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The wars & local soldiers, 1947

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"Edgeroi" Estate for Soldier Settlement

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 2
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The [?] for [?] Captain Dunn, announces to-day that subject to Parliamentary approval negotiations have been completed for the acquisition…

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Soldiers’ Families Reach Japan

Maitland Mercury · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 2

TOKIO, Jan. 30. — Lieut. Col. S.B. Abbott, Chief of the Australian Reparations Commission, and several families of Australian…

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Cycle Club’s War Work

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK—Muswellbrook did not lave any better wartime workers than those who staffed the cycle club’s stall at…

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Soldier Placed on a Bond

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 6

Pleading guilty at West Maitland Court to-day to having at Ryde, between October and January 10 stolen a motor cycle,…

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Returned Men May Build Next Year

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 2

The president of the West Maitland sub-branch of the R.S.L. & A.I.L. of Australia (Mr. C. H. Howard) last night, at the annual…

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Bleak Prison for Nazi War Criminals

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 3

BERLIN (Associated Press) : A regimen of virtually solitary confinement is being prepared at Berlin’s Spandau prison for…

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To Qualify for War Medals New Conditions

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 1

Nearly every member of the Services who served in the Northern Territory will be entitled to the Defence Medal under new…

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War Loan Effort. of Dungog and District

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 2

Writing to the Editor of the "Dungog Chronicle," Mr. E. Colin Davis, Publicity Officer for the Commonwealth Loans and National Savings…

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New Conditions to Qualify for War Medals

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 1

Nearly every member of the Services who served in the Northern Territory will be entitled to the Defence Medal under new…

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New Fun For. Egg Marketing Control Of Post-War Surpluses

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday.— The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard) announced that the Australian Agricultural Council had…

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Muswellbrook Subscribed £358,700 Money for War and Security Loans

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 2

Writing to the Editor of the "Muswellbrook Chronicle," Mr. E. Colin Davis, publicity officer for the Commonwealth Loans and…

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"Edgeroi" Estate. For Soldier Settlement

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 4

The Minister for Lands, Captain Dunn, has announced that, subject to Parliamentary approval," negotiations had been completed for the acquisition…

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Frivolous War Charges Alleged

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 1

LONDON. Feb. 6,—Allegations, that certain nations had made frivolous charges of war criminality were uttered at a meeting…

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Atomic War on Cancer Announced

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 4

ROME (Associated Press): How Atomic energy can be Utilised to destroy malignant cancer cells has been demonstrated in…

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Full Scale War Expected In China

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 1

NANKING, Feb. 5.—Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek made another Inspection trip by air to the war front yesterday. His…

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Press Attack On Tokio War Crimes Tribunal

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 1

CHICAGO, Feb. 6.—An attack on Justice Sir William Webb and his colleagues on the Tokio War Crimes Tribunal as partial…

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No Decision Yet on Compulsory Training Post-war Defence Under Discussion

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 1

The Prime Minister, Mr. Chlfley, said that it was not possible at this stage to submit for Cabinet consideration any concrete…

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Greta Soldiers Honoured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 2

GRETA The Returned Soldiers’ League held a social in the club rooms in honour of three members, Messrs. R…

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Soldier Got the Run Around

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 2

Because he had been told that there was plenty of work offering here in the carting of lucerne hay, a Sydney ex-serviceman, who was…

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