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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1953

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"The Crusade For War's Banishment"

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 2

"If the Christian Church has nothing to say on the supreme question of the twentieth century—peace and war—then, it has nothing to say," Rev. Alan Walker stated during an address at the Mission to the City Rally…

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"Land Tax Not Needed for Soldier Settlement" "Loan Monies Recklessly Spent"—Bruxner

Boorowa News · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 4

The leader of the Country Party (Lt. Coir Bruxner) said yesterday that there was no justification whatever for the statement by the Cahill Government that its new land tax proposal was necessary because the Commonwealth…

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Trip for War Widows

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 September 1953 · page 3

CANBERRA: Only 20 of about 20,000 eligible war widows and bereaved parents have so far inquired about the…

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Ex-soldier's Hopes Fade

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 September 1953 · page 1

Former Australian Soldier, Frank Weaver, 27 who has been deported from Japan nine…

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War Memorial Foundation Stone Laying on Remembrance

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 23 September 1953 · page 2

Remembrance Sunday (November 15) was selected as the most appropriate date for the laying of the foundation stone of Crookwell's Memorial to those who served their…

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Women Were A War Hero's Weakness

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 September 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday: A much decorated World War 2 fighter pilot admitted in Old Bailey yesterday that he had committed bigamy twice with the same woman, and had legally married two other women…

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Crookwell's New War Memorial

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 25 September 1953 · page 2

Lt. Col. Charles Anderson, V.C., will be invited to lay the foundation stone of Crookwells new War…

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Challenging Address By Bishop Burgmann Magnificent Response To Appeal For War Memorial Library £140 Subscribed At Anglican Men's Dinner

Boorowa News · Friday 25 September 1953 · page 2

The Lord Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn (the Rt. Rev. E. H. Burgmann, M.A., ThD.) delivered a most challenging address to an enthusiastic gathering of some 80 Church of England men at or dinner on Friday night last in…

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Long Probe Of War Crimes

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 September 1953 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Sunday: The United States Army was carefully collecting evidence on hundreds of…

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Merryville Rams For Soldier Settlers

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 28 September 1953 · page 2

The 100 merino rams given by Merryville Pty. Ltd. for men on war service land settlement farms are now open for application,…

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Will Intensify Indo-China War

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 October 1953 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: The United states and France to-day jointly announced plans to intensity the war in Indo-China. The announcement said the…

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Mothers' Request On "Red" Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 October 1953 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wed: A proposal that mothers of American soldiers, who refuse to return home after their release…

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Eisenhower's Five "Musts" To Avert Atomic World War

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 October 1953 · page 3

ATLANTIC CITY, Tuesday: A five-point programme for averting the "sudden and mass destruction" of an atomic world war has been outlined by President Dwight Eisenhower…

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Nato "Best Hope to Prevent War"

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 October 1953 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: If the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation had come into being earlier, there would have been no…

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The Great Tragedy of War

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 October 1953 · page 6

Homeless and alone in the world, this Korean war orphan sits amid wreckage of war near the battlelines in Korea. The youngster lost both parents during a battle a few days before. Destitute children in Korea are given…

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Soldier Settlement Block On Kenyu to the Editor

Boorowa News · Friday 16 October 1953 · page 1

Sir.—My attention has been drawn to certain correspondence in the "News" concerning a soldier settlement block on Kenya…

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No War in "Foreseeable Future"

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 19 October 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): Field-Marshal Lord Montgemery said yesterday he did not think there would…

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Atomic Weapons And Next War

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 19 October 1953 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Sunday (A.A.P.): Any idea that atomic weapons would not be used in the next war probably was "wishful thinking," Mr. W. Sterling Cole said to-night. Mr. Cole, Chairman of the…

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War Memorial in N.g

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 October 1953 · page 1

The Governor-General, Field Marshal, Sir William Slim, yesterday unveiled the high stone Cross of Sacrifice memorial to…

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Memorial To War Dead

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 October 1953 · page 6

The Governor-General, Field Marshal Sir William Slim, unveiled the high stone Cross of Sacrifice…

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