War Veteran Built Own Funeral Pyre and Then Suicided Dubbo
Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 September 1949 · page 1
A 70-YEAR-OLD Boer War veteran built his own funeral pyre and cremated himself after he had placed a loaded shotgun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. The charred bones of the man,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Upper Murray Property for Soldier Settlement
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 September 1949 · page 11
SYDNEY, Mon: Two dairy blocks—one in the Upper Murray district and the other in the Singleton district—are to be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Welcome Home Party
The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 2
A welcome home party was given, to Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Newell on Friday night last at their residence, when neigbhours and relatives gathered to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unveiling of Honour Roll At Pleasant Hills
The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 2
The unveiling ceremony of the Roll, of Honour took place at Pleasant Hills on August 25. Proceedings opened with a concert arranged by Mrs. Smyth,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germ-war Precautions
Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 11
LONDON, Thurs: A huge million pound genii warfare research station is Bearing completion at Salisbury Plains. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sees U.s., Soviet Sowing Seeds of War
Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 5
FLUSHING (New York), Thurs.: A call lo small nations to come within UNO to prevent Russia and the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Service Land Settlement “Lightwood” Estate, Jingellic; “Carrington” Estate, Ravensworth
Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 14
ATTENTION is invited to notifications in the Government Gazette of 16th September, 1949, setting apart two farms for Closer…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Cp. Leader Says Premier Given War-time Power Over Petrol
Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 3
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: State legislation would be brought down by the Government to effect petrol rationing in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Rifle K. Charles Wins Soldiers' Cup
The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 8
The final stage of the R.S.S.I.L.A. Cup and the first stages of the "H. W. Taylor" and "H. Edwards" trophies were included in the programme at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →“Elimination Of War— World’s Problem”
Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 September 1949 · page 8
SYDNEY, Sun.: “The problem facing the world is not to eliminate the atom bomb, but to eliminate war which is the real…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →British Ex-soldiers Plan a New Coventry Here
Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 September 1949 · page 3
SYDNEY, Sun.: A town costing £1,500,000, to house 4000 people, is being planned by British ex-service migrants for Rooty Hill, 20…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Civil War Threat
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 3
BOGOTA (Colombia), Mon.: Colombia is threatened with civil war unless peace is established between the Conservative…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lag in Training for War
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 4
Lieut.-Gen. Savige declared recently that the Federal Government’s failure to train an adequate number of men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Widows’ Petition
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 September 1949 · page 2
CANBERRA, Tues.— War widows and their children were living as under-privileged citizens while others in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Settlers Told Rabbits Must Be Destroyed
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 September 1949 · page 14
SYDNEY, Tues.: Soldier settlers who did not keep their blocks free from rabbits would be replaced by men who were…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Customs Unions or Atomic War
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 September 1949 · page 12
CANBERRA, Wed.: Customs unions were the alternative to an atomic war, Dr. Gaha (Lab., Tas.) told the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →U.s. to Stage Big War Games
Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 6
WASHINGTON, Thurs.: The U.S. would use planes, ships, and over 80,000 men in a mock invasion of an “enemy”…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Settlers and Rabbits
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 1
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) said to-day that soldier settlers who do not keep their blocks, free from rabbits will be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Settlers Warned
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 1
The Minister for Lands, Mr. W. F. Sheahan, said the Government would remove soldier settlers from their proporties if they did not keep them…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Soldiers Go Over to Soviet?
Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 3
VIENNA, Thurs.: Soviet zone officials have refused to hand over two British soldiers, alleged deserters, because, they say, the…
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