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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Opposing Views on Soldier Settlement

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 3

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Sheahan, said today that differences of opinion between State and Commonwealth…

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Soldier Settlement Rabbit Eradication

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 5

The work of destroying rabbits on Wantabadgery Soldier Settlement commenced ton Monday last, but not in the big way as…

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U.s. War Plants Put on Stand-by Basis

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday— The Defence Secretory. Mr. Louis Johnson, last night announced that the Defence Department…

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Wantabadgery Soldier Settlement Rabbit Eradication

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 1

The wrok of destroying rabbits on Wantabadgery Soldier Settlement commenced on Monday last, but not in the big way as predicted states the…

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Clash of Opinions on Soldier Settlement Matter For Regret, States Minister for Lands

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 7

The Minister for Lands (Mr W. F. Sheahan) said this week that differences of opinion between the State and Commonwealth…

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U.S. War Plants

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thurs: The Defence Secretary (Mr. Louis Johnson) said last night that the Defence Department had…

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"Red Dean" Says Russia Against War

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.): Canterbury's "Red Dean", Dr. Hewlett Johnson, said today: "Britain and other countries…

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War Time Wool Distribution of Profits £25.900,060 to Be Paid

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 2

Although Australia already holds about £60,000,000. profits on wool stored during the war and since sold, the first distribution of these…

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Education Plan For The Children Of Ex-Servicemen And Women Of The 1939-1945 War

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 6

The Trustees of the Services Canteens Trust Fund have introduced a new scheme for the provision of education assistance to…

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Soldier Settlement Rabbit Eradication

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 2

The work of destroying rabbits on Wantabadgery Soldier Settlement commenced on Monday last, but not in the big way as…

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'Furphies' From the Soldiers' Club BOWLS

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 6

The usual week-end competitions were held over the last weekend on a green which did not respond too well to bias. Bert Cantrell with his…

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Lag in Training for War

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1949 · page 2

Lieut.-Gen. Savige declared recently that the Federal Government's failure to train an adequate number of men…

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Civil War Reported in Rumania

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1949 · page 1

VIENNA, Friday (A.A.P.): Rebel forces under General Cornel Dragalina, former commander of the Temesvar Division, are…

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War, not Atom Bomb, the Real Enemy of Mankind, Says Evatt

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: "The problem facing the world is not to eliminate the atom bomb, but to eliminate war, which is the real enemy of mankind," the Minister for External Affairs and former president of the United Nations General Assembly (Dr. Evatt) said today…

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War Service Homes Officer in Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 1

A representative of the N.S.W. War Service Homes Division is at present in Wagga, interviewing applicants who wish to…

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Russo-U.S. War "Would Last at Least Ten Years" Soviet Would Need Fewer Atom Bombs, Says Scientists

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Monday (A.A.P.): Russia, because of its vast territory and concealed war industries, would not need as many atomic bombs as the United States to reach atom-bomb equality with the United States, according to a…

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Au Revoir to Squadron-Leader Norm. Williams D.F.M. and BAR, and C.G.M. World War 2

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 2

Land-locked Leeton, and the inability of young returned servicemen to secure suitable land in their own district, have…

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Soldier Settlers Warned

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 3

The Minister for Lands. Mr. W. F. Sheahan said the Government would remove soldier settlers from their properties it they did not keep [?]…

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Formation Sign to Replace Soldiers' Color Patch

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 September 1949 · page 4

The color patch which has distinguished the Australian soldier since the 1914-18 war will be abolished in the comparatively…

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Minister Warns Soldier Settlers on Rabbits

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 September 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Soldier settlers who did not keep their blocks free from rabbits would be replaced by men who were…

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