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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Molotov Not Dismissed But Promoted, Is Belief Seen As Move in Cold War with West Joins Stalin As Policy Maker LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 1

THE decision to relieve M. Molotov of his post as Soviet Foreign Minister does not mean that he has been dismissed as has been suggested, but in fact it means promotion,…

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Unveiling of Honour Roll at Walliston

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 5

AT the Walliston Hall on Friday night an honour roll erected by the citizens and residents of Walliston to [?]onour men and women from their district who had served [?]eir King and country in the 1939-1945 war, was…

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War Veterans' Art Union

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 3

Attention is down to the closing date of the above Art Union on March 21, and the drawing date on March 28, 1949. The prize list is…

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Six Properties For Soldier Settlement

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA, Mon. : The [?] for Post-War Reconstruction (Mr Dedman) announced today that he had approved the…

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“Threat of Civil War in Australia” Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 3

THE secretary of the Australian Communist Party (Mr. L. L. Sharkey) had threatened civil war in Australia in any war in which we were opposed to Russia, said…

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Denial of Marriage Between Jap. Girls and Australian Soldiers Tokio

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 1

THE B.C.O.F. to-day officially denied that any marriages had taken place in Japan between Japanese girls and Australian soldiers. A spokesman said there was no record of any registrations of such marriage ceremonies and if any had taken place they were just “llicit love affairs.”…

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600 Soldiers of A.m.f. in Camp at Bonegilla

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 4

NEARLY 600 soldiers of Australia's new volunteer forces are now in camp at Bonegilla, where units of flu Commonwealth Military Forces will train until early next month. Arms of the Royal Australian Army…

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Two Boards to Deal with Ballots Soldier Land Settlement

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues.: Appointments to two land boards which will deal exclusively with ballots under the War Service Land…

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Clergyman Reveals U.S. Plan To Buy New Guinea For Japan Deal Near When War Came “Had President Roosevelt’s Approval” New York

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 1

ON the eve of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt approved of a plan to buy New Guinea and give it to Japan, according to the evangelist, Dr…

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“Arctic Conflict in Next War”

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Wed.: It was a “dead certainty” that any future conflict would fought in the Arctic area,…

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N.s.w. Graziers Plan Full Scale War on Rabbits

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed. : The NSW graziers are planning a full-scale war against the rabbit pest and intend urging the…

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Darlington Point War Memorial

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 1

As another phase of the work of the Darlington Point War Memorial Community Centre Committee is about to commence, a review of the…

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"Civilisation After U.S. Russian War"

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 3

Civilisation would go back 1000 years if the USA and Russia went to war, said Mr. Eric Kennedy in Sydney recently. Mr. Kennedy, who…

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Yerong Creek R.s.l. Dissatisfied with Soldier Settlement

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 1

The monthly meeting of Yerong Sub-branch of the R.S.L. held recently was attended by fifteen members, Mr. J. W. Gray presiding…

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Fortnight in Camp Enough, Says Young Soldier

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 6

ADVOCATING introduction of compulsory military training L/Cpl. D. L. Stewart, 9 Transport Company, 3 Divisional Column R.A.A.S.C. now in camp at Bonegilla said yesterday that the fortnight for which members of the C.M.F…

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Western Land For Soldier Settlement

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Between 150 and 200 new holdings would soon be made available in the western lands division for…

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Migrants Give Concert To Soldiers

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 4

Migrants from Bonegilla migration centre as a gesture of goodwill gave a concert for troops at Bonegilla camp at the…

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Instructions For Young Soldiers

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 7

Members of 3 Divisional Column, R.A.A.S.C., in camp at Bonegilla, being instructed by Sgt. Brede (left) in the…

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Hay War Memorial High School Successes at Leeton School Carnival

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 3

On Friday last, the annual swimming carnival of the High Schools of the South-Western Districts was held at Leeton. At…

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Soldier Settlement Lawson Led the Fight for Single-unit Farms

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 5

“THE future of the whole district lay in the effective use of irrigation and the division of larger estates into properly balanced unit farms,” stated Mr. S. T. Stephens, Country Party M.L.A., to a reporter of the “Pastoral…

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