CORRESPONDENCE. Anzac Day, Display or Dedication? (To the Editor)
Dear Sir,—Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance, as such it would seem that all civic…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1949
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U.S. Farther From War Than Three Years Ago—-army Secretary Royall Washington, Thursday
According to the United States Army Secretary, Kenneth Royall, the United States is today farther from war than at any time since the latter part of 1946 when Russia's present policy become apparent…
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More than 200,000 acres have now been allocated for soldier settlement in the Namoi 'Electorate and represents the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Children's Homes War Memorial Appeal
Following the recent successful follow-up few days at Wellington for Anglican youth work and the Church of England Children's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jap Airman Tells of War Time Flights Over Melbourne and Sydney
When the war came to Australia's doors in 1942 as the result of the shelling of Sydney Harbor by an ocean going Japanese submarine, it was not generally known that on the accompanying undersea…
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Hundreds of Wellington and district Anglicans attended at S. John the Baptist Church yesterday morning, when the…
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The Peak Hill Memorial Committee iS making an intensive drive to secure sufficient funds before Anzac Day to complete the appeal for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wear a Tin Hat on Anzac Day
"After 33 years the dawn of April 25th, 1915, seems remote, especially with the folly of another war to obliterate this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Post Office Holidays Arrangements for Easter and Anzac Day -
Coonabarabran Post Office will observe the following. holiday arrangements for Easter and Anzac Day:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Crimes Tribunal Judge's Protest LONDON, Thursday
A three-man United States War Crimes Tribunal, yesterday finished the readings of its 832…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dedication of C. OF E. War Memorials. Huge Congregation Receives Bishop's Blessing. Returned Servicemen's Leaders Unveil Memorial Window
NOT since the King called the nation to Prayer in 1940 has S. John The Baptist Church of England seen such a crowd as on Sunday last when all seats were packed and a line 50 deep occupied the aisle in the nave…
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Fourteen blocks of land for ex-servicemen, settlement near Forbes went to ballot during the week-end…
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Members of the R.S.L. Legion of Ex-servicemen, and the Boy Scouts will attend a special Anzac Day Service on Sunday. April 24…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sports on Anzac Day Letter to Narromine RSL
The holding of sporting events before 1 a.m. on Anzac Day would be viewed with the greatest of disfavour, said a letter from the RSL…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Plane 'Graveyard' at Laverton for Sale
The war planes "graveyard" at Laverton (Victoria) will be sold by public tender. One hundred and ninety-two Spitfires, Beauforts, Beaufighters, Vultee Vengeances, Kittyhawks, Boomerangs, Veaturas and Liberators are being offered singly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R.s.l. Will Erect War Memorial at Peak Hill Cemetery
Peak Bill Municipal Council on Tuesday might, granted permission to the R.S.L. Sub-branch to [?]reet a memorial in the cemetery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Legion Criticises Delays in Soldier Settlement
Mr. Dedman and Mr. Sheahan, though hundreds of miles from the Narromine Memorial Hall, were on Wednesday night the cause of much…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Delays in Payment for Land for Soldier Settlement
The delay in paying for land once it had been approved for soldier settlement would tend to discourage potential sellers…
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Gilgandra will celebrate Anzac Day next Monday with a commemoration service at the Memorial Institute at 11 a.m. Returned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Day Monday's Programme
Anzac Day will be observed with due ceremony in Dubbo next Monday when the early fixture will be the Dawn…
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