Exceeding Speed Limit on Yanco Road Police on War Path
OWING to complaints of motorists exceeding the speed limit on the Leeton-Yanco road, which is a built-up area with a speed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Riverina · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1948
649 stories in Riverina's papers · page 4 of 33
Leeton Soldiers' Club Obtains Liquor License
At the sittings of the Licensing Court held yesterday, eleven applications were presented for club liquor licenses. These were reduced to six…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldiers’ League
The annual meeting of the Ganmain sub-branch of the Returned Soldiersâ League was held on Saturday week, when the attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coolamon Returned Soldiers’ League Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Coolamon sub-branch of the R.S.S. & A.I.L., was held in the Shire Hall, on Wednesday of last week, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Former War Prisoners From Riverina Towns to Reunite in Wagga
Former war prisoners in Malaya and their friends are expected from every centre in Riverina to attend the P.O.W. reunion, to be held at the R.S.L. Club rooms, Wagga, at 7 p.m. on Saturday, February 21…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Soldiers Killed in Clash with Arabs
JERUSALEM, Friday (A.A.P.): Two British soldiers are reported to have been killed when British troops yesterday clashed with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Moscow Says Britain Wanted Russo-nazi War
MOSCOW, Sunday (A.A.P.): Russia, in her third instalment answering the United States publication of documents on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reply by Mr. Sheehan Attack on Soldier Settlement by Mr. L. Longley
Mr. Sheehan replies: The Public Relations Division of the Department of Post War Reconstruction is not in charge of Soldier…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reply by Mr. W.f. Sheahan to the Attack on Soldier Settlement by Mr. L. Longley
"I repudiate it, I condemn it and I despise it", says the Minister for Lands (Hon. W. F. Sheahan) referring to a Department of Post War Reconstruction circular reference to which was published in last -week's "Independent", in which a rosy distorted picture of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Former War Prisoners to Reunite
Former war prisoners in Malaya and their friends are expected from every centre in Riverina to attend the P.O.W. reunion, to be held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Britain and U.s. to Have Direct Say in Greek Civil War
WASHINGTON, Monday (A.A.P.): Britain and the United States will in future have a direct voice in the campaign by the Greek Government against the Greek guerillas and in deciding the composition of the Greek National…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Settlement at Wantabadgery
Recently Mr. L. Longley, of Wantabadgery, attacked the soldier settlement system through the Junee paper and Mr. W. F. Sheahan,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers Clubs Obtain Liquor Licences One in Leeton and Other in Griffith
AS reported in our last issue, liquor licences for the Murrumbidgee Electorate and the Narrandera Licensing District were granted on Thursday last, at a sitting of the Licensing Board in Narrandera. Leeton Soldiers' Club was granted the general licence, in preference…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victory Impossible In Atom War
General H. Arnold, wartime Chief of the U.S. Air…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Feared Soon in Korea Russian and U.S. Zones
WASHINGTON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): A grave view is taken of the action of Soviet controlled Northern Korea in setting up a "Democratic People's Republic."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked Soldiers Deserve More Than a Shabby Sofa Mungo MacCallum Visits No. 1 Lee St
Every day, from Monday to Friday, after the morning crowds are out of the way, scores of men walk slowly, or on crutches, into the dingy building…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anzac Day Commemoration
Anzac Day this year falls on a Sunday, and the local RSL hag decided to fall into line with the cities and hold the march and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Deceased Soldiers Leave Pay
CANBERRA, Wednesday: The Minister for the Army (Mr. Chambers) said today that detailed statements setting out the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Billy Sheahan Will Inquire Into Rejections From Soldier Settlement Ballot
The Miniser for Lands, Mr W. F. Sheahan announced that he would make investigations regarding the large number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returned Soldiers' League . Mr. D. Harrison Elected President
The annual meeting of the Tumbarumba sub-branch of the R.S.L. was held in the Memorial Hall on Saturday…
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