To Wind-up Welcome Home Committee
Representatives of the many Forbes organisations who combined to create the Forbes Welcome Home Committee met on Friday afternoon to give…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1947
210 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 11 of 11
Settlement on 'Tilimbt' Estate Soldiers Encounter Many Difficulties Property Now in Production
WHEN sections of the A.I.F. chased the "Ities" through Bardia, and established themselves around the Tobruk perimeter, then sweated over Kokoda to do battle at Buna and un the New Guinea coast via Lae, Finchhafen and Wewak, there…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Welcome Home Fund
The Forbes Welcome Home Committee which met recently to discuss the distribution of £303 it has to its credit may be required to hand the fund…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Condobolin to Assist Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers Donations Sought
Thirty citizens attended the public meeting held at the Council Chambers last Friday night, and after hearing an address by Mr. A. McArthur, Secretary of the Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers Association,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →R.S.L. MATTERS The Monthly General Meeting Welcome Home Fund Discussed
After the usual monthly general meeting of the R.S.L. last Friday night, opportunity was taken to discuss the situation regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"War Mongering" Meaningless Term
Among the meaningless terms which have fogged the political atmosphere in this generation, "war-monger" comes high. It was with this cry and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Closer Settlement Resumption of Boyd and Carrawobitty For Returned Soldiers
THE brief announcement in our last issue that the acquisition of Boyd and Carrawobitty estates, in the Forbes district, for soldier settlement had been approved by the N.S.W. Parliament last Wednesday night, has been received with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Settlement The Acquisition of Borambil Rejected Questions in the House
In the Legislative Assembly on November 28, Mr. Medcalf, C.P. member for The Lachlan, asked:-- I ask the Minister for Lands…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hay Show Committee Raised £9,300 During War
Hay Show Committee raised £9,300' for patriotic purposes during the war years by runaing gymkhanas, Rising from a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →10 Farms for Soldiers Boorowa Estate to Be Subdivided
Subdivision of Goba Creek Estate, near Boorowa, would provide nine or 10 farms for soldier settlement. Approval for the acquisition of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Poison War Test Soon In Pacific
The United Slates' Atomi[?] weapon proving ground on Eniwetok atoil in the Marshalt Group will provide the…
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