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The wars & local soldiers, 1948

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Anzac 1948

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 3

Lives yet the name remembered through the years For some a memory still kept fresh and green…

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Anzac Day Sports

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 2

All details are well in hand for the first annual athletic attraction, sponsored by the local subbranch of the R.S.S. and A.I.L.A.,…

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Beer For Anzac Day

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 1

A shipment of 24,000 cans of English beer which has arrived in Sydney will prevent Anzac Day reunions being entirely dry…

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Anzac Day at Denman

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 10

Anzac Day will be observed on Sunday next, and arrangements have been brought well in hand by the hon. secretary (Mr. J. Ponder)., All…

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St. Alban's, Muswellbrook. Anzac Day

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 2

Next Sunday, St. Mark's Day and also Anzac Day, special services will be held in St. Alban's Church of England. At 7.30 a.m. Holy…

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St. John's Presbyterian Church. Anzac Day

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 2

After the United Service at the Monument a special service will be held in St. John's Presbyterian Church on Sunday at 11 a.m. Subject: "The Nation's…

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Anzac Day: Sunday Next Muswellbrook Arrangements

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 1

ANZAC DAY will be celebrated in Muswellbrook on Sunday next, 25th April, by a march through the streets, comme[?]g at 9.55…

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Scone Post Office Arrangements for Anzac Day

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 1

Scone Post Office arrangements for, Monday next, Anzac Day, are as follows: Office open from 9 a.m. ty 10…

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Alteration of Assembly for Anzac Day March

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 4

An alteration of the starting point of this year's Anzac Day march has been made, and the march will commence from the…

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Shire President to Visit Cessnock Anzac Day Celebrations

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 4

Cr. A. C. Marshall, president of the Patrick Plains Shire, said at yesterday's meeting, that he had made arrangements to visit…

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Russia increases War Expenditure Greater Now Than Before World War Ii

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 4

Russia's military expenditure this year is one and a half times, as great as in 1940, when war with Germany was clearly Imminent, says a report prepared by a House of Representatives committee…

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Events Move Towards Large-scale War in Palestine Australia Makes Demand to U.N.O.

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 1

An Arab spokesman said Arabs would evacuate Haifa, but would not accept Jewish terms, which, it is understood, demand the surrender of Arab arms and deportation of "Foreign elements" in the Arab forces. The Arabs rejected these terras after night fighting and two meetings of Arab and…

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Returned Soldiers' Club. Meeting of Management Committee

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 10

A meeting of the management committee of the R.S.L. Club was held in the clubroom on Wednesday night, when the president (Mr.H. M. Smith)…

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Anzac Social

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 2

The Wattle Club will hold an Anzac Social next Monday night at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Hall. There will be bridge, rummy and euchre. Ladies…

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Anzac Day Local Arrangements

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 3

All ex-servicemen, whether members of the R.S.L. or not, are invited to join the Anzac Day March on Sunday. They will fall in at the School of Arts…

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Must Carry On Great Work For Peace King’s Anzac Day Message

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 2

CANBERRA, Saturday.—“The Queen and I join on Anzac Day with my people in Australia and New Zealand in grateful memory of those gallant Australians and New Zealanders who, in the two world wars of our time, gave…

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To-day’s Leader: The Ideal Wage Basis Palestine Events Threat to World Peace Britain Urges Measures To Stop Open War

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS (New York), April 24—Britain urged the United Nations to adopt emergency measures to stop the open warfare in Palestine. Colonial secretary, Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, told the Special…

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Anzac Sports Postponed

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 April 1948 · page 3

The Anzac Day sports which were to have been held on Maitland Show Ground to-day, have been postponed until Monday…

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Anzac War Veterans at Pawn Service Turkish Commander Met Delegation

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 April 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Aril 26.—Some members of the Australia and New Zealand war veterans' delegation had a narrow escape from death when a Turkish staff ear skidded on the divert and overturned while en route to the Anzac dawn…

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Veteran At Anzac Service

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 April 1948 · page 3

Mr. T. Tooze. of Quorrobolong a veteran of the Boer War and the 1914-18 war, again attended the Anzac Day service in West…

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