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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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War Gratuities £39,000 for Wellington Ex-Servicemen

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 1

Nearly four hundred Wellington and district ex-servicemen and women received a total of…

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Shorter Programmes Anzac Day Commemoration

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 9

At the meeting of the Coonabarabran sub-branch of the RSSAILA last week it was decided that the Anzac day…

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War on the Rabbit

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 2

Never before was so much attention being concentrated upon the rabbit pest. It is being directed from two distinct…

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Increased Tempo Soldier Settlement

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 6

Speaking at a civic reception tendered to him at Coonabarabran on Saturday the Minister for Lands (Mr…

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War Service Land Settlement

The Western Herald · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 11

The State Government is, in fact, paying prices about 1942 values plus 15 per cent for land for war service land settlement,…

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Soldier Settlement Will Be Proceeded with

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 3

A few influential landowners who wanted to shirk their responsibilities to exservicemen, were evidently…

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"War Won't Pay Reds"

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 2

General Lucius Clay, former American military governor of Germany, staled recently that Atlantic Pact nations…

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R. S. L. NOTES War Gratuity

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4

It you have not already completed your final form to obtain your war gratuity it's about time you did. Interest on…

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War Service Land Settlement "Geraki" Estate, Finley

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 2

ATTENTION is invited to a notification in the Government Ga[?]ette of 16th March, 1951, setting apart nine blocks on…

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War Service Land Settlement

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 7

Mr. L. J. Failes, M.P., member for Lawson, in seeking to clarify the agreement between the Commonwealth…

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War Service Land Settlement

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 3

Mr. L. J. Falies, MP for Lawson, in seeking to clarify the agreement between the Commonwealth Government and…

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Countess Pleads for Peace Her Plan To Fight God Of War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 1

"Tiny strands of friendship, which the Country Women's Association helps to extend throughout the world, could hold back the evil forces of war as securely as the Lilliputians…

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Anzac Ball and Stall

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 10

At Friday’s meeting of the Coonabarabran sub-branch of the RSSAILA, Mr. George Wilson volunteered to take charge…

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Anzac Day Commemoration Re-formation of Committee

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 11

No action was taken at the meeting of the Coonabarabran sub-branch of the RSSAILA on Friday night…

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Hopeful of Early Start Mendooran War Memorial

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 10

The Mendooran War Memorial Committee expressed the hope at the annual meeting on Saturday, that the…

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Minister States Federal Government's Views. Terms of N.S.W. Govt's. Acquisition of Land for Soldier Settlement Outrageous says Anthony

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 4

"THE action taken by the Socialist Government of New South Wales in the matter of War Service Land Settlement in New South Wales, shows just how far a Socialist Government will go when it has unlimited…

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Countess of Albemarle's Address to Wellington C.w.a. "Peg Down the God of War with the Threads of Friendship of World's Country Women."

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 8

"WE are all conscious of the threat of the shadow of war which hangs over us all in these days and we must strive to peg down the god of war with the threads of the friendship of five and a half million country women throughout the world and stop him waking up and smashing our precious world."…

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War Service Land Settlement

The Western Herald · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 9

Report of Speech made fey Acting Minister for Interior, Hon. H. L. Anthony in House of Representatives on 16th March. 1951:—…

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Two Atom Spies for Russia Sentenced to Die Judge Believes That Betrayal May Have Caused War In Korea New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 1

Julius Rosenberg, 32, and his wife, Ethel, 35, were yesterday sentenced to death for atomic espionage. Judge Irving Kaufman said that their…

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Anzac Day Programme Observance Committee Meets

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 6

The Anzac Day observance committee met in Coonabarabran on Monday evening and decided to hold a…

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