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The wars & local soldiers, 1955

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Scottish Shorthorns First Since War

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 September 1955 · page 11

Stud cattle breeders in Sydney will have an opportunity next month to purchase at auction high class Shorthorn bulls in a draft selected at the Perth and Aberdeen…

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12 New Farms For Soldiers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 September 1955 · page 34

Twelve new soldier settlement farms in two estates will be open for ballot late this…

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Anzac Week Festival

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 28 September 1955 · page 8
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The Anzac Week Festival Committee announces the new Anzac Week Festival the April 1956. These competitions will be…

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Comics continue Cold War

Tribune · Wednesday 28 September 1955 · page 8

AT Geneva, the world's leaders declared against the Cold War, and called for friendship…

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Cabramatta Project Sewerage for War Service Homes

The Biz · Wednesday 28 September 1955 · page 23

The following is a statement by the Mayor of Fairfield, Aldermen W. L. Wolfenden:—"The Council is alarmed at the…

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"Holy War"

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 30 September 1955 · page 1

NEW YORK: Magazine “News Week” reports that its Middle East correspondent Sami Souki learned last…

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British "spy" fraud to fan cold war

Tribune · Wednesday 5 October 1955 · page 4

LONDON: The Foreign Office White Paper on Burgess and Maclean contains no evidence that they were spies or went to Russia, the London Daily Worker stated…

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Soldiers' Memorial Hall Proposed for Pendle Hill

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 5 October 1955 · page 2

The [?]own clerk reported to Holroyd Council on above:— Pendle Hill Sub-branch R.S.[?]. and I.L.A. has requested…

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Complete Eradication Is Aim of Full-Scale War On Cattle Ticks

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 October 1955 · page 11

LISMORE.—On January 1, an army of 600 stockmen will begin an offensive which will seek to kill every cattle tick in 2000 square miles in northern Mew South Wales. This will start one of…

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An Outline of French History (Xii) Free France in the War

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 7 October 1955 · page 8

T F.F.I., commanded by General Koenig, in the campaign of Cyrenaica not forgotten…

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Soldiers Estates

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 October 1955 · page 39

Two new War Service Land Settlement estates will be open for application early in…

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"Shame" in Africa war

Tribune · Wednesday 12 October 1955 · page 4

PARIS. -- A new and effective form of protest was used here last week by 200 young French army and air force conscripts who don't want…

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Petrovs' stories: "War propaganda as vicious as it is false"

Tribune · Wednesday 12 October 1955 · page 11

The S.M. Herald is using the names of the Petrovs for the purpose of the vilest and most crude form of anti-Soviet propaganda. All of the hogwash manufactured by the anti-Soviet "lie factories" in the last 25 years or more is rehashed as the Petrov's "own story"…

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NSW Ctee. CPA Election Call Build unity to beat Menzies war policy

Tribune · Wednesday 19 October 1955 · page 12

Premier Cahill's announcement of a snap election on December 3 calls for instant preparatory action by all Party organisations and members in NSW,…

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Water Service Board Explains Difficulty in Extending Sewerage Scheme to War Service Homes

The Biz · Wednesday 19 October 1955 · page 3

Following representations from Fairfield Council, the Water and Sewerage Board wrote to Council, last week explaining why, in…

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Welcome Home

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 26 October 1955 · page 12

A welcome home was tendered Mrs. L. Findlay, of Parramatta, and her daughter. Mrs. Middleton, of…

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Ussr Warns Iran - War Bloc Entry

Tribune · Wednesday 26 October 1955 · page 4

The Soviet Union has warned Iran that for that country to join the US Middle Eastern war bloc…

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Motor Vehicles Dougled Since the War

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 26 October 1955 · page 18

At the end of the war there were a million motor vehicles on Australian roads—to-day there are more than two million…

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War With Egypt “Imminent”?

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 1

Johannesburg (J.T.A). —“It is my personal opinion that war between Egypt and Israel is…

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