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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Returned Soldiers’ League Annual Meeting of Henty Branch

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 7

The annual meeting of the Henty sub-branch of the RSL was held at the School of Arts on Friday night, Feb. 4…

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Two Plans For Albury War Memorail

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 2

TWO plans for a Monument Hill war memorial to those who lost their lives in the last war were considered by a committee in Albury last evening…

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The Rabbit War Councils Press for .22 Bullets

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 2

The Murrumbidgee Shire Council in response to a letter from the Bogan Shire, will ask its State member to raise in the…

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No Immediate World War —Dr. Evalt

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 8

CANBERRA, Tues: There was no likelihood of a third world war, Minister for External Affairs (Dr Evatt) is reported to…

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War Prize Ship to Be Sold

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tues.: Federal Government will offer the war prize ship Reynella to the Italian Government for £187,500…

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War on Rabbits Minister Appeals for State-wide Drive

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.—“I appeal to all primary producers, pastures protection boards, councils, and everyone else concerned, for an…

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HENTY War Memorial Commitee

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 6

A meeting of Henty War Memorial Hall Committee was held in the School of Arts on Monay night. The president, Mr J. S…

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War Service Land Settlement Jemalong Estate, Forbes

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 4

ATTENTION is invited to a notification in the Government Gazette of 28th January, 1949, setting apart fourteen (14) blocks on…

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Letters to the Editor War Against the “Rabbit”

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 4

Sir.—I have just received a circular from the Albury P.P. Board suggestion an “all-[?]” campaign of wholesale poisoning, etc.,…

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Australia May Ask for U.n. Mediation in Chinese War

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 11

CANBERRA, Wed: Possibility of the Australian Government approaching the United Nations to mediate in the Chinese war…

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Rock of Remembrance in Henty Park Ready For Unveiling On Anzac Day

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

At a meeting of Henty War Memorial Hall Committee, held in the School of Arts on Monday night, Mr. A. R. Barrie reported that whilst in…

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Henty R.S.L. Assists War Veterans' Homes; £15 15s Donation

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

At the annual meeting of Henty Sub-branch of the Returned Servicemen's League on Friday night last members agreed to make a donation of £15/15/- to the War Veterans' Homes…

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Rabbit Plague as Serious as an Enemy Invasion Should be Treated as War

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 7

The large increase in the number of rabbits in Australia was described at a meeting of Albury Pastures Protection Board recently as a threat to primary industries, and as "serious as an invasion of an enemy that should be treated as war." The Board decided to appeal to landowners to make an all-out effort to eradicate rabbits by poisoning…

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Minister Denies Prying Into Soldiers’ Mail

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 6

CANBERRA, Thurs: The Minister for the Army (Mr Chambers) today denied an allegation that he engineered the system of…

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U.S. Reconciled to Loss of Japan in Event of War Indefensible and Unworthy of Defence Tokio

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 1

THE United States is reconciled to the loss of Japan in the event of war, and the early withdrawal of all its occupation forces here is at the moment privately advocated by some to p American militarists. This was learned from the most…

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Mounties Arrest War-time Spy Ring Figure

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 6

OTTAWA, Sun: Sam Carr, alleged key figure in the war-time Soviet spy ring in Canada, was taken into custody today by the…

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Australian Primary Producers Show Threefold Increase on Pre-war

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA, Sun: Preliminary estimates by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics indicate that the gross production value…

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2 Plans for Albury War Memorial Pictured below are two plans for treating Monument Hill as a war memorial for World War [?]

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 7

Some months ago a public meeting decided that beautification of part of Monument Hill would be an acceptable form of memorial…

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Official Denial of U.S. Withdrawal From Japan Either Now or During a War Washington

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 3

THE United States Secretary of State (Mr. Dean Acheson) today denied that the United States contemplated the withdrawal of American troops from Japan, either now…

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Returned Soldiers Monthly Meeting

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 1

There were over thirty members of the Corowa sub-branch of the Returned Servicemen's League at the monthly meeting at the…

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