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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1946

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Soldiers' Club House

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 4

By 113 votes to 21, members of the Coonamble sub-branch of the R.S.L. favoured the building of a clubhouse. Details of the building…

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Soldier Will Fight For Soldiers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 2

Hugh Roberton, Country Party Candidate for Riverina, was very much impressed with the beautiful War Memorial Hall at West…

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Secrets of Britain's War- Time Production

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 September 1946 · page 3

(The first of three articles by E. A. WESTON, formerly Director of Technical Manpower to Britain's Wartime Ministry of Labor in Birmingham)…

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Eugowra's First Post-war Show Trotting Will Be Highlight

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 September 1946 · page 8

Record entries have been received for the 33rd annual exhibition of the Eugowra P.A. & H. Association, which will be staged on Wednesday,…

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Tax Grab on Servicemen's Welcome Home Ball

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 23 September 1946 · page 2

The Town Clerk, who was hon. secretary to the committee for the Victory Day Celebrations, has received a demand from the taxation…

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Gangster Captured Wounded by Police During Thrilling Chase (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 23 September 1946 · page 1

After a gun battle with police, Antonic Martini, who escaped from the cells of the Appeal Court in Queens Square, more than two months ago…

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Enlistment in the Interim Army

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 23 September 1946 · page 4

Recruits are urgently required for the Interim Army. Service in this Force is for a period of two years in the Commonwealth of Australia or…

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Death of Old Soldier

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 23 September 1946 · page 1

Mr. Andrew Hogg, 66 years, who was a resident of West Wyalong and Calleen for many years, died at the Wyalong and District Hospital to-day,…

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Soldiers March at Funeral

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 23 September 1946 · page 6

Members of the Ariah Park subbranch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. marched at the funeral of Mr. E. S. Corbett better known as Darby Corbett whose…

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Welcome Home To Ex-Service Personnel Mulyandry-Grawlin Gathering

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1946 · page 4

A GRATITUDE it always felt, but had not previously had the opportunity to adequately express, was shown by the citizens of Mulyandry and Grawlin at a welcome home dance, held in the Mulyandry Hall, on Friday, to its ex-service men…

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Final Functions For Hospital War Memorial Queen

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 30 September 1946 · page 1

Last minute functions for the Hospital War Memorial Queen (Miss Aileen Staniforth) were held on Friday and Saturday, when a substantia[?]…

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Soldier Settlement Lag

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 3 October 1946 · page 6

"To-day, more than twelve months after the end of the war, not one member of the armed forces has been settled on the land in New South…

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War Medal Issue Full Time Service Personnel

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 7 October 1946 · page 1

The War Medal, 1939-45, is to be granted to full-time personnel of the armed forces whereever their service during the war…

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War to Peace Production

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1946 · page 1

This photograph shows intricate plastic mouldings being produced at the Hoover works, Perivale. During the war this plant was moulding plastic cases for oxygen regulations and economisers…

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More Tea Drunk Than Before War (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1946 · page 1

Australia is consuming more tea than before the war. An official of the Customs Department revealed that, with rationing,…

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Civil War, China Leaders Confer Communists Blamed (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1946 · page 1

A message from Nanking states:—General Marshall conferred briefly at Shanghai with the Communist Leader (Chou En Lai), apparently in an…

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Mass Hanging 16 War Criminals in Hamels Prison (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1946 · page 1

A message from Hereford states: —The British executioner carried out the biggest mass hanging in the British Zone since the war. when…

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Two Riverina Estates For Soldiers' Farms

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1946 · page 6

Arrangements have been made to cut up two more Riverina estates for soldier settlement. The estates are "Murraguldrie,"…

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The Secrets of Britain's War-Time Production

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 4

The second of three articles by E. A. Weston, formerly Director of Technical Manpower to Britain's wartime Ministry of Labour In…

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War Leaders Ready Hangman's Rope on Wednesday Chaplains Join in Prayers (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 14 October 1946 · page 1

A message from Nuremberg states: The eleven Nazi war leaders, who face the hangman's rope at dawn on Wednesday, yesterday received the news…

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