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The wars & local soldiers, 1954

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Nation-wide War on 'Hoppers Spring Plans Ready For Pest

The Uralla Times · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 8

Plans are almost complete for an early war on the grasshopper during the coming spring…

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Soviet Says War "Probable" If Germany Is Rearmed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 1

LONDON:Soviet Russia has served notice on the West that the remilitarisation of Western Germany will "probably" provoke a new war. The Soviet Foreign Ministry statement, issued last night through the…

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E.D.C. Army Plan Could Provoke New War Soviet Note To West

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: Soviet Russia has served notice on the West that the remilitarisation of a Western Germany will "probably" provoke a new war. The Soviet Foreign Ministry statement, issued last…

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Western Grazing Land for Soldier Settlers

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 15 September 1954 · page 7
Also in Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser

Over 723,090 acres of grazing land in the Western Division will be thrown open far application late in…

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Appeal for £10,000 for War Memorial Library To Be Short, Sharp and Productive

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1954 · page 4

The £10,000 appeal for the Armidale and District War Memorial Public Library, now rising rapidally in Faulkner Street,is to be opened on November 25, the occasion of the visit of State Governor Lieut. General Sir John Northcott,to lay the memorial stone…

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War Service Home Sites in Glen Innes

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 20 September 1954 · page 2

Ex-servicemen who wished to purchase a home with assistance from the War Service…

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Alleged Russian Moves in Chinese "War"

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 22 September 1954 · page 1

TAIPEH (Formosa), Wednesday. -- Soviet Russia has moved naval reinforcements from Vladivostock southward…

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Fishermen Meet War On The Shag

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 20

At a meeting of the Guyra Rod Fishermen's Association Mr. Bill Schaefer was elected president, and Mr. Noel…

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Plans for £10,000 War Memorial Appeal

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 6

Tentative plans have been agreed upon for the conduct of an intensive campaign to raise £10,000 for the City of…

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Reds To Follow Japanese war Path? Ominous Appraisal of Communist Strategy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK: A fuse that might touch off the powder keg of Ana fay not in Japan, Korea or Formosa, but in Australia, a veteran American war correspondent says in a speech prepared for delivery to a California Association Convention at Coronado…

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Soldier's Block Available

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 1

Applications under the war service' land settlement scheme for a 2017 acre sheep breeding and wool growing…

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Preventive War Proposed on "Red Peril"

Guyra Argus · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 1

With the approach of summer and the consequent risk of burn fires there is one matter of great importance which should receive particular attention by all country people—fire breaks around homes and buildings of all kinds. The best time to beat bush fires is before they start. War…

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War Memorial Library Appeal

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 6

Further action has been taken by the committee appointed by a public meeting to raise £10,000 to complete the…

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Soldier Settlers Annual Dinner

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 4

Departmental officers will, attend this year annual dinner of the North-west Soldier Settlers' Association…

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R.s.l. Move for P.p. Land for Returned Men

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 1

The New England District Council of the R.S.L. will ask the State Council of the League to press for the allocation to returned soldiers with qualifying certificates, of land being revoked from…

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Ian Allan's Query Phone Service For N.-West Soldier Settlers

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 4

CANBERRA: The reason why one soldier settlement area in north-western New South Wales had not received a…

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Mobile Aids to War

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 20 October 1954 · page 1

THE NEW "PERRET" Scout car (above) is now being issued to British army unit. The car is fitted…

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Soldier Settlement Ballots

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 25 October 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: The first of a large group of soldier settlement ballot estates will…

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Appeal for £10,000 for War Memorial Library

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 October 1954 · page 2

An appeal for £10,000 for Armidale and Dumaresq Shire War Memorial Library was opened on Monday…

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