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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

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Bournewood Welcome Home. Returning Servicemen Entertained

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon last, the residents of Bournewood gathered at the Sunday School hall to welcome home returning…

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Welcome Home to Service Personnel at Tooraweenah

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 5

An official welcome home was extended to Tooraweenah servicemen and women on the evening of March 22, at…

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Grand Day Planned to Officially Welcome Home Service Personnel the Date Is Monday. June 10

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 5

Monday, 10th June, 1946, promises to be a red [?]tter day for th& Shire of Gilgandra, for in addition to being the day for official peace celebrations through out Australia, service personnel of World War [?] will be…

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Cumnock. Anzac Day Arrangements. Urban Area Committee Meets

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 3

At the Shire Hall on Saturday last, at a meeting of the Cumnock Urban Area Committee, at which the President of…

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Tragedy of War

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 3

The appalling and heart-rending condition of the children of Europe was referred to in a Pastoral Letter read in Catholic Churches in…

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Lagging Behind on War Loan

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 10

Coonabarabran is lagging well behind in its Security Loan quota. The amount alloted is £12,500…

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Stock Feed Wheat. Development During War Period

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 11

From the beginning of the war until 1944 Australia had built up big reserves of wheat in March, 1943, the stock…

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Independence of India Threat Of Civil War Conflict Between Moslems And Congress Party New Delhi

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 1

If an independent India is not achieved from the present discussions, the conviction would grow that the time for all talking was over, declared Congress Party leader Nehru. Peoples would think someone was…

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Our Letter-box Land for Soldiers...that Anonymous Letter. Apple & Pear Board...soldiere Memorial Hall. Soldier Settlement

The Western Herald · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 3

The following is a copy of a letter written by Mr. J. H. Dickson, of "Yarrawin" to The Hon. Mr. J. M. Tully, Minister for Lands…

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League and Legion to Combine on Anzac Day

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 1

AT last Saturday's general meeting of the Wellington sub-branch of the R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. it was decided that the League would combine with the local sub-branch of the Ex-Servicemen's League in the observance of Anzac…

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Pre-war Jobs Not Favoured. CANBERRA

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 1

A Special bulletin. issued by the Minister of post-man Reconstruction. reveals that by the end of lane. it is expected that…

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German War Crimes Tribunal Hitler's Gag on Reich Government Bogus Doctor Operates for Pleasure at Concentration Camp Nuremburg

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1946 · page 1

Hitler, before the war, regarded Cabinet as a "Defeatist Club," and even forbade them to meet for "some beer-drinking and occasional formal chats," said Dr. Hans Lammers, former Chief of the Reich Chancellery, giving evidence…

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Bodangora Welcome Home

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 7

The Bodangora welcome-home committee held a meeting in the Bodangora hall on Sunday last. Those who attended were:…

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Stores Closing Welcome Home and Easier Week-end

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 5

At a meeting held on Friday night last, Coonabarabran storekeepers agreed to close their premises over the Welcome Home to…

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Pipe Band to Head Procession At Welcome Home Celebrations

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 2

At a meeting of the Wecome Home Committee on Monday night, it was announced that the Du[?]wick Hill…

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Will Anzac Day Go?

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 10

The British Government wants a National Day to be fixed which will be observed, throughout the British Empire as a day of…

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Post-war Status of Australia London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 1

Australia had emerged from the war with the augmented status of a Pacific Power, declared the former British High Commissioner in…

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No Great Demand Pre-War Second-Class Sleepers

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 4

Trials of second class sleeping accommodation on country trains before the war showed that there was no popular…

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News by Wire Jap War Crimes. Canberra

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 1

A second sitting of the War Crimes Commission says the Japanese appear to have aimed at killing their prisoners…

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War Loan Gilgandra's Quota Not Yet Reached Closing Date Is Tuesday Next

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 1

To date Gilgandra has sub scribed £10,000 to the Security Loan, from 31 subscribers. Our quota is…

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