Welcome Home Mr. and Mrs. Archie McDonald
On Sunday evening about 30 friends of the newly married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Archic McDonald, were entertained…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1949
212 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 2 of 11
Soldier Settlement
The NSW Minister for Land (Mr.. Sheahan) agrees with the Federal Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr.. Pollard)…
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The Minister for Postwar Reconstruction (Mr.. Dedman) said in Canberra on Tuesday that in New South Wales the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Veterans' Art Union
Attention is drawn to the closing date of the War Veterans' Art Union on March 21, and the drawing date on March 28, 1949. The prise list is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soviet Changes Designed for "Shadow War Cabinet?" Lake Success
Experienced diplomats at U.N.O. headquarters say recent changes among senior Soviet officials are designed to create a "shadow war cabinet" to direct an intensified cold war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Veterans' Art Union
Attention is drawn to the closing date of the above Art Union on March 21st, and the drawing date on March 28th, 1949. The prize list…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Minister Takes Stock of Manpower and Equipment London, Friday
If mobilisation became necessary now or in the immediate future, Britain would have available a substantial number of men who served in the war and were now on the reserve, War Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mendooran War Memorial
A committee meeting of the Mendooran War Memorial was held on Friday night, when the following were present: Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pilgrimage to War Graves on Anzac Day
When the Narromine RSL meet-ing on Friday night was considering arrangements for the Anzac Day Commemoration services on April 25,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Governor to Unveil High School Honour Roll
His Excellency the State Governor, Lt. General Northcott, is to be invited to perform the unveiling of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To Assist Soldier Settlers at the Gums Coonabarabran Board's Sympathy
Coonabarabran P.P. Board decided at its meeting on Friday to make a grant of £25 to the Yarrandale…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To Assist Soldier Settlers at the Gums Coonabarabran Board’s Sympathy
Coonabarabran P.P. Board decided at its meeting on Friday to make a grant of £25 to the Yarrandale…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Veteran's Art Union
About 3¼ million 1/- tickets are expected to be sold in this year's War Veterans' Art Union, which closed last Monday. Drawing will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Service Land Settlement Carabost Estate —Tarcutta
Attention is invited to a notification in the Government Gazette of 11th March, 1949, setting apart eleven (11) blocks on Carabost…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldier Settlement Commonwealth Spends £141/2 Million
Up to January 31, the Commonwealth Government had approved 6,[?]34,298 acres as suitable for ex-servicemen farmers under the War…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Model Village Turns Italy's War Waifs Into Good Citizens
Don Guido Visendaz, 30-year old priest, former chaplain of Italian troops and ex-prisoner of the Nazi…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Music for Anzac Day Suggestion To Engage Band Turned Down
The matter of music for the Anzac Day ceremony Coonabarabran, was discussed at a meeting of the RSL on Friday night, but it was decided that all that was necessary was a buglar to play the Last Post…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gollan War Memorial Memorial Tablets and Honour Roll Unveiled at Impressive Ceremony
SIMPLE and impressive ceremony marked the unveiling and dedication of the Memorial Tablets and Honour Roll before a large representative district gathering at the Gollan Soldiers' Memorial at Gollan on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War on Rabbits Landholders Co-operating, Says P.P. Inspector
Landholders are co-operating in [?] war [?] the [?] Inspector, Mr. A. [?] told the last meeting of the Dubbo P.P…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Day Services
The following Anzac Day fixtures have been arranged by the Gilgandra R.S. League: Dawn service 5 a.m., assemble at…
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