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The wars & local soldiers, 1954

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Kyogle Estate For Soldier Settlement

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 4

The N.S.W. State Government yesterday approved the purchase of Range View Estate, 14 miles from Kyogle,…

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Knowledge of Flood Havoc To Enlist Aid

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 4

First hand knowledge of the distress and damage caused by the disastrous floods on the Far North Coast last month would enable him to enlist the sympathy of people in many…

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Three Bands to Take Part in Anzac Services

Northern Star · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 4

Three bands will take part in Anzac Dav commemoration services in Lismore. They are the Lismore…

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War Service Land Scheme Expanded

Northern Star · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Korea and Malaya ex-servicemen will be eligible for war service land settlement…

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Pretence of Patriotism In Soldier Settlement

Northern Star · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 4

THE EXTENSION BY the state Government of the war service land settlement scheme to include ex-servicemen from Malaya and Korea at least provides a token recognition of…

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Dawn Service On Anzac Day

Northern Star · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 4

This year Anzac Day falls on a Sunday and the usual dawn service will be held at 5 o'clock at the Memorial…

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Book Reviews Two New First Novels of War

Northern Star · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 6

IF SOME of the frills, familiarised Toy Hollywood, about the hard-fightin' and hard-cussin' Marines can be brought into perspective, Leon Uris' "Battle Cry" will be acepted as a significant addition to the…

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No Sunday Sport on Anzac Day

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 5

No sporting areas under the control of Lismore City Council will be allowed to be used for organised sport on…

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Welcome Home Planned for Casino Priest

Northern Star · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 4

CASINO, Tuesday.-- A welcome home function for Father J. Relihan will be held in the Civic Hall on…

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Flames Trap Soldiers

Northern Star · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 1

PERTH, Wednesday. -- Two soldiers were severely burned today when flames trapped them in a narrow tunnel at Leighton, eight miles from Perth. The injured men are…

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Welcome Home to Father Relihan Tributes at Casino

Northern Star · Saturday 3 April 1954 · page 2

CASINO, Friday.--A crowd of nearly 1000 in the Civic Hall last night greeted the homecoming of Parish Administrator, Rev. Father J. Relihan, and farewelled the acting…

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Legion's Plans for Anzac Day Channon-Dunoon

Northern Star · Saturday 3 April 1954 · page 5

At the last meeting of the Channon-Dunoon Legion of Ex-servicemen and Women, arrangements for Anzac Day…

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Wounded Man Was Friend

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 4

Rey Leonard Dick, 40, of Casino, and a man he allegedly wounded were the greatest of friends, a…

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Kyogle Pipe Band For Anzac Day

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 2

For the first time since the war, a Kyogle and District Pipe Band in full uniform will, take part in the Anzac Day march in Kyogle. The band will march in…

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America May Be Involved in Indo-china War

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday.--The U.S. Senate was facing the likelihood of eventual United States involvement on a major scale in the Indo-China war, the "New York Times" reported today…

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For the Man on the Land Minister's Denial On Soldier Debt Repayments

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 7

Soldier settlers "advance" debt repayments do not go "down the drain", but are paid back into the general loan account and help to finance further soldier settlement, said the Minister for…

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Indo-china War Rebel Attacks Eased

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 1

HANOI, Tuesday.--Vietminh rebels had eased their fanatical charges at the battered defences of Dien Bien Phu during the past 24 hours, the French High Command in Indo-China…

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Two Young Soldiers for Gaol

Northern Star · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 5

Two young permanent army soldiers were sent to gaol and a third was given a good behaviour bond when they…

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War in Indo-china

Northern Star · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 1

A dramatic picture showing Vietnam parachutists attending their wounded comrades during a mortar attack in a recent action in Hino Siu, in Indo- China…

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Death of Egyptian War Veteran

Northern Star · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 4

BALLINA, Friday. -- A veteran of the naval bombardment of Alexandria in 1882 and one of the oldest ex-servicemen in Australia passed away at St. Anne's Home, Lismore, recently…

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