"Anzac and What It Means to Us." Fine Essay by School Pupil
The Eden R.S.L. Sub-Branch recently conducted an essay competition in connection with Anzac Day among the pupils of Eden Central, Eden…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1952
50 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3
War Cemetery Sign Cut Down
Braidwood is not the only place where cemetery vandals carry out their maniacal work. The Narromine sub-branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Advertisement War Service Land Settlement "Banoon" Estate—land District of Tamworth
ATTENTION is invited to a notification in the Government Gazette of 20th June, 1952, setting apart eight blocks on "Banoon" Estate, about 18…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Settlement
Eight farms on ‘ Banoon ” Estate, 18 miles south-west of Barraba, are open for application for soldier settlement, the Minister for Lands,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Permanent Defence Forces Enlistment Figures
Increased activity had taken place this year in connection with recruiting generally, and Mr. P. J. Hynard, Acting Deputy Director of Recruiting,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grazing Blocks For Soldier Settlement
Fifteen Western Division grazing blocks for soldier settlement have been Gazetted, the Minister for Lands (Mr. Hawkins) announced last week. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Settlers' Aid Cut
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Hawkins) has released details of cuts in financial aid for soldier settlers under the war service land…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Sprayer for Anti-locust War
A new sprayer [?] by a specialist British firm is playing a large part in the war being waged against desert locusts in most Middle East countries. Known as the “Micron-sprayer,” it is claimed to be more…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country Women's Association Honour Roll Beyond Finances of Branch
The monthly meeting of the Braidwood Branch of the above was held in the Rest Boom on Saturday, 9th August., Mrs. T. R. Cargill was in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Money For War and Peace
"II we can find unlimited money for war, why can't we find it for peace-time development?" This question, asked toy many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Money for War and Pece
“If we can find unlimited money for way, why can’t we find it for peacetime development ?” This question, asked by so many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Preference When Does It Apply?
This matter has come in for quite a lot of discussion recently in the Braidwood district, It has been revived' since the Shire library…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →100 “Boonoke” Rams for Soldier Settlers Will Be Given Each Year
The gift by F. S. Falkiner & Sons Pty. Ltd. of 100 “Boonoke” merino rams for soldier settlers is to be an annual one; the Minister for Lands,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attacks Soldier Farmers Cuts "Out of All Proportion"
The N.S.W. Labour Government's 50 per cent, cut in funds for soldier settlement this year was out of all proportion to the reduction In loan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →100 "Boonoke" Rams for Soldier Settlers. Will Be Given Each Year
The gift by F. S. Falkiner and Sons, Pty. Ltd., of 100 "Boonoke" merino rams for soldier settlers is to be an annual one, the Minister for Lands,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"A Campaign of Untruth" Lands Minister Flayed Soldier Settlement Issue
In a year when the Menzies Government was letting the States have every cent that could be raised for works by loans, the N.S.W. Lands…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Echo H.M.S. Sydney's Victory over the Emdea. Relic of German Ship Turns Up in Northern Ireland
A fitting setting for a souvenir of a most dramatic' and historic action in which the British Navy upheld the tradition of the Senior Service is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Classes for Soldier Settlers at Show
Two special merino classes for soldier settlement under the war land settlement scheme will be introduced at the 1953 sheep show in Sydney. Prizes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War on Phasmids
There's a poem which, roughly speaking, reduces life to "one parasite living on another." At any rate, this theory is working out in the case of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Press Now Makes Bricks
A British migrant in South Australia is helping increase that state's output of bricks by adapting machinery formerly used to turn out shell…
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