Mysterious Golf House Fire 72 Years Old Anzac Incinerated in Blaze
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 1
A special squad of police, including four detectives, are still probing the £1500 fire at the West Wyalong golf house early on Saturday morning, when Angus McKnight, 72, caretaker, was incinerated…
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The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 1
Angus McKnight, 72 who was burned to death at West Wyalong early on Saturday morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Government Notices. 47-1640. War Service Land Settlement. "Currandooley" Estate
The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 2
ATTENTION is invited to a notification in the Government Gazette of 19th December, 1947, setting apart nine (9) blocks on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Notice. 47-1641. War Service Land Settlement "Edgeroi" Estate—narrabri
The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 2
ATTENTION is invited to a notification in the Government Gazette of 19th December, 1947, setting apart sixty-five (65) blocks on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Atom Bomb The War's Best Kept Secret
The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 4
The fantastically detailed system of precautions and checks guarding the wartime development of the atom bomb is termed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Only Eight at Anzac's Funeral
The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 1
Although he was well known in West Wyalong where he had resided for more than 20 years, only…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Memorial Committee to Meet
The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 1
Members of the Committee of the Wyalong District Hospital War Memorial are notified in this issue that a meeting will be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guide to Soldier Settlement
The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 2
Lithographs, etc., are available at the Court Housie, West Wyalong, illustrating the following blocks:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Atom Bomb The War's Best Kept Secret
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 4
The fantastically detailed system of precautions and cheecks guarding the war time development of the atom bomb is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Direct Appeal War Memorial
The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 1
At a meeting of the General Committee of the Hospital War Memorial last night, it was decided to take…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Settlement in New South Wales Seventy Splendid Blocks Available on Edgeroi
The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 3
Soldier settlement, which involves much more than the mere acquisition of land and its allocation to those to whom the State and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Debt Repaid To Natives Who Helped Allied Prisoners of War North Borneo Visited
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 5
In "London Calling," the overseas, Journal of the B.B.C., Colin Simpson tells of an Anglo-Australian mission into the Jungle interior of North…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier Settlement Blocks Available
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 7
Soldier settlement, which involves much more than the mere acquisition of land and its allocation to those to whom the State and Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Raaf to Be Developed for Atomic War
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 2
Large-scale scientific develop ment of the RAAF is under way because of the advent of atomic bombs and rockets in modern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →P.M. Says War Not Likely (By Wire) Sydney
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 1
A message from Bathurst states:— The Prime. Minister (Mr. Chifley) does not believe that another war is likely to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guide to Soldier Settlement
The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 3
Lithographs, etc., are available at the Court House, West Wyalong, illustrating the following blocks:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two-war Man Retains R.s.l. Key Position
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 26 January 1948 · page 2
Mr. J. F. Spence, who served abroad in both world wars, was re-elected unopposed for a second term as President of the West Wyalong branch of the Returned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Turns Down Wongajong As Estate for Soldier Settlement Three Forbes Ex-servicemen Adversely Affected
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 1
T'HIS is the story of the proposed acquisition of Wongajong Estate, near Forbes, as unfolded by one of the soldier applicants, John Edward Cowell. It makes pathetic reading at a time when the emergies of all Governments should be directed…
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The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 8
The annual meeting of the Returned Soldiers, Sailors and A.I. League, Eugowra sub-branch, takes place at the club-rooms on Friday night, February…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →City Arrangements for Anzac Day
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 7
The state Secretary of the Returned Servicemen's League (Mr. Lewis) has announced plans for this year's Anzac Day celebrations. Anzac Day…
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