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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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“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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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”…

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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…

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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…

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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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