2,228 Soldiers Now Settled on Land
Up to March 31 farms had been provided for 2228 soldier settlers in NSW under the war service land settlement scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1954
111 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 6
Morangorell Soldier Settlers Pay In £100 Each For Road
Shire clerk Mr. E. E. Rannard revealed at the last Bland Shire Council meeting that soldier settlers in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Officials Visit Soldiers' Blocks
Members of the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission in Messrs. E. R. Smith and A. W. H. Middleton, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →80 Rams for Soldier Settlers
The Minister for Lands, Mr. Hawkins, announced today that 80 merino rams have been donated for men on war service…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Enlistments in P.D. Forces
"Enlistments in the three permanent Defence Forcea since the beginning of the present recruiting campaign now total…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Removal of Boer War Memorial
At a committee meeting of the Forbes sub-branch of the R.S.L., held last Friday, a letter was received from the Road Safety…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Theft at Lockhart Soldier's Club
Thieves stole a safe containing more than £700 in cash and cheques from the Locknart Soldiers' Club…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Preparing Plans To Wage War In Spring On Hoppers
The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production (Mr. Graham) said this week that steps had been taken to strengthen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wirrinya Soldier Farmer Wins Rams
Winner of eight rams in the Lands Department ballot of a gift of 80 for men on war settlement farms last week, was R…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Echoes Of World War I In Old Forbes Reports
WORLD WAR I. memories are revived by a copy, dated May 30, 1918, of the "Forbes Gazette" (later incorporated in the "Advocate"), recently handed into this office. It mentions several Forbes servicemen and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Settlers Selected to Raise Fat Lambs
Sixteen ex servicemen have been settled on Warrawidgee Two estate under the war service land settlement scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A.f.a. Silent on War Memorial
Forbes branch of the Air Force Association, at its monthly meeting last Wednesday night, decided to take no part…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Safety Reply on War Memorial (To the Editor)
Sir.--The executive of my branch expresses its appreciation for the competent coverage in your Journal of the R.S.L. debate…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Australia is Grand Country," 1939-45 War Veteran Says
The flower of Australian manhood and women fought for Australia in World war II and will take up arms again if necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →21 Soldier Settlers Established on Block of 5,000 Acres
Twenty-one soldier settlers are being established in the Tumbarumba district by the Department of Lands on 5000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rock Salt in Rabbit War
A N.S.W. grazier has found a new use for rock salt and stock in the fight against rabbits. He is Major General Sir G…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Against Rabbits
MELBOURNE.—Plans are next season's myxomatosis campaign were laid at a conference of State authorities called by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Memorial Appeal
Mr. D. H. Drummond, MHR. chairman of the executive of the Sir Henry Parkes War Memorial Appeal, writes as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ungarie War Memorial Hall
At a general meeting of the Ungarie War Memorial Hall committee, the hon. treasurer, Mr. R. Rowling, presented…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir Henry Parkes War Memorial ((To the Editor "Advocate")
Sir,—On the 24th October, 1953, in Tenterfield, was launched an appeal to preserve as a memorial for all time, the…
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