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Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1954

354 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 18

Soldiers’ League To Entertain Children

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 October 1954 · page 2

Muswellbrook sub-branch of' the RSL will entertain 500 children of ex-servicemen at a Christmas party on December…

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Strong Defence In “A” War

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 October 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA: The Prime Minister. (Mr. R. G. Menzies) to-day disclosed the Government’s policy in the event of…

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Soldiers' Point Land (To the Editor)

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1954 · page 2

Sir,—In 1951 the Acting Minister fo rthe Interior, stated that leaseholders in this area would eventually be able to purchase…

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Questions in Parliament on Soldiers' Point Land

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1954 · page 6

Negotiations were taking place for Port Stephens Shire Council to take over land used by…

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War Memorial At El Alamein

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 October 1954 · page 5

CANBERRA: Two officers and 20 airmen of the RAAF No. 78 Fighter Wing will attend the university of the EI…

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Loans on war homes increased

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 October 1954 · page 8

CANBE?RA—The amount of money the War Service Homes Division will advance for the purchase of…

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Old Soldiers Have a Day Out

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 October 1954 · page 1

As on the first occasion when a Cessnock group entertained members of the Totally and Permanently…

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War Service Land Ballots

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 October 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY: The first of a large group of soldier settlement ballot estates will be open for application under the…

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Health Officer Urges All-out War On Flies

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 October 1954 · page 2

Maitland City Council chief health officer (Mr. J. Taylor) to-day urged Mainland residents to launch an all-out war on flies this summer. He made the appeal in his…

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Three-Year Enlistments For Army

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 October 1954 · page 4

"Every physically fit man between the ages of 17 and 34 years can now make application to join the Australian…

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Soldier Settlement

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 October 1954 · page 4

The first of a large group of soldier settlement ballot estates will be open for application late this month, the…

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Soldier Settlement Two Mixed Farms Available

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 27 October 1954 · page 2

The first of a large group of soldier settlement ballot estates will be open for application late in October, the…

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R.S.L. Carnival For War Memorial

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 October 1954 · page 2

There will be bargains gale are at Turner Park on Saturday night when, at 7.30 the Mayor (Aid. F. O. Fahey)…

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Loans on War Homes Increased

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 8

The amount of money the War Service Homes Division will advance for the purchase of existing…

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Dutch Recovering From War, Flood

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 2

ROTTERDAM (Holland) An exhibition called “E-55” opens here in May next year, to mark the nation’s…

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Soldier Settlement Mixed Farms Available

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 12

The first of a large group of soldier settlement ballot estates will be open for application very. shortly, the Minister for Lands,…

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Wounded in Gunfight with Police

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 November 1954 · page 1

BOURKE: Two police constables wounded a man in a life-and-death gunfight about 80 miles north-west…

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Liquor licence for Jerry's Plains Supply Problems Little Better Than During War, Court Told

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 November 1954 · page 1

Getting essential supplies in Singleton for Jerry's Plains was little better now than during the war years, and customers never knew on which day goods ordered from the town would…

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Bold Action Needed In Lottery War

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 November 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: N.S.W. would lose heavily in the “lottery war” unless the Government acted boldly, Mr. K. B, Morgan,…

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"War Arrow"

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 November 1954 · page 4

An amazing chapter In the wild hitory of Indian warfare has been converted into a truly outstanding motion picture…

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