Local and General News Boer War Veterans
Members of Branxton subbranch of the R.S.L. yesterday entertained 16 veterans of the South African War, the 50th…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1949
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“Red Dean” Says “Stop Talk of War”
LONDON, Oct. 24.—Canterbury’s “Red Dean,” Dr. Hewlett Johnson, told a London rally last night: “In God’s name, let us…
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As Britons awaited Prime Minister Attlee's new austerity programme two Government members last night sternly reminded the workers of their obligations in the nation's fight for economic recovery…
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The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) said that applicants for admission to ballot for war service land…
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 25—Australia may get a minor dollar windfall from the sale of unidentified Japanese war loot which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Land for Soldier Settlement. Validity of Act Challenged
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) said that war service land settlement was being adversely affected by two factors. Mr. Sheahan was…
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measures authorising the start of a programme test fantastic war weapons — pushed through the U.S. Congress…
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WASHINGTON, Oct 27.—The United States Army Chemical Corps is “very actively” working on gas end germ warfare research…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Saw the Wattagan Blacks in Full War Gear Interesting Tales Told by Late George Matthews
Many interesting stories were told by an old pioneer of the Wollombi district, the late George Thomas Matthews, who was born at Laguna about 1852, when the district was in its infancy. George Matthews saw the…
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The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) said recently that any suggestion that no action was [?] ing taken by his Department to…
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The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) said today that any suggestion that no action was being taken by his…
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The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan), said that soldier settlers were at liberty to sell wool, covered by a wool lien in…
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The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) said last week that any suggestion that no action was being taken by his Department to…
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A few moments after being stripped of Parliamentary immunity in the French National Assembly, one-armed wartime…
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Western intelligence reports say there is no indication of increased Russian troop movements in Hungary despite…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death Sentence For Three War Criminals
BELGRADE, Nov. 4. — Three Yugoslav war criminals, convicted of sending more than 10,000 Nazi victims to their death…
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.—The United States is to control the export of certain strategic materials to Communist China, a…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) announced to-day that Parliament has approved of the…
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LONDON, November 7 (AAP). —The “Sunday Dispatch” says that the Government will begin a drive to recover unpaid taxes…
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The Soviet people did not fear peaceful competition with world but, were sure of their might and. knew very well that any. war adventure would end in disaster for.the Imperialists, the…
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