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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Menace of Rabbits to Junee District More Work Wanted On Soldier Settlements

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 6

Because members of the Illabo-Eurongilly branch of the Primary Producers’ Union are concerned over the possible infestation by…

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Cricket Bund Soldiers Visit Cootamundra Again

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 4

The Blind Soldiers' Club members on Saturday morning were met by a welcoming party led by senior vice-president, R. W…

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Two Estates For Soldier Settlement

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 1

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) has announced that Parliament has approved of the resumption of two (2) more estates…

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Soldier Settler's Farm Published Photograph Not Typical of Land Purchased for Soldier Settlement

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 4

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) states that the only eroded portion of a soldier settler's farm on Deepwater Estate had…

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War Veterans' Art Union

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The first eight prises and three special prizes in the War Veterans' Art Union No. 13 were won by…

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Denial That Jews Exported War Disposals

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday: Allegations that some Australian Jews had purchased war disposals in New Guinea and shipped them…

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European Rift Need Not Mean War—evatt

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 October 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday: The portents of the rift between Russia and Yugoslavia were "a question of calculation," but he…

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'Furphies' From the Soldiers' Club TENNIS

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 2

Another American mixed tournament will be held at the club on Sunday 9th and apparently word has got round of the success of the…

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Repatriation Education Scheme For Children Of Soldiers

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 3

The Repatriation Commission's Soldiers' Children Education Scheme started in 1920 after World War I and is still going on…

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Minister's Wide Powers Over War Supplies

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1949 · page 5

Senator Armstrong, Minister for Supply, has been given sweeping powers for the production of war material in…

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Mobile Recruiting Office Army Vehicle of World War Ii

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 6

To provide ample facilities for recruiting in the Australian Regular Army, the Regular Army Special Reserve and to receive…

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Three Moves for War Memorial Old Question to Get Another Airing

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 4

Three proposals are afoot in Junee, all with the same objective-- the provision of a suitable 1939-45 war memorial…

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Soldier Killed in Truck Smash

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 1

This is the wreck of a truck in which a soldier was killed and 14 companions were seriously injured near Melbourne on Sunday…

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Mr Medcalf in Parliament Soldier Settlement Water

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 1

Mr Medcalf: Did the Minister! for Lands assure the House that adequate water was available for intensive settlement…

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Soldiers' Land Act Challenged

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY. Thursday — Resumption of holdings for soldier settlement purposes have been held up by the issue of a writ…

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Challenge to Soldiers' Land Act

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Resumption of holdings for soldier settlement purposes have been held up by the issue of…

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Nangus Soldier Settler Weds Gallagher-Daley Wedding

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 5

Very Reverend Father Deegan PP, officiated at the marriage in St Patrick’s Church, Gundagai last Saturday afternoon of Marie Ann,…

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Soldier Settlement Held Up Whilst Act Challenged Resumptions Cannot Be Carried Out Until Court Gives Ruling

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 1

RESUMPTION OF HOLDINGS FOR SOLDIER SETTLEMENT PURPOSES HAVE BEEN HELD UP BY THE ISSUE OF A WRIT ON STATE AND FEDERAL MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SOLDIER SETTLEMENT ACT…

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Believes War with Russia Must Come

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Thus a belief that a third World War in which Russia and her satellites would clash with the…

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'Furphies' From the Soldiers' Club TENNIS

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 2

The American mixed tournament, postponed from last week, will be held on Sunday next and intending players are requested to give their names to…

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