Preparing for Anzac Day. March, Unveiling Ceremony, Re-Union
At a combined meeting of the R.S.L. and Ladies' Auxiliary, held in the clubroom on Friday evening, and attended by 50 members,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1949
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Th Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 12th APRIL, 1949. Prisoner of War in Malaya. Rev. John Campbell's Talk to Rotarians
Rotarian John Campbell, or Padre Campbell, of the Muswellbrook-Scone Methodist Churcn, was guest speaker at Scone Rotary Club on Wednesday…
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Singleton Intermediate High School cadet detachment, which will be taking part in the Anzacv Day march to the Singleton War…
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THE Council for Scientific and Industrial Research declared war on weevils, with results that are already…
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MERRIWA: Harold C. Noble, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Noble, “Falkner,” Merrlwa, has enlisted in the RAAF, and will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day’s Leader: War On Weevils Truman Sends Atlantic Pact to the U.S. SENATE Urges Approval As “Step On The Road To Peace”
WASHINGTON, April 13.—President Truman has sent the North Atlantic pact to the U.S. Senate with a special message requesting its approval as “a step on the road to peace.” The President justified his appeal far ratification by emphasising the…
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A meeting of the Anzac Observance Committee was held in the School of Arts for the purpose of finalising arrangements for the public Anzac Day…
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WASHINGTON, April 14. — If war broke out with Russia, Soviet troops would control all Europe within 60 days, and the U.S. Air Force must strike “its devastating blows” before that period elapsed, the House of…
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MUSWELLBROOK: At a combined meeting of the R.S.L. and Ladies’ Auxiliary, and attended by 50 members, preparations…
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BRANXTON. Sat.—The secretary of the Branxton sub-branch of the RSL (Mr. H. Nevin) states that the 1949 combined Anzac…
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The 33rd Annual Anzac Commemoration Service will be held in Christ Church on Anzac Day, April 25, at 9.45 aim. The Mayor and Mayoress…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—It is estimated that 50,000 ex-servicemen and women will take part in next Monday’s Anzac Day march through…
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The war planes “graveyard” at Laverion (Victoria) will be sold by public tender. One hundred and ninety-two Spitfires, Beauforts, Beaufighters, Vnitee Vengeances, Kittyhawks, Boomerangs, Venturas and liberators are being offered singly…
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BOGOTA (Colombia), April 18.— Soldiers flashed with about 200 armed civilians is a bloody battle at the village of Chita, a few miles…
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ANZAC DAY will be observed at Muswellbrook on Monday next, when ex-Servicemen and women, members of the Armoured…
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Clarence James Harteher, 25, soldier, of Adam-st., East Maitland, was charged at Maitland court to-day with, having at East…
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General Omar Bradley, U.S. Chief of the…
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The Maitland Rotary Club Held its annual Anzac dinner lest night when it entertained 45 ex-members of the forces…
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LONDON, April 21.—Latest report from Berlin say that the Russians yesterday were ready to propose an end to the “cold war” if the West would bar Germany from the Atlantic[?]pact…
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A sergeant and a corporal from Greta Army Camp were seriously injured when their jeep over-turned on the Pacific Highway,…
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