More Land for Soldier Settlers
State Cabinet this week approved the purchase of nine more properties for war service land settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Riverina · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1954
502 stories in Riverina's papers · page 3 of 26
Atom Bomb in Next War
Both sides will use atomic weapons if another world war comes, a Government report on defence states…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Standard “8” “Best Value Of Any Car Since War”
Few cars have been accorded the enthuslastic press that greeted the new Standard “8” when it was released in England last year. It was the centre of the greatest interest at the London Motor Show and was acclaimed as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Merino Rams for Soldier Settlers
Men on western division grazing blocks will share the latest gilt of merino rams for solider settlers. The Minister for Lands,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Puerto Ricans Shoot Down U.s. Congressmen Five Wounded in Flurry of Shooting in House of Reps
WASHINGTON, Tuesday — Three Puerto Rican Nationalists, two men and a girl, opened fire with pistols in the United States House of Representatives yesterday, and wounded five Congress…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Washington Tightens Up After Shooting Wounded Congressman Prays for Accused Puerto Ricans
WASHINGTON, Wednesday —Security measures in Washington were tightened yesterday as police, secret service, and F.B.I, agents continued to investigate the shooting of five Congressmen by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Settlement Being Turned Into Political Football, Says Roth Hume Liberal Candidate Speaks At Nangus
Speaking at Nangus last week Mr. L. G. Roth, selected Liberal candidates for Hume, expressed his concern at the manner in which Soldier Settlements in New South wales had been turned into a political football, he strongly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Britain's Welcome Home for Royal Couple
LONDON, Friday — Church bells will ring throughout the country when Queen Elizabeth returns to Britain from her…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FURPHIES from the Soldiers Club Bowls
The past week-end was not so happy in that both A and B teams were beaten in their respective pennant games…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier block near Tumbarumba
SYDNEY, Friday: Applications for a 153-acre soldier settlement orchard block near Tumbarumba,will close on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Criminals' Bodies Re-buried
HAMELIN, West Germany, Sunday (A.A.P.): The bodies of 30 of 91 banged German war criminals whose reburial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Christian Brothers’ War Memorial College St. Edmund’s Canberra To Be Opened on 14th March
Standing on a rise at the southern entrance to Canberra is a new landmark in the Capital City — St…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Assistance for Soldier Settlers
Ten shorthorn herd bulls have been donated, by Mr.D.E. Fairburn, M.H.R., for men on farms under the war service land…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Weapon for War on Rabbits
Because they believe that the rabbit is now winning the war against myxomatosis, Central Western landholders…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russia As a Wool Buyer Post. War Developments
While Russia has been a very spectacular direct buyer of our wool at occasions during the past year or so,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hundreds Pay Tribute to 2 Dead Soldiers
NEWCASTLE, Wed.: Hundreds of people in Christ Cathedral and along the funeral route paid tribute to two soldiers drowned in an amphibious…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FURPHIES from the Soldiers Club Bowls
A perfect week-end for bowls, and a good roll up on Saturday. when, in addition to the normal social games two championship lies were decided…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Anzac Day Sacrificed to Trades Unionism" Claim at Wagga R.s.l. Meeting
An ex-serviceman last night claimed that the principles of Anzac Day were being sacrificed to trade unionism. He was speaking at a monthly meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier is found unconscious
Wagga police found a Kapooka soldier lying unconscious on the footpath in Edward Street about eight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boorowa Soldier Settler Charged with Torturing Sheep
A Boorowa soldier settler appeared in the Boorowa Court last week on a charge of having cruelly ill-treated by torture, 200 sheep. The day after he was charged with this offence he was…
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