Soldier Shot at Bandiana
AUBURY, Sunday: As a result of an alleged struggle for a pea rifle at Baadiana military camp yesterday afternoon, a…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1948
649 stories in Riverina's papers · page 26 of 33
War Service Housing Officer To Visit Tumut
A Government official will visit Tumut on Thursday, September 23, to discuss War Service Homes Commission…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Doubt On Soldier Settlement
More than 14,000 ex-servicemen and women are entitled to soldier settlement blocks. Only about half are expected to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →10 More Soldier Farms Near Tumbarumba
Ten farms on Tintaldra Estate, 30 miles from Tumbarumba, are to be made available for soldier settlement, the Minister for Lands…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tenders Within Month For War Service Homes Here?
It is expected by the Deputy Director of the War Service Homes Division (Mr. A. L. Smale) that tenders for building 19 war service homes in Wagga will be called within a month…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Settlement Statement by Minister
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—More than £6,000,000 had been spent on the acquisition and purchase of land for soldier settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Doubt on Soldier Settlement
More than 14,000 ex-servicemen and woman are entitled to soldier settlement blocks. Only about half are expected…
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More than £6,000,000 had been spent on the acquisition and the purchase of land for soldier settlement since the war ended, said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Gratuities
Question: "E.B.L." says: "I have already obtained a loan of £500 from the Repatriation Department to re-establish myself…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Government Notices War Service Land Settlement "Goba Creek-Kenya" Estate Boorowa
ATTENTION is invited to a notification in the Government Gazette of 10th September, 1948, setting apart fifteen (15) blocks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.S. Planning For Total War—If Necessary Roles Arranged for Services and Industry
NEW YORK, Wednesday (A.A.P.): Military planning in the United States has now progressed so far that the country is in the strongest position since…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Dutch Soldiers Killed
BATAVIA, Wednesday (AAP-Reuter): row Dutch soldiers were killed and six wounded in clashes in the Bobotsari district…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Service Land Settlement "Tintaldra" Estate, Tumbarumba
ATTENTION is invited to a notification in the Government Gazette of 17th September, 1948, SETTING APART TEN (10) BLOCKS on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Government Notices War Service Land Settlement "Goba Creek--kenu" Estate, Boorowa
ATTENTION is invited to a notification in the Government Gazette of 10th September, 1948. SETTING APART FIFTEEN (15)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier Settlement Blocks Badly Infested With Rabbits
After the Young P.P. Board's rabbit inspector, Mr. Geo. Bell, had told him that soldier settlement land in the Bouyeo estate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russian Says War With U.S. "Inevitable"
NEW YORK, Friday (A.A.P.): "War between the United States and the Soviet Union is inevitable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain Opens Drive For Forces Montgomery Warns of War Possibility
LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.): An appeal by the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (Lord Montgomery) for 100,000 more men for the Territorial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →America Welcomes Russian Move for Cut in Armaments Vishinsky Accuses U.s. of Deliberately Planing War
PARIS, Sunday (A.A.P.): A Russian proposal for a one-third reduction in the armed forces of Britain, the United States, France, Russia and China and a total ban on atomic weapons has been welcomed by America…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Russia's Fault If Atomic War Eventuates" Bevin Says U.N.O. May Have to be Reorganised
"If the black fury and incalculable disaster of atomic war fall upon us, all I can say is that one Power, by refusing its co-operation b the control and development of those great new forces for the good…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Minister Defends Voluntary Enlistment
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Minister for Defence (Mr. Dedman) defended the system of voluntary enlistments for…
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