Esme Mackay Is Soldiers' Queen
At the annual meeting of the Peak Hill Sub-branch of the RSSAILA, it was announced by Mr. W. Merriless that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1951
261 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 2 of 14
Mustang Model on Show in War Museum
The story of the Mustana fighter-bomber aircraft flown by the late Wing Commander Louis T. Spence, who commanded 77…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air Superiority Urged As Counter to War
Lord Tedder, Marshal of the Royal Air Force, speaking in America recently, said that overwhelming air power in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Settlers Doing Well
Soldier settlers, during November and December, repaid £360,000 of the advances made to them…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Horror Films" Talk by Accused Soldier Sydney
A talk about horror films preceded an attempt by a soldier to murder a 16-year-old girl, it was alleged in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Catholics Honour Popular Priests. Farewell for Fr. Gilbourne, Welcome Home to Fr. Corcoran
REGRET at the departure of a popular priest and pleasure at the return of another were expressed by speakers at a gathering of members of Wellington's Catholic community in the Convent School Hall on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Rail Strike Hampers War Schedules New York
Railway lifelines of the industrial east were crippled yesterday by a strike of railway shunters…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mystery Rabbit Disease Now in Dubbo District Mosquitoes Aid Man In War On The Farmers' Enemy
Myxomatosis, the mystery rabbit-killing disease, has spread to the Dubbo Pastures Protection Board District. The Dubbo Stock Inspector (Mr. N. H…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Service Land Settlement
State Cabinet approved the acquisition of 11 country properties for subdivision for war service land settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Returned Soldiers Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of members of the Bourke branch of the R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. will be held in the Council Chambers, Bourke, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Imprint of War
The Imprint of war is stamped, on the faces of these Korean refugees during the trek south from advancing Red forces. Expressions range from a child's wonderment to resignation of the elderly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Danger of War More Acute Says Shinwell London
The Defence Minister (Mr. Emanuel Shinwell) last night told the House of Commons that the danger of war had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?] Tax [?] Soldier Settlers
Soldier settlers under the war service land settlement scheme and ex-servicemen being financially assisted in other…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →R.a.a.f. Enlists Men for New Air Flight
There would be no trouble in recruiting sufficient men to stall a flight of No. 22 R.A.A.F. at Dubbo said…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Toys Become an American 'War Casualty' New York
American children soon will have to say goodbye to most new toys, and sportsmen to many of the goods they use…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Widow
Mrs. Marguerite Davis, only 20, is a double U.S. war widow. Her youngest son is holding two Purple Hearts—one for Joseph D. Cochran, killed in World War II, and one for her second husband Arnold Davis, killed In Korea, last year. Arnold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →How The Services Operate In Peace and War Servicemen To Visit H[?]ne
Three distinguished services will visit Narromine on Tuesday, March 6, during a tour of NSW country districts to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Essington Park" for Soldier Settlement
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Reneshaw) announces that the owners of "Essington Parkestate, in the Oberon district…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Land for Soldier Settlement
About 18,150 acres of Goonoo Goonoo Station, in the Tamworth district, is to be purchased for soldier settlement…
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The State Government is, in fact, [?] prices [?] 1943 va[?] [?] 15 per cent. for land for [?] land…
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