Gratuities for Ex-soldiers
Many ex-servicemen will be pleasantly surprised by the war gratuities they will receive on March 3 next. Compound interest at 3 1/4 cent, per…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1950
55 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 3
War on Rabbits Minister's "Get Tough" Policy
The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. E. H. Graham, has taken the initiative in a campaign to eradicate rabbits in N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain’s Baby Prince Watches the Soldiers
M troops on their way to the Horse Guards Parade for the recent Trooping the Colour Ceremony marched past Clarence House, a young spectator was H.R.H. Prince Charles. Held in the arms of his nurse, the young Prince waved as excitedly as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fresh American Troops Landed in Korea But Will Not Turn Tide of War TOKIO, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
The United States Second Infantry try Division, newly landed on Korea was rushed up to the sagging defence lines today as the battle-weary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Practical War Memorial Tarago Agricultural College
His Grace, tile Most Rev. T. B. McGuire, D.D., Archbishop of Archdiocese of Canberra-Goulburn, has stated that on 19th June, 1946, the Rev…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World Domination Korean War As Past of Soviet Plan. War Could Break Out in Many Countries
The weeks that have passed since the invasion of South Korea have made it more and more obvious to increasing numbers of people that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Veterans’ Art Union Confidence Expressed in Directors
The R.S.L. State Congress meeting in Sydney on Tuesday unanimously carried the following resolution:— “That this State Congress of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Who Won the War? the Mad World. Wealthy Germans and Italians, but Poor British
The mad world seems to be becoming even madder. Some of it may be only on the surface, but the Europeans who flaunt opulence and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australia Unprepared for War. Unity Urged to Solve Economic Problems
"It Is a shocking state of affairs that Australia should be confronted with another war—Indeed was participating in one—that the world…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Government Notice War Service Land Settlement "Maryvale" Estate—boorowa
ATTENTION is invited to a notification in the Government Gazette of the 13th October, 1950, setting apart four (4) blocks on "Maryvale" Estate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reds Retreat American Casualties in Korean War TOKIO, Friday (A.A.P.-Reuter)
Tekchon, road and rail centre in the mountainous “waste” of Korea, fell to elements of the South Korean Eighth Division yesterday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lieut. Bill Keys Wounded
Lieutenant A. G. (Bill) Keys, who was serving with the Australian battalion in the Korean war, is reported as wounded with shrapnel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Public Meeting War Memorial Committee Formed at Araluen
Co-operation is said to be the key to success, and it proved so on 27th November, when the public meeting convened by Mr. Peter Harrison, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Christmas Cheer For Wounded
Special plans are being made by Red Cross to provide Christmas cheer for men wounded in the Korean war who will be in hospital in Japan at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warns McGirr to Mend Ways "Tough Spot on Soldier Land"
The State Opposition and Liberal Party Leader, Mr. Vernon Treatt, warned the Premier, Mr. McGirr, to "mend his ways about compensation for…
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