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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

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Soldier Settlers' Homes Cost Limited to £750

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1

Under the War Service Land Settlement Bill not more than £750 can be spent on the erection of a dwelling for the incoming settler…

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Soldier Settlement A Snail's Pace

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 3

Recently demobilised himself, Mr. W. A. Chaffey (C.P., Tamworth) during a speech in the Legislative Assembly…

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Welcome Home To Service Personnel

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 3

Thirty-nine ex-servicemen and two ex-service women were welcomed home in Saturday night in the Peak Hill Southern Cross Hall…

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Prisoners of War Escaping

The Western Herald · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 1

Eeven Italian P.O.W.'s who are awaiting ships to transport them home have escaped, recently, according to a Commonwealth…

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Memorial to Honor War Nurses

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 3

The gallant and heroic deeds of Australian War Nurses who gave their lives on active service are to be commemorated by a memorial to be…

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War Criminals Escape at Morotal MOROTAL

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 1

Four Japanese war criminals, including one scheduled to have faced a murder charge to-day before the Australian Military…

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Polish Soldiers Clean up Bandits WARSAW

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 1

Nine hundred and eighty four bandits were killed and 3,500 captured in fighting between Polish soldiers and security agents on one hand, and…

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Soldier Settlers Farms Available SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 1

An estimate that over 23,000 farms suitable for soldier settlement can be provided from large estates in the eastern and central divisions of New…

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War Reparations Paris

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 1

The Allied Reparations Agency has received from the Allied Control Council in Berlin a list of the German industrial plants for…

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Germans War Criminals Case Against Admiral Doenitz "U-Boat Victims Must Not Survive"

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 1

NUREMBURG, Tuesday.—In the first year of war Nazi U-boats sank 253 merchant ships, most of them without warning. This was revealed in an Admiralty report submitted by the prosecution, when the case against the German…

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Welcome Home

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 4

The usual large crowd gathered in the local hall on the night of 19th December to welcome home a further batch of…

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APPRECIATION. Ladies' Work at Welcome Home

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 3

The following letter has been received by Mesdames K. D. Ferguson and F. Murray from the hon. secretary of the…

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Soldier Settlement Will Be Slow Says Mr. Renshaw

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 2

Speaking recently, Mr. J. B. Renshaw, MLA, said that settlement of returned sold iers on the land in the next…

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Soldier Settlement Farms Available

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 1

An estimate that over 23,000 farms suitable for soldier set tlement can be provided from large estates in the eastern…

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Soldier Settlement Homes Cost Limited to £750

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 1

Under the War Service Land Settlement Bill not more than £750 can be spent on the erection of a dwelling for the incoming settler. When the measure was under…

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Land for Soldiers

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 3

The Minister for Lands (Mr. J. M. Tully) said on Friday that blocks of land would be available to servicemen by ballot…

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Return Soldiers' League Annual Meeting

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Peak Hill sub-branch of the RSSAILA was held in the AIF Memorial Hall on Saturday night, the president. Mr. D…

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Australian War Graves Maintenance Unit Established

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 2

On the movement of the A.I.F. to the Middle East an Australian War. Graves Unit accompanied the force for the purpose of locating and…

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Publicly Hanged in Russia German War Criminals Moscow

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 1

Seven Germans accused of war crimes at Mikolayev, on the Black Sea, were found guilty, and publicly hanged in…

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Army Motor Vehicles Soldiers' Priority

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 2

Discharged service personnel desirous of purchasing surplus Army motor vehicles would have their applications considered on a priority…

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