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

The wars & local soldiers, 1952

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Progress in Jet Planes Since War

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 2

The gas-turbine aircraft engines now being built by United Kingdom manufacturers, only eleven years after the first jet…

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War Service Homes Land Acquired In Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 6

The War Service Homes Commission has purchased sufficient land in Forbes to accommodate 16 homes…

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Effect Of Supreme Court Judgment On Soldier Settlement

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 8

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Hawkins, said this week that he would carefully examine the lengthy Supreme Court…

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Financial Aid For Soldier Settlers Cut Down

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 5

Mention was made in these columns recently of reduced financial aid to soldier settlers, particularly in this area. Here…

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Umgarie R.s.l. Protests on Soldier Settler Cuts

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 14 August 1952 · page 7

The Ungarie branch of the R.S.L. & A.I.L.A. has decided to make a protest against the state's cuts in funds for soldier settlement. This decision was made at a…

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CORRESPONDENCE Slashing Of Soldier Settlers' Assistance (To the Editor)

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 August 1952 · page 1

Sir,--It is not for want of loan funds that the State Government is cutting down its financial assistance to soldier settlers…

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QUANDIALLA Soldier Farewelled P. & C. Ball Nets £45

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 August 1952 · page 5

Friends and wellwishers from Bimbi and district gathered at the Blmbi Hall last week to bid farewell and extend their good…

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More Soldier Settler Blocks

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 August 1952 · page 5

Sixteen soldier settlement farms on "Yarara-Copabella," near Holbrook, will open for application today under the war…

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Soldier Settlement Heavily Hit State Government's Policy

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 August 1952 · page 5

The New South Wales Labour Government has this year made a further heavy cut in the amount of money it is devoting to…

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High Cost Of Soldier Settlement; State-Federal Friction

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1952 · page 3

The Commonwealth Government's dictatorial action in slashing the 1952-53 loan programme approved by the Loan Council was…

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Soldier Settlement Heavily Hit State Government's Policy

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1952 · page 4

The New South Wales Labor Government has this year made a further heavy cut in the amount of money it is devoting to soldier…

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New Sprayer For Anti-Locust War

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 21 August 1952 · page 1

A new sprayer produced by a specialist British firm is playing a large park in the war being waged against desert locusts in most twiddle Ecast countries…

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Roberton's Views on Soldier Settler Cuts

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 25 August 1952 · page 1

"The breakdown of War Service Land Settlement in New South Wales is a very serious matter," said South Wales is a very serious matter," said Mr. Hugh S. Roberton, M.P. for Riverina…

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Money For War and Peace

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 28 August 1952 · page 8

"If we can,"find unlimited money for war why can't we find it for peacetime development."…

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Soldier Settlers Build Up Food Production

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 4

Figures quoted by the Minister for Lands, Mr. F. H. Hawkins, during the Address-in-Reply debate in the Legislative Assembly,…

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Soldier Settlers' Sheep Competitions

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 7

Competitions exclusively for returned soldier wool growers will be provided at the 1953 sheep show for the first time in…

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Roberton's Facts on Soldier Settler Cuts

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 2

The allegation that lack of Commonwealth loan moneys is to blame for the near-cessation of war service land settlement in New South Wales, can be…

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Gift Merino Rams For Soldier Settlers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 3

Applications by soldier settlers for the "Burrabogle-Wahwoon" gift ram ballot close on October 21, the Minister for Lands, Mr…

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Tomato War Is on at Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1952 · page 1

THERE is a tomato war on at present. If any of these apparently red fruit are sold below last year's price they automatically become black. There is apparently no difference in bean prices…

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Korean War Victim Adopted

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 October 1952 · page 1

A look of understanding, that can be readily shared by all mankind, passes between 19 years old airman Robert E. Neal (right), and Charley,his "adopted" son who is about 8 years old. Charley, a Korean orphan, was found huddled in sleep…

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