Yeoval News. War Memorial Hall. Large Crowd Attends Laying of Foundation Stone Ceremony
People flocked from all parts of Yeoval and district on Saturday afternoon, 17th inst., to attend…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1948
198 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 8 of 10
Europe's Biggest Disaster Since War Farben Works Explosion FRANKFURT
According to a German newsagency's estimates, 600 persons were killed and 1,400 injured—12,00 seriously—in a vast explosion which tore the heart out of the massive sprawling I. G. Farben Plant at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rebels Lose 25 DEAD 23 Wounded Rangoon
Armoured cars and reinforcements routed 500 uniformed insurgents after an all-day battle between insurgents and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Binnaway War Memorial Loan of £5,000 GRANTED
A deputation from the Binnaway War Memorial committee comprising Messrs. J. Renshaw an Smith, to the Coonabarabran shire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Government Control of Tractors Request by Coonabarabran Returned Soldiers’ League Effect of Referendum Defeat
Mr. J. B Renshaw, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Minister for Agriculture relative to the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →War Veterans' Art Union
By notice in our advertising columns it will be seen that the War Veterans' Art Union has added another prize, a superb British…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Westella. Honour Roll Unveiling Ceremony
The unveiling of the Honour Roll in memory of the men who enlisted from Westella in World War II will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Baths Council Loan of £10,000 War Memorial Committee to Raise Balance
At a meeting of the Coonabarabran Shire Council last week Cr. Keeping said the shire president (Cr. M. B. Reddon) was only sidestepping When he suggested that Council delay going ahead with Coonabarabran’s baths until…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Veterans Art Union
Another prize has been ridded to the already magnificent list of prizes advertised for the War Veterans Art Union No. 11. This…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Who Will Be Leader of the March ? On Anzac Day
Voicing the opinion that seniority of rank should not be brought into League affairs, Mr. G. A. Gould moved a resolution…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Malayan "War" Casualties Singapore
Civilian and service casualties in the terrorist campaign between June 16 and August 31 exceeded those among the bandits…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wants Atomic War Banned
Sir John Newman Morris, chairman of the Australian Red Cross, is at present attending the International…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Film
Australia at war in the Pacific is the theme of a documentary film which Audio Films of Melbourne are making for the Army…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →INDIA Pakistan Demonstrators Demand War Declaration LONDON, Tuesday
Shouting "Long live the Nizam. Down with the Indian Union," demonstrators yesterday packed the main streets of Karachi—capital of Pakistan—demanding that Pakistan declare war on India as a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →OVER 500 Attend Diggers Ball Bigged [?] Pro-war Days
[?] 1968 Diggers Ball held last Friday night proved an out [?] by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Service Canteen Profits to Assist [?] of Soldiers [?]
The "News [?] been asked to publish information about the scheme under which the child of any ex-serviceman or woman serving in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Openings in P.m.g. Department for Returned Men
At Friday's meeting of Dubbo sub-branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A., Mr. C. Heywood mentioned it might be of interest to returned men to know that there were vacancies in the P.M.G.'s Department…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Memorial Committee
Members of the War Memorial Committee met on Thursday night lass in Mr.. Manusu's office, the chair being occupied by Mr.. D…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Is Finished! It's Different Now
Its only a few short years since the Japs were roving about the Coral Seas and pushing their way over the Owen Stanleys and “Bombo” Rutley, a Coonabarabran half caste aborigine was wearing a slouch hat and a jungle green uniform…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tug-o-war
Eddie Scholfield states hisorn fed team has this event in thbag. However, three other teams the grass have accepted the change…
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