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The wars & local soldiers, 1954

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Legacy Fills Blank In Soldier's Home

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 1 September 1954 · page 1

"If is Legacy's aim to do everything in its power to lake the place in the home that had previously been occupied by the husband and father."…

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Legacy War Orphans' Day To-day

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 1

"Let us here resolve that Their Fathers shall not have died in vain." Buy a badge and wear it with pride…

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Bulls For Soldier Settlers

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 1

Two stud horned beef shorthorn bulls have been donated to men on war service land settlement farms by the Killen…

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Paying of Rates by War Widows

Macleay Argus · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY: State Cabinet will consider exempting war widows in necessitous circumstances from the payment…

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Soldiers Escape in Close Crash

Macleay Argus · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 6

LONDON, Sept. 23: Forty-five soldiers, and a crew of five, including an air hostess, escaped unharmed from…

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How New Anzac House in Sydney Will Look

Macleay Argus · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 6

This architect's drawing depicts Anzac House, in College Street, Sydney, as it will appear when completed. The building will front Hyde Park, where an imposing War Memorial already stands. Anzac House Trust Board of Management has accepted a tender of £359,803, submitted by H. W. Thompson Pty. Ltd., for the erection of this magnificent "Service Centre," dedicated to the assistance of half a million…

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To Turn World From War

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 10

In his urgent appeal for a "new conception" to turn the world from atomic…

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Council Oppose Change in War Memorial Name

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 5

Taree Municipal Council will protest against any proposal of Taree Sub-Branch of the R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. to…

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Current Topics. Memorial Cross for Soldier

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 2

The sisters of the late Pte. Darcy Sansom who was killed in action in Korea have given a processional cross to St. Paul's Church of…

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Soldiers' Ballots On Settlements

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 25 October 1954 · page 6

The first of a large group of soldier settlement ballot estates will be open for application late this month, the Minister for Lands, Mr. Hawkins,…

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War Threat Fades—monty

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 1 November 1954 · page 4

Field-Marshal Lord Montgomery said recently that the threat of a Third World War…

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More Money for War Service Home Seekers

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 3

The War Services Homes Act Bill, introduced in the House of Representatives last week, provides £30…

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Stamps Finance a War

The Northern Champion · Friday 12 November 1954 · page 10

Stamp collectors throughout the world are virtually financing a minor, but bitter, war, which has raged incessantly in Indonesia for the past four years…

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Consideration for War Pensioners in Country

Macleay Argus · Monday 15 November 1954 · page 1

Country war pensioners and war widows are being penalised in comparison with those in the Sydney area, a delegate to the North Coast District Council of the R.S.L. conference, said in…

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Honour Roll

The Northern Champion · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 1

Taree R.S.L. Sub-Branch will take steps to have an honour roll of district men and women who served in…

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Flood Lighting Tried For War Memorial

Macleay Argus · Monday 22 November 1954 · page 1

At Macleay County Council meeting on Thursday night, the Chairman (Ald. D. O'dell) said a system of flood…

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Porridge As Defence in Atomic War

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 3

TOKYO: In an atomic war, raw porridge may snare a place with soap powder on the kitchen sink. The United States Atomic Energy Commission…

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Farms For Soldiers

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 November 1954 · page 7

Four irrigation dairy farms near Finley will be open for application under the war service land…

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Soldier Acquitted

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 November 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Nov. 25: In the Central Criminal Court today a jury found Donald Motbey, 23, a soldier, of…

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Great Friendship Between Soldiers

Macleay Argus · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 3

Old soldiers never die, and the friendships made beween them seem to last for ever. A Newcastle World War I…

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