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The wars & local soldiers, 1954

20 stories in South Coast's papers

Prickly–Pear War On

The Bega District News · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 3

Over 300,000 cactoblastis have been liberated by the Prickly–Pear Destruction Commission in heavy prickly–pear…

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Gift Herd Bulls For Soldier Settlers

The Bega District News · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 7

Ten shorthorn herd [?]ls have been [?]ted by Mr. D. E. Fairburn, M.H.R., for men on farms under the war service land…

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New Approval Of Soldier Farms

The Bega District News · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 7

Approval has teen given to the inclusion of 11,317 acres of the Corrowong Estate in the War Service Land Settlement…

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Eligible For War Service Farms

The Bega District News · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 4

Kerca and Malaya ex-servicemen will be eligible for war service land settlement scheme farms under a bill approved by…

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More Land For Soldier Settlers

The Bega District News · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 2

Expen[?]ture Totall[?]z riearly if [?]llion for additional land for [?] service land settlement was approval by State Cabinet last…

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Anzac Day Holiday

The Bega District News · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 4

The Chief Secretary has announced his intention of proclaiming Monday April 26, a public holiday for the observation of…

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Butter From Ship Sunk During War

The Bega District News · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 6

When the North Coast (New South Wales) passenger ship “Wollongbar” was impeded during the war, off Port Magurie,…

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Anzac Day Service

The Bega District News · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 2

Bega’s Anzac Day Service will be held on Sunday next at 3 p.m. at the Bega war Memorial, after a march by…

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Anzac Day Arrangements

The Bega District News · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 3

Alt[?] the [?] memor[?]ten servtes[?] w[?] held in Bega on Bunday at 8 p.m. the pablic holiday will be [?]…

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Anzac Day At St. John’s

The Bega District News · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 2

On Sur[?]dy next at the service at 9 a.m. thera will be an An[?]c Com[?]emoration at St. John’s Ch[?] [?] of the…

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Anzac Day Lessons

The Bega District News · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 2

T[?] Day ceremonies throught[?] Austrlaia brought the people face to face once again with the pious hops with which the…

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Anzac Day Services In The District

The Bega District News · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 2

Ansae Day services were held in the many centres within the district last Sunday, being well attended by local townsfolk and file surrounding rural communities…

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Candelo’s Anzac Service

The Bega District News · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 3

The usual Anzac Day service was solem[?]lsed at the War Memorial to Candelo Park and. was well attended by retained…

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Welcome Home For The Queen

The Bega District News · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 8

Bellrlngers throughout Britain are makeing their plans, in response to a suggestion from the Archbishops of Canterbury and…

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Anzac Day Observance

The Bega District News · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 1

Diger A. G. [?]) Keys [?] [?] of the [?] F[?] [?] District Council, [?] [?] is not communction…

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Beavis As A Soldier

The Bega District News · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 10

Sir,—I have noticed that the literature of Rev. Royce Beavis, the Liberal candidate for Eden-Monaro, covers his war service merely as…

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Enlistment For Services

The Bega District News · Wednesday 16 June 1954 · page 1

Enlistments in the three permanent Defence forces [?] the beginning of the present[?] cruiting campaign now total…

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Poor Chance For Soldier Settlement

The Bega District News · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 8

At the present rate of progress in N.S.W. it would take 160 years to settle on the land the 16,000 Ex-servicemen who held…

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War Memorial Scholarship

The Bega District News · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 3

The Trustees of the Canberra Grammar School Old Boys’ Union War Memorial Fund have announced the establishment of…

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Soldier Loses Licence

The Bega District News · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 1

At the Cobargo Court of Petty Scissions, a soldier was disqualified from holding a driving licence for a period of five…

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