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The wars & local soldiers, 1954

254 stories in New England's papers · page 12 of 13

Soldier Settlers' Blocks For Ballot

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Wednesday 27 October 1954 · page 1

The first of a large group of soldier settlement ballot estates will be open for application late in October, the…

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Man Wounded In Exchange of Shots With Police

The Inverell Times · Monday 1 November 1954 · page 1

BOURKE, Monday: Two police constables wounded a man in a life and death…

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Happy Comradeship at Soldier Settlers' Reuion

The Inverell Times · Monday 1 November 1954 · page 4

Happy comradeship marked the second annual dinner of the North and North-west Soldier Settlers' Association at Inverell…

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War Memorial Appeal Fund

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 November 1954 · page 7

Very soon we shall be commemorating Armistice Day again, and our thoughts will turn, once more, to those who, in the coarse of two World Wars, went out into the furnace of conflict, never to return to…

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108 Soldier Settlers in A'dale Electorate

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 November 1954 · page 3

"To date 2,329 soldier settler farms have been provided in New South Wales at a total cost of…

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Policy of African Communists Is War

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 8 November 1954 · page 2

The Stated policy of the Communists in Africa was war, according to Mr. R. Meade, General Secretary of the Sudan United Mission in Australia, who is at present visiting Glen…

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A Dying Soldier

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Wednesday 10 November 1954 · page 2

It was in the midst of the battle of Sedan. A thick cloud of smoke, like a funeral pall, enveloped the opposing armies…

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108 Soldier Settlers in A'dale Electorate

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Wednesday 10 November 1954 · page 2

"To date 2,329 soldier settler farms have been provided in New South Wales at a total cost of…

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No Trace of Wounded Bodgie

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Hospital authorities and doctors were questioned today by police in search for a young bodgie…

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Police Search For Wounded Bodgie

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 November 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: -- Hospital authorities and doctors were questioned to-day by police in their search for a…

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War Threat Fades—monty

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1954 · page 18

Field - Marshal Lord Montgomery said recently that the threat of a Third World War "re…

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Remembrance Day Impressive Ceremory at War Memorial

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1954 · page 4

The splash of the water fromthe fountain, the twittering of the birds in the trees, the distant sound of children's laugher and the occasional honkof a motor horn was all that distorbie&the iwo-tmnu tes' silence as a small groupstood with hewed heads at-the; memorial in Central Park yesterday to (Observe Armistice…

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Inverell's First Military Ball Since the War

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 November 1954 · page 4

Proceeds from to-night's Military Ball in Inverell will go to the War Memorial Baths Appeal…

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No War, Says Air Expert

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 15 November 1954 · page 1

Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir John Slessor, Said recently that the existance of Allied atom…

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Returned Soldiers Say : "Lest We Forget" Is Not for Advertising Purposes

The Inverell Times · Monday 15 November 1954 · page 4

Members of the Inverell Sub-branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. expressed resentment at the use of the words "Lest We Forget" on a dodger issued by on Inverell business man to advertise his wares--…

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Gift Rams For Soldier Settlers

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Wednesday 17 November 1954 · page 1

Details of another gift of stud rams to settlers on farms under the war service land settlement scheme were…

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War Threat Fades—monty

Guyra Argus · Thursday 18 November 1954 · page 1

Field Marshal Lord Montgomery said recently that the threat of a Third World War…

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Returned Men Appreciate Ballina Rest Home

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 13

Thousands of returned service men throughout the North Coast and Northern areas of the State know and appreciate the worth of the Ballina Home, at Ballina, on the Richmond River…

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Porridge As Defence Material in Atom War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 1

TOKYO: In an atemic war raw porridge may share a place with soap powder on the kitchen sink. The United states Atomic Energy Commission scientist Doctor Walter claus; in the [?] Energy talks here, has recommended corn meal as a…

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Germany an "Ally" Before War Ended

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday: Before World War II. ended, Sir Winston Churchill gave orders that German arms should be collected carefully and stacked so they could easily be issued again to German soldiers "with whom we should have to work if the Soviet advance continued."…

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