Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

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

The wars & local soldiers, 1953

127 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 7

Total Of 1585 Youth Tests In Forbes T.B. War

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 1

The response in the anti-T.B. campaign in the Forbes district has pleased the authorities. One thousand school children were…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

War Goes On In Korea

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 1

Yesterday 3000 Chinese troops stormed and captured a South Korean outpost. Allied artillery shattered [?]e…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Carrawobitty Soldiers' Settlement Telegram To Minister

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 1

Arising out of the article in our last issue, the following telegram was on Tuesday forwarded to the Minister for…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Australian Aid In Asian War On Cattle Scourge

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 4

Tests of new vaccines may show the way towards saving thousands of cattle and buffalo which die each year in the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Sixteen Bulls for Soldier Settlers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1953 · page 2

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Hawkins, today issued a reminder to men on war service and settlement tarns who want…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

New Aids In 'Hopper War

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 2

Fears of a major outbreak of Australian plague locusts next season may prove groundless, but every precaution should be…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Soldier Settlers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 6

Following a meeting of the committee of Forbes Returned Soldiers' League, held on Friday night, the following…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Education for Soldiers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 1

The Minister for the Army. Mr. J, Francis, said that, 1,026 soldiers in the Anstralian Regular Army were taking…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

OBITUARY Boer War Veteran

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 July 1953 · page 2

One of the few remaining Boer War veterans in the Forbes district. Mr. Edward Charles Haynes, aged 78. passed away in the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Merryville Rams For Soldier Settlers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 July 1953 · page 12

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Hawkins, this week announced that 100 "Merryville" rams had been donated for men on war…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Repatriation of War Prisoners in Korea

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 30 July 1953 · page 1

Arrangements are bemer made for the repatriation of prisoners of war in Korea as quickly as possible. The exchange of prisoners is…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Napoleonic War Background Of Hornblower Film

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 7

Thousands of his admirers feel that Captain Horatio Hornblower's time was the most exciting era in the long history of sea warfare…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

F.S.A President Says Soldier Settlement "All-time Low"

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 31 August 1953 · page 4

Soldier settlement in New South Wales had now reached an all-time low, Mr. Sciliey told the F.S. A. conference. He said that, for long, soldier…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Telephones For Jemalong Soldier Settlers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 1 September 1953 · page 6

Mr. John Howse, M.P. for Calare, forwards the following front the Postmaster -General under date August 25:…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Soldier Settler Costs On Carrawobitty And Jemalong

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 4

Mr. F. J. Cahill, M.L.A. for the district, has received the following from the Minister for Lands, under date September 4:…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Minister Warns: War Threat To Sydney Hospitals

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 September 1953 · page 4

The warning of the State Minister for Health. Mr. M. O'Sullivan, as to the fate that might befall Sydney hospitals in the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

State Meets 'Hopper War Freight Costs

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1953 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., announced this week that the Government will…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Rams For Soldier Settlers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1953 · page 6

Five only of the 50 Corriedale rams donated by Mr. R. D. Bray, of "Vychan." Eugowra, for ballot among settlers under the War…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

80 But Wants to See Soldier Son's Grave

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1953 · page 6

EIGHTY YEARS OLD MRS. MARTHA PEARSON, WIDOW, OF GREENFELL STREET, WEST WYALONG, HAS ASKED THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. R. G. MENZIES, TO INCLUDE HER IN THE OFFICIAL DELEGATION TO…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Ex-Wyalong Soldier Succeeds on War Service Block at Mudgee

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 October 1953 · page 1

A former Wyalong resident, and a returned soldier from World War II, Mr. Jim Dent, is making a success of his Havilah war service land settlement…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →