Thefts at Soldiers' Club
The Soldiers' Club was broken into on Friday and Sunday night, and on each occasion Legacy collection boxes stolen. When the box was…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1949
617 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 31
Soldiers’ Club
ABERDEEN: With most of the timber on the ground, the contractor has commenced the erection of the Returned Soldiers’…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Services for Branxton
The secretary of Branxton sub-branch of Returned Soldiers' League (Mr H. Nevin) advises that Branxton's Anzac Day…
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CANBERRA, Thursday. — The possibility of war had decreased in the last year, the Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, said in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Land For Soldier Settlement
SYDNEY, Thursday.— The Minister for Lands (Mr. W. F. Sheahan) said in the Legislative Assembly that the…
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The East Maitland sub-branch of the Retimed Soldiers’ League has appe[?] a buildings and improve[?] committee, the…
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At the annual meeting of the Abermain branch of the Soldiers’ League, the election of officers for the year resulted:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →85 Killed; 200 Wounded In Burma Fighting
RANGOON, March 19—Eighty fire Karens were killed and up to 200 wounded in a five-hour battle, 17 miles north of Moulmein, in southern Burma. An official communique states that, after clashes in…
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CANBERRA, Saturday. — The Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, today welcomed the Atlantic pact as a strong safeguard against…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Every Soldier Is “Protected” Person
During hearing of a tenancy claim in West Maitland Police Court, Mr. C. A. Hill, solicitor for the appellant, unexpectedly disclosed that any person who had served in the Australian forces, whether in the Commonwealth of…
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The Commonwealth had approved the acquisition of 6,634,298 acre sof land for soldier settlement up to January…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Atlantic Pact the Greatest War Deterrent Yet Devised “Best Step To Prevent Cold War Getting Hot”—Vandenberg
WASHINGTON, March 23.—Signatories to the North Atlantic defence pact will meet any future aggressor with all the forces needed to “beat him to his knees,” Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Republican foreign policy leader, said to-day…
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BUENOS AIRES, March £24.— Several people were wounded when a delegate to the pro-Communist Argentine Slav Congress…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Observe Anzac Day “Fittingly”
CANBERRA, Thursday. — Mr. Chifley said he had asked State Governments and the Returned Servicemen’s league to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“We Can’t Be Sold on War, Mr. Churchill” Leftists Demonstrate At New York Pier
NEW YORK, March 24—Leftist picket lines, organised by the committee against war propaganda of the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, greeted Mr. Winston Churchill with a vociferous, if orderly, peace…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for lands (Mr. W. P. Sheahan) said that State Cabinet would consider amending the law…
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MELBOURNE, Friday. — Members of the Citizen Military Forces and Volunteer Defence Corps who attended…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Keeping War Equipment Away From Russia U.S. Senators Assured
WASHINGTON, March 25.—Foreign policy leaders of the United States Senate to-day quickly discounted Senate fears that Britain might be preparing to ship war materials to Russia and the satellite nations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Land Law May Be Changed Soldier Preference
State Cabinet is to consider amending the law to provide that any land for sale must first be offered to the Government for soldier…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cost of Soldier Settlement
The Commonwealth had approved the acquisition of 6,634,298 acres of land for soldier settlement up to January…
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