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The wars & local soldiers, 1950

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Advice to Soldier Settlers

The Western Herald · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 3

Soldier Settlers, generally, are now enjoying outstanding success but they should, not let overoptimism blind them to the fact…

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Soldier Land Settlement

The Western Herald · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 6

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) said that litigation was not only delaying negotiations for the purchase of further Estates for…

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Less Risk of War Now Says Nehru Bombay

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1950 · page 1

The Indian Premier (Mr. Pandit Nehru) told tho All India Congress Committee yesterday that the risks of the Korean…

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Red Troops From Manchuria Enter Korean War Column Lunges Across Border to Strike at Marines in Seoul Tokio

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 1

Communist troops from Manchuria have crossed the Korean border and are driving on the rear of the U.S. Marine forces besieging Seoul. General MacArthur's Headquarters has not yet ascertained…

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Further Delays Soldier Settlement

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 14

The Minister for Lands (Mr. J. B. Rehshaw ML A) said this week that litigation was not only delaying negotiations for the…

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Victory "Now in Sight" in Korean War Tokio

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1950 · page 1

"Victory is now in sight in Korea," yesterday declared Lieut. General Walton Walker, 8th Army Commander…

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Reds Could Wage War Now — Envoy

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 27 September 1950 · page 1

Lieut. - General W. Bedell Smith, United States Ambassador to Moscow 1946-49, stated recently that the…

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Parkes Soldier Acquitted on Rape Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 27 September 1950 · page 3

A 20-year-old soldier of Parkes was acquitted in the Criminal Court Dubbo yesterday afternoon on a charge of having…

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Japs. Beheaded Wounded R.A.A.F. Sergt. Los Negros

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 September 1950 · page 1

Japanese on Ambon Island had beheaded a R.A.A.P. Flight Sergeant who was suffering a severe leg wound, the War…

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Army Nurses' Unusual Post War Plan Pair Doing Grand Job Outback

The Western Herald · Friday 29 September 1950 · page 5

After being overseas together from 1939 to 1943 in the same Australian army unit —in the Middle East, New Guinea, and the…

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Dog Discharged Rifle Youth Wounded At Narromine

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1950 · page 1

At Narromine on Sunday a dog leaped into the back seat of a car and landed on a rifle which discharged and wounded…

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"No Time to Rearm in Next War"

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1950 · page 1

General George Kenney, former Commander of Allied Air Forces in the South-West Pacific, visited…

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Double Function at Westella Welcome Home & Farewell

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 4

A farewell and a welcome home were combined at the Westella Hall when Mr. and Mrs. Harry Condon left the…

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All-out War Be Waged Against Rabbits Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 October 1950 · page 2

New South Wales will soon be at war—a. war to the death against the farmers' No. 1 enemy the rabbit. Paddock by paddock and district by district, a…

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Soldiers’ Club Room Offer to do Brickwork

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 5 October 1950 · page 10

At Friday’s meeting of the Coonabarabran sub-branch sub-branch of the RSSAILA a member of the building sub- committee (Mr. H. C. Dawson)…

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Tenders to be Invited Mendooran-Merrygoen War Memorial

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 12 October 1950 · page 5

At a meeting of the Mendooran Merrygoen War Memorial Committee at which 12 members were present, it was…

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Dubbo Asked to Aid Child Victims of War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 October 1950 · page 1

Millions of children throughout the world were ill-c[?]d and starving because of war damage to their homes and country, said Mr. Kenneth Hodgson in Dubbo yesterday…

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Group to Wage War on Red Tape Ideas

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 October 1950 · page 2

An "all-in" fight against further political and bureaucratic interference with primary industry is the objective of an organisation, the United Farmers' Association, which has been formed in New South…

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Post War Plan for Korea "Keep Rhee South Of Tk Border" New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 October 1950 · page 1

An Australian proposal to limit the authority of the Prime Minister (Sygman Rhee) to South Korea, leaving North…

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Special Bus for All the Lit Up Soldiers London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 October 1950 · page 1

American servicemen who get a "little bit lit up" when on leave in Cambridge will in future have their own private bus…

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