Hotel Licensee Shot Dead Wife Wounded in Neck
At 10.45 on Saturday night, the licensee of the Grand Hotel, Goulburn, Norman Frederick Batley, 49, was found shot dead in his bedroom…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1952
50 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 3
Enlistment Figures Permanent Defence Forces
“Applications have been received from 369 men in New South Wales to join the Permanent Defence Forces this week,” Mr. P. J. Hynard,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Araluen War Memorial
It is hoped by the progressive committee that & start will be made in the very near future to complete the proposed work in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farms for Soldier Settlement in Irrigation District
Ex-Servicemen who get farms on the 29,000 acre property Cunnninyeuk in the Wakool area, will not get the living allowances usually paid, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Widows and Rates
Queanbeyan Legacy Club wrote the Municipal Council at its last meeting. asking that consideration be given for an allowance to war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Post Office Anzac Holiday Arrangements
The following arrangements will be observed at Queanbeyan Post Office on Anzac Day, April 25: Office open from 9 a. m. to 10 a,m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Day
"After 37 years the dawn of April 25th, 1915 seems remote, especially with the folly of another war to obliterate this memory and the new…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Day Form of Service Dawn Parade
Conducted by Queanbeyan Legacy Club Officer in charge: Mr. G. Colman. 5 a.m. Assemble at School of Arts. 5.15 a.m. Fall in and move off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anzac Day Celebrations of Queanbeyan
Last Friday in common with other parts of the Commonwealth, Queanbeyan held its annual celebration of remembrance of the Anzacs. For…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Day at A[?]aluen
Despite inclement weather, a representative gathering attended the simple ceremony at Araluen memorial on Anzac Day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Day Solemn Commemoration at Braidwood
Anzac Day, with all its sad, yet proud, memories was commemorated in Braidwood by the usual united service and ceremony at the Memorial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Enlistment Figures Permanent Defence Forces
“During the past four months over 5,000 men have been enlisted in the Permanent Forces”, Mr. P. J. Hynard the Acting Deputy Director of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →land Acquisitions for War Service Settlement Safeguarding Constitutional Principle
"Every individual, whether he is a squatter or a sundowner, is entitled to ordinary British Justice in this country."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boer War Veterans Meet
A number of Australians who had served in the Boer War were entertained by the Acting-Commissioner for South Africa (Mr. C. C. Neil) at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Service Homes Increase of 700 Per Cent
Under the Menzies-Fadden Government the building of War Service Homes will establish an all-time record this year It is anticipated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Combine Ma What Prisoners of War Did
Ronald Mogg, in a talk broadcast recently in the BBC’s General Overseas seas Service, answered the question that worried many women during the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of Girl Soldier Charged
Yesterday police arrested Gilbert Ryan, 23,. cook of E. Coy., 13th National Service Battalion, Ingleburn, and later charged him with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Against Dingoes to Be Intensified
Dingo border fences are to receive special attention in, the intensification of the war against dingoes. The Minister for Lands (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cut in Soldier Settlement State Government's Decision
The Leader of the New South Wales Parliamentary Country Party (Lt.-Col. Bruxner) said this week that the Labour Government in N.S.W. had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Worse Than War
The "grim reaper" of American lives was the motor car, not empty shells, mortars and bullets on a battlefield, according to a survey…
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