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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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Land for Soldiers

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 6 September 1951 · page 2

Seven farms on Geeron Estate, in the Forbes district are now open for application, advises the Minister…

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Wool Results Compared Post and Pre-war Prices

The Western Herald · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The results of the first wool sales of the season have given greater disappointment to those…

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War Memorial Fund Subscriptions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 2

The Honorary Treasurer (Mr. V. F. H. Matthews of the War Memorial Jubilee Appeal acknowledges the following donations…

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War Fury Mounts in Korea Tokyo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 1

American troops drove to the top of one of two mountains commanding the Pyongyang gateway to the iron triangle…

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War Memorial Fund Subscriptions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 September 1951 · page 2

The Honorary Treasurer (Mr. V. F. H. Matthews) of the War Memorial Jubilee Appeal acknowledges the following donations…

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War Memorial Foundation Stone, September 27

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 13 September 1951 · page 8

Arrangements are well in hand for the laying of the War Memorial Foundation Stone on September 27, when Mr. G. Weir…

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Over £400 Raised For War Orphans Wellington Legacy Contact Group Scores Initial Success Cabaret Ball Was Grand Climax to Sustained Effort by Legatees

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 September 1951 · page 2

AS a result of sustained effort on the part of members of the Wellington Legacy "Contact Group and the enthusiastic work of the ladies who sold Legacy badges, a sum of weft over £400 was raised in Wellington last week for the benefit of Legacy War Orphans. This amount is almost three times as great as the usual sum raise in…

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25 Farms for Soldier Settlers

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 14 September 1951 · page 3

State Cabinet has approved the purchase of over 21,000 acres of land, in 10 country properties, for war service land…

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A Soldier Speaks to His Comrades

The Western Herald · Friday 14 September 1951 · page 3

Lieut.-General Sir William Dobbie, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., D.S.A., Ex-Governor and Commander-in-chief at Malta, says:—…

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Soldier Settlements

The Western Herald · Friday 14 September 1951 · page 9

An Australian soldier who sent back his application from Korea has won first choice of blocks, in the soldier…

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War Horror Photos Not For Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 1

The Jubilee Committee decided last night not to display stark war photographs during the Jubilee celebrations…

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Legacy War Orphans Day Narromine Effort Exceeds £215

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 1

Although no set quota was allotted to Narrombe, the excellent response to Legucy's [?] appeal compar[?] more than favourably with other [?] of the name [?] At the time of going to press…

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U.s. Trains Naval Crews for Atom War to Meet Soviet Threat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 1

Statements on Russian armed strength and American training in atomic warfare were made in Ottawa and Washington today. In Ottawa the British Minister for Defence…

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War Hero's 2nd Fight For Life SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 1

War hero William Cook, who had both legs cut off by a train last Friday has received more than 500 letters from…

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Big Prize Money Comes to Bourke MR. J. T. Litts Secures First Prize in War Veteran's Art Union

The Western Herald · Friday 21 September 1951 · page 7

There was great excitement and jubilation in Bourke on Monday last, when the "Daily Mirror" reporter rang their…

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Design Adopted War Memorial Park

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 27 September 1951 · page 11

The design prepared by Mr. Wilson, landscape gardener of the Sydney Botanical Gardens Trust, was adopted at a meeting…

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U.S. Intervenes in Persia to Stop World War Threat Washington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 28 September 1951 · page 1

The United States, trying desperately to prevent a clash of arms on the Persian oil crisis, has called on Persia to cancel its plan to expel British oil technicians by next Thursday…

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Soldier Settlement

The Western Herald · Friday 28 September 1951 · page 3

Mr. Renshaw, Minister for Lands, attacked the United Farmers' Association as a sham organisation intent on…

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Fine Korean War Record of Light Fleet Carrier H.M.S. Glory

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 7

LIGHT Fleet Carrier H.M.S. Glory has a displacement tonnage of 18,000 tons full load. Length 695 feet. Beam 80 feet. Width 112½ feet (o.a.) (complement 900 excluding air squadron personnel, approximately…

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[?] FESTIVAL Over [?] for War Memorial

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 1

[?] Festival which [?] after four days of pageantry and [?] for the completion of the [?] War memorial…

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