U.s. Sheep Numbers Lowest Since Civil War
One of the postwar features of the United States rural economy which is causing great concern in trade circles is the rapid decline to sheep numbers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1949
343 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 18
Local Anzac Day Plans for Services
Celebrations in connection with the 34th anniversary of Anzac Day will begin tonight when the Returned Servicemen's League will hold a reunion social in the Palais supper room…
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General Omar Bradley. U.S. Chief of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →42 Dead and 60 Sailors Wounded Shelling Of British Ships
Shanghai, April 22 (A.A.P.-Reuter).âIt is now estimated that 42 British sailors were killed and 60 wounded in the Yongtse River "incident" this week in which Communist shore botteries attacked four British warships with artillery and small…
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One of the post-war features of the United States rural economy which is causing great concern in trade circles is the rapid decline in sheep numbers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Day Today
Today, the 34th anniversary of Anzac Day, will be celebrated. Broken Hill celebrate the occasion with a holiday for the business centre of the city and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stirring Sydney Anzac Day March
Sydney—Under a dull sky about 40,000 exservicemen and women took part in a stirring Anzac Day march in Sydney today. Thousands of cheering people watched the march from vantage points…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Barrier Miner Monday, April 25, 1949. Anzac Day Observance
ON the shores of Gallipoli 34 years ago today Australian and New Zealand soldiers made an imperishable name for themselves, and their deeds will ever be preserved in the pages of history. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Veterans Of World War 1
THESE VETERAN DIGGERS exchanged reminiscences of World War I. outside R.S.L. headquarters, Angas Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers' League Migration Plan
. Sydney.-The Returned Soldiers' League has received an appeal from thc league's Federal president (Mr. Eric Millhouse, K.C., of Adelaide)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anzac
Yesterday was Anzac Day, a day which primarily commemorates the heroic deeds of the Australian and New Zealand contingent at Gallipoli on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Anzac Day Ceremony
Considered the best attendance at a local Pawn Service for some years, 300 persons were present at the War Memorial in Argent Street…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floral Tributes To Memory Of Fallen At Local War Memorial
Base of the Fallen Soldiers' Memorial was covered with wreaths and floral tributes yesterday as relatives and friends paid tributes to the fallen. Many citizens visited the memorial to inspect the floral tributes. Wreaths were placed on the…
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Hamburg. April 25.—A British soldier is missing after a shooting incident on the British-Soviet zone frontier…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Legion At Anzac Day Service
When 30 members of the Broken Hill branch of the Legion of Exservicemens formed up outside Legion headquarters, and marched…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Activities in and Around Wilcannia Anzac Day in Wilcannia
About 52 Diggers of two wars, under the command of the president of the R.S.L. Sub Branch in Wilcannia, Mr. E. L. Mann, paraded on Anzac Day as a tribute to the memory of those who fell at Anzac…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Modern British Lightships to Replace Those Lost in the War
A fleet of modern light vessels, giving their crews "luxury" conditions compared with pre-war ships, and with many technical improvements, are now taking the place of those lost by Britain in the war. Half of the 16 Trinity House…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Strategic Cities As War Targets
Washington— Some 70 strategic cities in Russia have been earmarked by American military planners for attack in event of a war, says Charles Corddry, a well-known military writer…
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Washington, May 4— Mr. Will Clayton (a former Under Secretary of State) told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Air Force No More Than War Deterrent
New York, May 4.—The 38 Group United States Air Force can do no more than guarantee the prevention of an early defeat and bring hope of eventual…
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