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

The wars & local soldiers, 1950

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New Deal on Soldier Settlement Farms

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1950 · page 1

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw), said that he had directed that, in future, all dairy farms with a potential butter…

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Soldier's Farm One Available Near Condobolin

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1950 · page 4

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) has announced that two sheep blocks, one at Walcha and the other at Condobolin…

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War Shadows Upset Budget

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1950 · page 7

CANBERRA.—The tense world situation has led to a [?] [?] on Federal Budget plans. there willbe no considerable…

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Liberal Party Urges Total War on Rabbits SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1950 · page 7

Declaration that Australia had a defeatest approach to the rabbit problem, the Federal Rural Committee of the Liberal Party has recommended the…

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England must have more soldiers SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1950 · page 1

England must have more fighting men, Prime Minister Attlee said in a world-wide broadcast last night. Service pay will be increased, he added…

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Soldier-Sportsman Replaces Memorial Pines Planted in Memory of Dead Soldiers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1950 · page 2

A well-known West Wyalong business and sportging man, who is a formmember of the A.I.F., has replaced two memorial pencil pines, that were…

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P.P. Board Criticised By Minister for Lands Regarding Soldiers' Settlement Discussion

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 September 1950 · page 7

The Minister for Lands (Mr Renshaw) said that, if a press report cf a recent Carcoar Pastures Protection Board meeting…

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War Declared on Stray Dogs

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 7 September 1950 · page 2

West Wyalong Chamber of Commerce has declared "war" on stray dogs who roam at will about the streets. These dogs. Mr. K. G…

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Lost Legs at War But Made Success of Life

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 7 September 1950 · page 1

A Sydney man who lost both legs at the age of 19 years whilst in action on the Somme (France) during…

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Young Soldier Killed in Crash SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 11 September 1950 · page 1

William Eric Man wearing, 19 of Cootamundra, was killed yesterday when a motor vehicle in which he was a passenger crashed…

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Bad Seasons Ahead Minister's Warning to Returned Soldiers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1950 · page 4

Soldier setters, generally, are now enjoying outstanding success, but they should, not let over-optimism blind them to the fact…

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Minister Warns of "Cashing-in" on Soldier Settlement Blocks

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 12

The Minister for Lands (Mr Renshaw) today issued to ex-Servicemen a reminder about the very definite restrictions on the outright transfer of farms…

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Welcome Home to Mr. & Mrs. B. Gunn

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 2

More than 80 friends gathered at the Parish Hall on Wednesday evening to extend a welcome home to Mr. and Mrs. Barry Gunn…

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Land Appeals Delaying Settlement of Soldiers Minister's Statement

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 7

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) said that litigation, was not only delaying negotiations for the purchase of…

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Torchbearers for Legacy War Orphans Day Appeal, 1950

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 18 September 1950 · page 2

The above annual appeal fell this year in the school holidays so that the usual sale of buttons through the local schools-…

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Cold War Will Continue Says Henry Wallace Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 September 1950 · page 1

In a broadcast statement in New York last night, Mr. Henry Wallace, a former Vice-President of the United States, said…

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Weethalle Man Goes to War

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 4

Mr. Don ("Kelly") Lanyon, of Weethalle, has embarked for overseas service with the Australian Army…

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Interesting War-time Diary

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 25 September 1950 · page 4

Although the writer apparently was not very enamored of life in the tropics, we feel sure a lot of soldiers who spent home time in the Northern Territory will be interested in the description of it…

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Army Nurses Unusual Post-War Plan

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 3

After being overseas together from 1939 to 1943 in the same Australian army unit--In the Middle East, New Guinea, and…

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PAKISTAN Charge of Waging War

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1950 · page 1

Hamid Aziz, chief Afghanistan delegate to the United Nations, has charged Pakistan with waging was against the wild Pathan…

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