Merriwa District News Anzac Day Commemorations At Merriwa And Cassilis
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 10
ANZAC DAY was commemorated on Saturday in Merriwa and Cassilis by church services and public observances. Whilst the ex-Service personnel in the marches was fairly well represented, the…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 6
WASHINGTON: United States war casualties in Korea went up by 623 to 131,430 In the week ended on April 24,…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 1
SCONE-AGAIN OBSERVED ANZAC DAY IN THE TRADITIONAL COLOURFUL, YET IMPRESSIVE, MANNER. THE CUSTOMARY MARCH, LED BY THE BELMONT PIPE BAND, WAS A FEATURE. HERE…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 6
The rustlers are back again Just as surely as in the Bad Old Days of the century ago when thieves in the night, bewiskered…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 8
Anzac Day at East Gresford was observed by a march from the picture theatre to the war memorial porch at the School…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 6
Anzac Day last Saturday saw the largest gathering in the history of the town. Over 50 ex-servicemen—from Boer…
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Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 1
VICTORVILLE (California): Forty-one soldiers parachuted to safety yesterday, wh[?] a United States C-9 military…
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Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 1
Mr [?] Australia’s Leading Industrial called recently for a [?] Commenwealth…
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Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 2
BRISBANE: James Ernest Lane 89 married with there children, died yesterday afternoon from stings received…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 3
A 2590 acres soldier settlement block in the Wakool Irrigation District was opened for application yesterday, the…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 2
Mr. A. Maskey, of Gouldsville, was brought in to the Singleton Ambulance Station on Monday night suffering…
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Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 2
HOBART The Minister for Social Services (Mr. [?] announced, the c[?] 100,000 war service [?]…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 1
NEW YORK : General James Van Fleet says that the Communists have lost the war in Korea. Writing in this week’s edition of “Life,” the man who commanded the 8th Army in Korea for 22 months…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 6
Sir.—I will be grateful if you will allow me to use your columns, for a reply to "ex-Serviceman's" notes, in last Friday's…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 5
The Minister for Lands, Mr. Hawkins, announced this week that sixty more Merino rams have been donated for men on…
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Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 2
Maitland sub-branch of the P.S.S.A.I.L.A. decided last night to urge that addresses at future Anzac…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1
The War Memorial at St. John's Church of England, Cessnock, has been completed and will be…
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Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 3
JOHA[?]NESBURG: Struggling to cope with increasing [?]tacism among young South Africans undergoing part-time defence training, the Lohan[?]burg court, have resorted to a greatly increased use…
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Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 7
Clubs affiliated with the Hunter District Bowling Association will be requested to conduct tournaments in aid of…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 4
Captain A. A. McLellan placing a wreath on the memorial on behalf of the R.S.L. and R.S.L. Club: Gerret de Boer and Max Cathcart Jointly bring a Wreath of remembrance. On behalf of the Boy…
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