Parliamentarians Told "Enlist For Korea"
Mr Graham (Lib., N.S.W.) told the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1951
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Preparing for War in 1953 States Menzies Canberra
"We must be prepared for war by the end of 1953," the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) told the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mayor's Pledge on War Memorial Plan
A lively discussion occurred at the Dubbo Council meeting last night when the Mayor (Ald. L. Ford) was asked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Red Cross National Drive to Place Society on a War Time Footing
The Australian Red Cross Society has inaugurated a national drive to bring the Society, in Australia, on to a war time basis in line with the Societies in America and Great Britain to enable it to meet any…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Successful Air War Against Western Rabbits
More than 150,000 rabbits have been killed in the Western districts in two years of experimental work with poisoned baits dropped from the air. Much of the country on which experimental work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ruthless Methods to Be Used in War on Rabbit Owners Who Won't Co-operate May Lose Property
Landowners who did not eradicate rabbits might have to be dispossessed from their properties, a Dubbo conference of Central Western P.P. Boards was told yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Grazing Blocks For Soldier Settlement
Two western division soldier settlement grazing blocks will be open for application till August 10, 1951, Mr. Reashaw…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers Cheer Hope for Peace
Cheers for the Russian cease-fire suggestion came from this group of soldiers from America, Canada and Puerto Rico. They grouped on the line of the 38th Parallel in Korea for the cheering, when they heard the hopeful news…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.s. "Geared for War"
Captain J. C. Morrow, R.A.N., has returned to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Compensation for Land for Soldier Settlement
The Minister for Lands, Mr. Renshaw. said to-day that, with the exception of a few uncooperative owners to whom it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Didn't Know War Over!
Only a fortnight ago did 42-year-old Japanese Naval Officer Junji Inoue believe the Pacific War was over. He was picked up from his remote hideout on Anathan Island, 61 miles north of S[?]apan. BUT . . . there are 18 more Japanese on the Island…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Land Settlement
The Minister for Lands, Mr. Renshaw, said that, with the exception of a few uncooperative owners to whom it was being applied with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →23 Farms for Soldier Settlement
State Cabinet has approved the acquisition of a number of country properties under the provisions of the War Service…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo Soldier Was Former Barber
A link between Dubbo and Robert Palmer, now a soldier m Japan, is that he was employed, before he enlisted, with Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Meetings Are Held by Dubbo Soldiers
Two meetings were held at the Dubbo R.S.L. rooms on Saturday night. The first was the usual monthly meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →First Post War Masonic Ball
The first post-war ball conducted by the Gilgandra Masonic Lodge, in the Australian Hall last Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Service Land Settlement
A baseless report that ex-servicemen are now excluded from war service land settlement ballots if they are in permanent employment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Atom Bomb Threat in Korean War Washington
According to the New York "Pest's" Washington columnist,. Robert Allen, the United States will use atomic weapons in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Orphans' Week. Wellington Legacy Planning Appeal
Wellington Legacy is planning to celebrate War Orphans' Week (Sept. 2-8), with an appeal for funds to assist war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Could Destroy Civilisation Says Congressman Washington
There was only a "minimum hope" that the United States could avoid war with Russia, Mr. George Mahon told Congress yesterday. He said that a conflict between the United States…
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