Disabled Soldiers
The Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers of N.S.W. are still appealing tor funds, and they have purchased a property known…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
271 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 13 of 14
Soldier "Posts" His Sweetheart to America Frankfurt, Friday
An American soldier tried to mover his 21-year-old German sweetheart home in a box, which he attempted to "post" by air on a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers
The Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers of New South Wales are still appealing for funds…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District News in Brief Molong War Memorial Appeal Fails
At a meeting recently held to decide what to do with the war Memorial fund, it was resolved to hand over the amount subscribed (£500) to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Diggers' Club as Trangie's Memorial for World War II
Trangie's memorial for the ? who fought and gave their lives in the last ? to take the form of a Diggers' club, to be erected next to the ? for a caretaker's quarters, and for the completion ? the memorial Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dubbo Turf Club's War Memorial Meeting
Dubbo Turf Club's two-day meeting in aid of the Dubbo War Memorial, opened in fine weather yesterday, but the attendance was disappointing in view of the purpose for which it had been organised…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Like Pre-war Germany What M.P. Thinks of Coona. “Public” Meeting
Informing Mr. G. McNaboe, chairman of the recent meeting at Coonabarabran to protest against the nationalisation of banks, that the resultant petition had been relegated to the waste paper basket, Mr. J. B. Renshaw, M.L.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Final Welcome Home Certificates Presented
There was a large crowd at the Trangle [?] Hail on Friday evening at the last of a series of welcomes to men and women who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District News Trangie Welcome Home to Returned Service Personnel
The Memorial Hall was comfortably filled on Friday when the Trangie and District Farewell and Welcome Home Committee staged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Peace or War in India Hangs in the Balance New Delhi
With the issue of peace or war between the Dominions of India and Pakistan still in the balance, reports from the Pakistan capital of Karachi, reveal that 10,000 Pathan and Moslem forces of the "Free Kashmir" movement have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Govt. Accused of Holding Up American Honours for Australian Soldiers. Canberra
Addressing the Annual Congress of the R.S.L. last night, Brigadier A. S. Blackburn, V.C., alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →License for Soldiers' Club
At Coonamble on Wednesday an application from the Gilgandra Services Club for the granting of a liquor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eumungerie's Tribute to War Heroes
The President, Mr. J. T. Griffith, extends a most cordial invitation to town and district residents to visit Eumungerie…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Public Alarm Spreading Returned Soldiers Voice Community's Fears
While the House of Representatives this week has continues the spirited and often bitter debate on bank nationalisation, a gathering only half a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Public Meeting Approves War Memorial Council Asked To Hand Patriotic Funds To RSL
To decide whether the building at present being erected by the Narromine RSL should be a public memorial, a public meeting was held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Youthful War Hero
Ken Hiekey, son of Mr and Mrs Colin Hiekey, of "Oakville," Mudgee, left Australia at the age of 15½ years, and was recommended…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Appoints Operator After Returned Soldier Preference Act Is Explained
? had resigned and then applied to the ? was not a problem. The man was ? but other applicants for the job ?…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ribbons Pillaged at War Memorial
Consternation and not a little disgust was caused when it became known that ribbons attached to official wreaths placed on the Dubbo Soldiers Memorial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →District News Narromine War Memorial Hall
At a public meeting held on Friday night it was agreed that the building at present being erected by the RSL. be dedicated to the memory of fallen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Senator Warns Rejection of Aid Might Result in War Washington
Warning that Congressional rejection of the 597 million dollars stopgap programme to aid France, Italy and Austria, might result in "war which otherwise need never occur and which should never be…
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