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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Intensified Preparations by Soviet for War Story by Escaped Russian Officer

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday: A Russian officer who has escaped to Britain says that feverish preparations for war are being made in Russia. HE is a former member of…

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Britain Feared War If Jews Drove Towards Canal R.A.F. Reconnaissance Over Border Area Defended

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.): "Is [?] prepared to agree that the R.A.F. reconnaissance o[?] the Egyptian border has blackened our faces in the eyes of the world," said the Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) winding up the…

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Leeton Soldiers Club Column BOWLS

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 2

Competitions at the week-end were well attended, the green being full to capacity on Saturday. Mr. Dunn's rink, consisting of himself, Fred…

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Navy Officer to Visit Junee To Gather Public Support and Enlist Recruits

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

To enlist recruits for the growing Royal Australian Navy, Chief Petty Officer H. D. Jacobs R.A.N., will arrive in Junee on the 13th…

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War a "Possibility"

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday: "War Is not Imminent, but it is at least possibility." said the secretory to the Army (Mr…

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Soldiers' Pensions May Be Increased

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday. The Prime Minister (Mr. Chlfley) today told the president (Mr. Eric Millhouse) and the general…

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Civil War in Korea?

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 1

Chingden (Korea), Thursday: About 1000 Soviet-trained North Korean troops yesterday invaded the American-occupied South…

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Call for Aid in War on Rabbits

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 5

The Australian Wool and Meat Producers’ Federation conference on Tuesday decided to call for full Commonwealth support to…

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Soviet Gets Ready for War Disclosures by Escaped Russian Officer

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 7

A Russian officer who has escaped to Britain says that feverish preparations for war are being made in Russia…

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'Furphies' from the Soldiers' Club

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 2

To the uninitiated "Furphies" is, the Diggers' word for Bulletins. When we told Digger Dick Struck, who is President of the Leeton…

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Soldiers' Settlement on Ellerslie Station Adelong

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 2

Returned servicemen going on the land under the War Service Closer Settlement Scheme are helping each other as they learned to do during…

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Less Textile Fibres Than Pre-war

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 4

A remarkable feature of the world's supplies of textile fibres is that in 1947/48, rayon yarn was the only fibre which showed an increase…

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Geraldra Property Purchased for Soldier Settlement

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 3

"Geraldra," a 6000 acre property at Stockinbingal, is to be acquired by the State Government for sub-division…

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Big Showground Camp 200 Soldiers Here for Fortnight

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 3

The 7/21 Army Reconnaissance Regiment will be under canvas at the Cootamundra Showground from April 21 to…

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The War Service Homes Amended Insurance Scheme

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 2

Following representation by ex-Service organisations, the War Service Homes Act has been amended…

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Their Job Is to Stop Epidemics Britain’s Public Health Laboratory, Started in War, Goes on to New Peace-Time Successes

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 5

A special organisation for tracing the cause of any epidemic to its the cause of any epidemic to its original starting point and for…

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Department of Post-war Reconstruction N.s.w. Rhodes Scholars

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 4

The last 5 New South Wales Rhodes Scholars have all been Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme, Students at the University…

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'Furphies' from the Soldiers' Club CRICKET

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

SATURDAY COMP.: In the vital game against Ibis, the club side, batting first, could only manage to scrape together 125 runs against the…

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Coolamon Returned Soldiers’ League Monthly Meeting New Premises Occupied

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 1

The monthly meeting on Wednesday of last week of the Coolamon branch of the R.S.S. and A.I. League was held in the premises…

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War Widows and Training Scheme

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 4

War widows are reminded that they are still eligible to apply for training under the Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme…

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