1,353 Seek Soldiers' Blocks
Applications numbering 1,353 have been received from ex-servicemen for the 16 farms comprising the Yarnra Copabella War Service Land…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1952
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Soldier settlement
The battle between the spokesmen of the Federal and State Governments over the Soldier Settlement Scheme le typical of the buck-passing on various matters of national interest that has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' land plan "bogged"
CANBERRA, Wednesday: War service land settlement in Australia was "bogged down" and the Government had not met one-tenth of its obligations, Mr. Gullett (Lib., N.S.W.) said in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal Government Responsible for Lapse in Soldier Settlement Statement By Minister For Lands
Responsibility for curtailment of soldier settlement fin[?]ce in New South Wales had been sheeted home to the Fed[?]l Governmnt and this was the real reason for any concern [?] soldier settlement felt in Canberra, the New South…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Widow "Old War-horse"
CANBERRA, Thursday: Mrs. G. A. Vasey, widow of the late Major-General Vasey and president of the War Widows' Guild, was described in the Senate today as "an old…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Push-button War Here Guided bombs against Reds
TOKYO, Thursday (A.A.P.): The United States has enough guided missiles to launch large-scale push-button warfare. Some of the missiles are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Settlement State Minster's Comment
SYDNEY, Friday—The Minister for Lands, Mr. Hawkins, said today that N.S.W. landowners knew the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mother, Child, Shot Dead in Car, Father Gravely Wounded
SYDNEY, Friday: A woman and her son were shot dead and a senior police constable gravely wounded in a car found parked in bush at Rydalmere, a Sydney Suburb, early today. The policeman, senior-Constable Edgar Alien Thompson, 47, of Casino, had a rifle lying across his lap…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Is Peace Communist Duplicity
The Stockholm Peace Appeal of 1950, which preceded only by a few months the treacherous attack on the Republic of Korea,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Loss of British Base in Egypt "Not Irretrievable," Says War Minister
FAYID, Monday—The loss of Britain's present base in Egypt "would not be an irretrievable one," the British War…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Park Given Overhaul Preparation For Cricket Season
The Anzac Park playing area s at present in the throes of having a spring face lift prior to the start of the cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wounded in Knee by Sharp Thorn
Mr. G. Taylor of Yanco Road, was gathering palm leaves from a tree near his home on Tuesday when a limb fell and a large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Preference to Continue Three Years
CANBERRA, Thursday: Rights to preference in employment for servicemen of the 1939/45 war will be continued for another three years. The Prime Minister (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Club Tennis
Teams to play visiting team from Ungarie on Soldiers' Club courts on Sunday, September 28. Play to commence, 10 a.m. sharp:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Monster Combined Meeting to Protest on Curtailment in Soldier Land Settlement Convened by Leeton R.S.L. Sub-branch and to Be Held, at Leeton on Friday 10th October, at 8 p.m
At a special meeting held in the Leeton Shire Chambers on Wednesday last, the Executive committee of the Leeton Sub-branch of R.S.S. & A.I.L.A., resolved, as a matter of urgency, to convene a combined meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FURPHIES from the Soldiers Club Bowls
Nominations are now being accepted by the secretary for the various club cliampionships. This year they will consist of A…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldier Settlement
Having choked the life out of the New South Wales soldier settlement scheme by its savage loan ruts, the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War threat has receded: Bradley
WASHINGTON, Sun. (A.A.P.): General Omar Bradley told reporters here yesterday that he thought the threat of the Soviet Union starting a war between now and 1954 had lessened…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japan to Honor Pre-war Debts Bonds to be Met
NEW YORK, Monday—Japan agreed to pay off virtually in full her pre-war foreign bond debts, amounting to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →M.I.A. move on soldiers land delay
Convening a special meeting of the Returned Soldiers' League, the president (Mr. A. D…
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