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The wars & local soldiers, 1950

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Returned Soldiers' League Wants Full Land Board to Hear Cases Where Holdings May Be Forfeited

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 7

THE JUNEE SUB-BRANCH OF THE B.S.S.A.L.L.A. INTENDS TO FOSTER REPRESENTATION AHMED AT ASKING THE GOVERNMENT THAT WHERE THE SURRENDER OF A SOLDIERS' BLOCK OF LAND MIGHT BE IN…

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Plans for Anzac Day at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 1

Three hundred and fifty ex-Diggers are expected to take part in the march preceding the Anzac memorial service at the Cenotaph on April 25. Arrangements, discussed at a meeting of the…

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Local and General Soldier Settlement

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) announced that ballots for "Berida," "Walhallow," and "Piallaway" Estates will be…

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'Furphies From the Soldiers' Club BOWLS

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 1

Whilst the weather looked gloomy during the past week-end, all pennant teams were able to complete their matches and to bring home the…

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Junee Returned Soldiers’ League Wants Full Land Board to Hear Cases Where Holdings May Be Forfeited

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 1

The Junee sub branch of the RSS and AILA intends to foster representations aimed at asking the Government that where the…

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Australian Aid May Be Sought In Malaya 'War' Bandit Attacks Now Total 60 a Week

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: The Colonial Secretary (Mr. James Griffiths) hinted in the House of Commons yesterday that Britain might ask help from other…

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Wagga Arrangements for Anzac Vigil

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 2

The annual Anzac vigil will be held at the Wagga saleyards refreshment room on April 24 at 8 p.m. This was decided at the annual meeting of the 1914-18 Diggers' Anzac Re-union Committee…

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Junee Soldiers' League Wants Full Land Board to Hear Cases

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 4

The Junee sub-branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. intends to foster representation aimed at asking the Government whether the…

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Warning to Soldier Settlers

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Lands (Mr Sheahani said today that he had seen told that certain individuals. in endeavoring to make…

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Anzac Day

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 2

After 34 years, the dawn of April 25th, 1915, seems remote, especially with the folly of another war to obliterate this…

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Anzac Day at Gundagai R.S.L. Plans For Ceremonies

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 1

Anzac Day will be celebrated in Gundagai as in other years, and the local RSL has made arrangements for the various ceremonies connected…

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Warning by Minister Individuals Making Business Arrangements With Soldier Settlers

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 4

The Minister for Lands, Mr W. F. Sheahan, said this week that he had been told that certain individuals in endeavouring to make…

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Soldier Settlement Conference Will Be Convened by Commonwealth Govt

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 1

The Minister for Lands, (the Hon. W. F. Sheahan) has received a reply to his request to the Commonwealth Government consenting…

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Soldiers’ Club and Memorial Building Committee To Discuss Progress

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 1

A meeting of the Gundagai Ex-Servicemes’s Club will be held on Wednesday night next, when, among other things, the matter of the…

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Tidy Cemetery for Anzac and Mother's Day

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 8

At this time of the year, thoughts are directed to the Leeton cemetery to have some looking tidy for the large numbers of visitors, who go…

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Arrangements Completed For Anzac Day At Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 3

Comprehensive plans have been arranged for the commemoration of Anzac Day in Wagga on Tuesday, April 25. These include the annual Anzac vigil, which will be held at the Wagga saleyards refreshments room on April 24, commencing at 8 p.m…

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Anzac Day Commemoration Dedication of Shrine of Remembrance

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

The Anzac Day Commemoration in Leeton, which is being arranged by the local Returned Soldiers' League, will this year…

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The Cold War U.s. Confident of Winning

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday.—Confidence that the U.S. would win the cold war struggle with Russia, without sacrificing any…

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Government Notice War Service Land Settlement "Wandoo Wandong" Estate -- Yeoval. "Bantry Grove" Estate -- Blayney

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 8

ATTENTION is invited to notifications in the Government (Gazette of 31st. March, 1960, setting apart seven farms for…

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New Soldier Settlement Bill Soon

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: A Bill to validate resumptions for war service land settlement was introduced in the Legislative Assembly…

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