Liner Queen Elizabeth Will Soon End War Service
The Queen Elizabeth, the world's largest liner, may be ready this autumn for the fast, luxury passenger traffic for which she was built but has…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1946
1,339 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 67
Soldier Settlement Certificates System Attacked
Members of the armed services who obtained qualification certificates while they were still in the forces, entitling them to apply for land under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Sells Tools Soldiers Need
CANBERRA, Friday: The Disposals Commission was auctioning 200 complete tool kits for carpenters, mechanics and electricians, while…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Farms in Better Areas
A strong plea for ex-servicemen, to be allowed to acquire existing farms under the War Service Land Settlement Scheme was made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Area Soldiers Penalised Regulations Anomaly For Irrigation Holdings
Soldier settlers in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas are the victims of an anomaly in rehabilitation regulations by which they are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Building Work Urged For Returned Men
SYDNEY, Friday: A vigorous housing policy would assist materially in solving returned soldiers1 reemployment problems, according to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Griffith Soldier Injured
SYDNEY, Friday: Gunner J. O'Donnell, aged 22 years, of Griffith, who has been in camp at Liverpool, had his left leg almost severed at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hirohito's War Responsibility
NEW YORK, Sunday: The Tokyo correspondent of the "New York Times" learns on good authority that Emperor Hirohito informed his…
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LONDON, Sunday, (A.A.P.): The General Assembly of the United Nations lias agreed to place on the agenda a resolution from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Deceased War Prisoners Allotment Deductions Alleged
MELBOURNE. Sunday: Addressing a meeting of the Victorian Prisonere-of-War Relatives' Association, the president (Mr. M. Kelly)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Sums Still for War Services Mr. Fadden's Attack
CANBERRA, Sunday: "The hundreds of millions of pounds already spent or earmarked by the Commonwealth Government this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Only One Soldier In Six Will Be Successful In Ballot For Closer Settlement Blocks
Out of every six soldiers who qualified for Government land grants, only one would be successful in the final ballot, the Federal Minister for Calare (Mr J. Breen) said last week It is expected that only 5,000 ex-servicemen will qualify, and of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Shot Dead; Wife Wounded
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday: While Mrs. Rita Fountain, aged 20 years, was walking through the streets of a suburb in the early…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deceased War Prisoners Allotment Deductions Alleged
Addressing a meeting of the Victorian Prisoners of War Relatives Association, the president (Mr. Kelly) asserted that allotments paid to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riverina District News Soldiers in M.I.A. Deadlock on Finance For Holdings
Soldier settlers in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area have reached a deadlock in securing War Service Homes' Commission finance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →4000 Soldiers to Ballot For 20 Blocks!
SYDNEY, Tuesday: It is expected that nearly 4000 returned soldiers will take part in the ballot for 20 blocks of land in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome Home
The second Welcome Home extended by the residents of Hillston and District, was held in the Roxy on Monday night last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gundagai's War Memorial Public Meeting Makes Several Suggestions Committee Elected To Report On Proposals
ON TUESDAY evening a largely attended public meeting put forward several schemes as to what form Gundagai's proposed war memorial should take. In all proposals the question of finance was the big problem. Finally it was decided to elect a committee of 16…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loans for Returned Soldiers Re-establishment On the Land
SYDNEY, Wednesday: As from to-day, returned servicemen who wish to re-establish themselves on the land may make direct…
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