.A. Council Meeting
The Chairman of the Australian Agricultural Council, Mr. R. T. Pollard, Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, reported as follows to the recent meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian War Bride Ordered From U.S.
New York, February 11.—The Australian war bride. Iris A. Kemble, aged 22 years, formerly named Barratt, of Melbourne, was charged with obtaining…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Gives Canada New Industry
OTTAWA.—The war-time disruption of normal trade channels has led to the establishment of many new industries in Canada,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War News Reels Censored
LONDON, February 13—Scenes of fighting in newsreels from Indo-China have been censored in Singapore theatres, says, an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Aim Is 'To Prevent War'
LONDON, February 15.— "The supreme object of British foreign policy must be to prevent war. The role of our forces must therefore be to deter aggression and simultaneously safeguard British…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Prosperity (To The Editor)
Sir-Some Iidea of our capacity to live better Is indicated by the extent of UNRRA shipments. In 1945. ships for relief purposes carried over 16 and a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Gives Canada New Toy Industry
Ottawa - The wartime disrution of normal tranle channels had led to the esablishment of many new industries in [?] not the least of them is the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canada As "Belgium" of Next War
REGINA (Saskatchewan), February 17—If the U.S. followed its present imperialistic trend, Canada would be the Belgium of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Settlement Dealt With By Bourke Land Board Local Diggers' Bad Luck
The Local Land Board at Bourke comprising Messrs H. J. Cronin, Commissioner, H. Spencer, Assistant Commissioner, and C. P. Mozhen, Member,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldier Settlement Improved Conditions — R.S.L. President's Views
Yesterday Mr. Austen Brown, president of the R.S.L., said: "In the past diggers have trenchantly criticised the Government for its tardiness and lack…
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IN the following interview, Mr. M. Austen Brown, president of the local branch of the Returned Soldiers League, refers to the State Government's plan of making blocks available to returned servicemen. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War to the Death Arab Statement On Palestine Position
Jerusalem, February 20.—"We are now at war in which no quarter will be asked and none given. It will be a battle of life and death and woe to the vanquished," declared Doctor i[?]at Tannous, General Secretary of the Now Palestine Arab…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Settlement Dealt with by Bourke Land Board Four Blocks for Allocation
The Local Land Board at Bourke comprising Messrs H. J. Cronin, Commissioner, H. Spencer, Assistant Commissioner, and C. P. Mozhen, Member…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldier Settlement Improved Conditions—r.s.l. President's Views
Yesterday Mr. Austen Brown, president of the R.S.L. in Broken Hill, said: "In the past diggers have trenchantly criticised the Government for its…
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