Wounded When Shooting Rabbits
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — While rabbit shooting with five other Sydney visitors at Mullin’s Creek, near Orange, Arthur Francis…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1949
617 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 31
Cook at Greta Camp Wounded
Gottfried Sinisoff, a German cook at the displaced persons’ camp aft Greta, was admitted to Maitland Hospital yesterday with wounds in…
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The annual conference of the Australian War Widows Guild will be held in Sydney, commencing on June 6…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Department of Post-war Reconstruction
One of the lesser known benefits available to ex-Servicemen is the Agricultural. Re-establishment Allowance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stocks at New Low. Shares Sold at Pke-war Prices. New York
A sudden wave of selling on the stock market yesterday sent prices to a four year low, with total loss of 1,000,000 dollars. It was one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Downs (Q) Win Lady Denman Cup Wirigulla Team's Great Performance. First Post-War Polo Carnival Attracts Many Visitors
The Muswellbrook-Scone polo carnival held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday last, attracted ten teams and visitors from all…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Spy Hunts” Due to Post-war Hysteria Hoover Has Not Resigned
WASHINGTON, June 17.—President Truman yesterday attributed the furore over current Communist “spy hunts” to postwar hysteria which he said occurred after every war but eventually died out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Victims Soldiers Believed Drowned
Those known to be dead in the floods are: George Gardiner (25) and Basil Clifton (15), farm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stalin Called "War Criminal" "Second to Hitler"
The chairman of West Germany's Social Democratic Party, Dr. Kurt Schumacher, said that Marshal Stalin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Closer Settlement State Government's Policy Stud Breeders and Soldier-Settlers
"The position is, and the policy has been, that the Government appreciates fully the great benefits that accrue from the parent Merino studs the British breeds suds, and the cattle studs, and is taking this into consideration in giving effect to the policy of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →India’s War on the Food Front (By a Reuter Correspondent)
NEW DELHI: India must emulate the struggle for self-preservation put up by other free countries in recent years, if she is to achieve self-sufficiency in food, according to Mr. K. L. Punjabi, Secretary, Indian Ministry of Agriculture…
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SINGLETON, Monday. — The newly-elected president of the Returned Soldiers’ League (Mr. Yeo) with State Secretary (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Australian News No Settlement of Strike in View Emergency War - Time Powers Introduced in State Parliament More Cuts in Train Services Likely Sydney
No moves to settle the coal strike have been reported today, as the State and Federal Governments prepare for a long drawn - out struggle. Emergency Legislation, giving the State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Churchill’s War Memoirs
LONDON, June 29.—Mr. Churchill’s war memoirs—the second volume of “Their Finest Hour,” which will be published…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and General News War Gratuity for Flood Loss
Advice has been received by the Singleton and District Repatriation Committee from the Department that consideration…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shooting at Rothbury Recalled in Debate “Don’t Wage War,” Says Liberal
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The shooting of a coal miner at Rothbury, on the Northern field, was referred to during the debate on the Emergency Powers Bill in the Legislative Assembly last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"War Between God and Kremlin" General Wavell Speaks
"Our lack of courage at Munich nearly ten years ago did not bring peace but war" declared Field Marshall Earl…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Believes The Russians Do Not Want War
WASHINGTON, July 5. — Republican Party foreign policy expert, Mr. John Foster Dulles, believes the Russians do not want war, unless it is forced upon them. He says, in a copywriters’ interview in a weekly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldiers' League. Monthly Meeting: Friday Next
The monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook sub-branch of the R.S.L. will be held in the clubroom at 8 o'clock on Friday evening next…
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In an 80 minute meeting at Downing Street last night a committee of British Ministers approved a statement on…
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