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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1954

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War Service Land Scheme

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 2

Ex-servicemen of Korea and Malaya will be eligible for war service land settlement scheme farms under a Bill approved by…

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New Standard "8" Best Value of Any Car Since War

The Western Herald · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 2

Few cars have been accorded the enthusiastic press that greeted the new Standard "8" when it was…

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More Land for Soldier Settlers

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 1

[?] for additional [?] service [?] approved by…

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Soldier Settlement Gift Rams

The Western Herald · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 8

The fifth annual gift of 100 "Bundemar" merino rams was allotted to settlers on war service land…

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Rsl Prepares for Anzac Day Services

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 3

Dubbo will commemorate Anzac Day with the usual Dawn Service and march of ex-servicemen and women, the…

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More Land for Soldiers

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 7

Expenditure totalling nearly £1 million for additional land for war service land settlement has been approved by the State Cabinet. The Premier, Mr…

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Anzac Jet Pilots In NATO Air Exercise

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 2

Australian ana New Zealand lighter squadrons will work as a combined force from Malta in a major NATO exercise…

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R.s.l. Anzac Day Arrangements Made

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 3

At the monthly meeting of the Peak Hill RSL last Saturday night arrangements were made for Anzac Day…

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Won't Start a War, Says Eisenhower Washington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 1

America will not start a war with the H-bomb, but Russia knew that quick retaliation would follow any aggression on…

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Diggers’ To Control Morning on Anzac Day

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 11

The recommendations of the executive of the Coonabarabran sub-branch of the RSSAILA relative to Anzac…

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Anzac Airmen in Malta Will Soon Cheer Queen

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 2

Four weeks after the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have left Australasian waters, a group of 500 Australians and New Zealanders will be cheering the Royal couple…

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Soldier Settler Advances and Repayments

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 2

Soldier settlers "advance" debt repayments do not go "down the drain" but are paid back into the General Loan…

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Soldier Settlement Biamble, Myall Plains

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 19

In a further list released by the State Government for War Service Land Settlement, under the ballot scheme are two blocks…

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Soldier Settlement

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 12

Advice has been received that 3,514 acres of Goorianawa will be made available for soldier settlement in four…

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Soldier Settlement

The Western Herald · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 3

Soldier settlers "advance debt repayments do not go "down the drain" but are paid back into the Genera…

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Gift Bulls to Soldier Settlers

The Western Herald · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 6

Ten Shorthorn bulls donated by Mr. D. E. Fairbairn, M.H.R., of "Dunraven," near Albury, for men on war service land…

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More Land for Soldier Settlers

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 2

State Cabinet [?] approved expenditures of over £600,000 for additional land for war service…

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Anzac Day

The Western Herald · Friday 16 April 1954 · page 5

Anzac Day will be celebrated on Sunday. April 25th. It marks the landing of the Australian and New…

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Soldier Settlers' Repayments "Not Down the Drain"

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 3

Soldiers settlers "advance" debt repayments do not go "down the drain," but are paid back into the general loan…

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War Service Land Blocks

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 4

More than 336,000 acres of grazing land in the Western division will be open for application late in April under the…

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