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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Football Marist Bros. In 17-2 Anzac Cup Win

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 7

Marist Bros. Rugby League team, which defeated South Lismore by 17 points to 2 yesterday in the first nost-war match for the Anzac Day…

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Bowls Skype's Rink Wins Anzac Cup At S. Lismore

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 7

Seventy players took part in competitions on the South Lismore greens yesterday afternoon for trophies presented by Messrs. W…

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Anzac Day Ceremonies Were Most Imposing in Kyogle's History

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 1

Record crowds attended the various ceremonies in connection with the commemoration of Anzac Day in Kyogle yesterday. A crowd estimated at more than 500 marched in the…

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OVER 5000 See Best Anzac Day Sports Poulsen's Country Title

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 5

A crowd of over 5000 which provided gate takings totalling £500 saw the best Anzac Day sports programme yet staged in Lismore at the Recreation Ground oval yesterday and last night. One of the outstanding performances was the success of Casino cyclist,…

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Four Great Ideals Of Anzac

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 6

The most impressive public observance of Anzac Day for many years was held this year in Rappville Public Hall…

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Anzac Day Vigil At Mullumbimby

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 6

MULLUMBIMBY, Tuesday.—The dawn service, which was held in front of the Memorial School of Arts, ushered in Anzac Day at Mullumbimby…

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Anzac Day Celebrated At Urbenville

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 8

Anzac Day was celebrated at Urbenville at the Memorial Gates, when there was a large attendance…

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Short Flare-up In "Cold War"

Northern Star · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 1

BERLIN, Thursday (AAP).—The "cold war" flared up again to-day when a group of Russian troops crossed into the British sector,…

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India's Decision Will Help Shape Post-War World

Northern Star · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—India's decision to remain a full member of the British Commonwealth, while adopting a Republican constitution, has implications for the shaping of the post-war world…

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5 More Properties for Soldier Scheme

Northern Star · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 7

CANBERRA, Thursday. — Five more properties in the Eastern States have been induced by the Minister for Post-war…

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"Soldier Settler Leaseholds, Plank Of Socialisation"

Northern Star · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 5

WAGGA, Thursday.—The leasehold basis of soldier settlement is really part of the Labour plank of socialisation, Mr. David Fairbairn,…

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Wounded From R.n. Ships Landed

Northern Star · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 1

HONG KONG, Sunday (AAP-Reuter).—The American hospital ship, Repose, arrived here this rooming with 77 wounded from…

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U.S. Soldier Kills Three Germans

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 5

STUTTGART, Monday (AAP).—An American soldier is under close arrest here on charges of shooting dead a German woman and two…

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No Commitments On Defence if India at War

Northern Star · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The decision of the London Prime Ministers' conference for India to remain within the British…

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North Coast Single Unit Soldier Farm

Northern Star · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 4

GRAFTON, Wednesday.—The first dairy farm on the North Coast to be taken up as a single unit farm for soldier settlement is…

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Welcome Home at Rous Mill

Northern Star · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 8

A social evening in the form of a "welcome home" was tendered Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brossmann. nee Miss Verlie Lambert, in the…

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Soviet on Top in "Cold War"

Northern Star · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday (AAP). — Russia "on balance" is winning the "cold war" and the Soviet effort to undermine the democracies appears to be succeeding so far, according to Mr. Will Clayton,…

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Casino's War Secret Aided Victory, Founded New Trade (By a Casino Staff Reporter)

Northern Star · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 8

SECRETLY, in 1941, just after Japan entered the war, a small party of Allied scientists arrived at Casino. Their mission—to find a new source of the desperately needed drug—hyoseine. Hyoseine, previously used as an…

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War Service Homes For Bexhill Road

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 4

In addition to the Veterans' Home Art Union home, nine cottages will be built by the War Service Homes Commission on the Donnan subdivision on the Bexhill Road…

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War Service Homes For Bexhill Road

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 4

In addition to the Veterans' Home Art Union home, nine cottages will be built by the War Service Homes Commission on the Donnan subdivision on the Bexhill Road…

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