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The wars & local soldiers, 1948

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War Graves in Coffs Cemetery

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 6

Complaints have been made that war graves in North Coast cemeteries are being neglected and falling into a state of…

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Protest On "War Mongering" Articles

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.).-- Russia has protested to the United States and Holland against "war mongering" Press…

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World War Three

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 June 1948 · page 2

A FUTURE world war would probably bring civilization tumbling to ruin. It would devastate half the globe and bring an aftermath of chaos such as the world has never known. Despite that forbidding thought, the statesmen of the world seem unable…

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Enlistments Mounting For 41st Bn. Band

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 June 1948 · page 5

Enlistments for the 41st Infantry Battalion (Byron Regiment) Band are mounting steadily Many inquiries have been made…

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War Fears Unfounded--U.S. Admiral

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 1

Admiral W. H. Standley, former U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, and former Ambassador to Moscow, thinks…

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Prelate Opposed To "Holy War" On Reds

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 1

The Archbishop of York (Dr. Garbett), who is oposed to the "holy war against Communism" which many are…

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Commandos Visit Ex-Soldier Patients

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 2

The secretary (Mr J. Logan) reported to the monthly meeting of the R.S.L. Commandos that the average weekly number of…

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"Money War" In Berlin

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 1

BERLIN, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—A "money war" has flared up in Berlin as the Russians and Western Powers uncompromisingly pursue their plans of separate currency…

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Boambee War Memorial Hall

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 3

At a meeting of Boambee War Memorial Hall Committee it was decided to conduct a competition in aid of the funds, to…

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Currency War Crisis Rapidly Approaching

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1948 · page 1

BERLIN, Friday (A.A.P.).--Developments yesterday in the "currency war" between Russia and the Western Powers increased the existing tension in Berlin,…

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Communist Plan for War, Unrest in S - E Asia, Aust

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Sunday (A.A.R.-Reuter).--a programme of insurrection in Burma, guerrilla warfare in Malaya, and possibly the intensification of industrial unrest throughout. Australia, including the coalfields, was decided on at an eight-day rally of…

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Twelve Enlistments In 41st Bn.; Recruiting Begins

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 2

Enlistment on a voluntary basis for the Citizen Military Forces began yesterday, 12 men having enlisted in the 41st…

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U.S. Not Fostering War

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 July 1948 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday (A.A.P.-Reuter.).--Instead of fostering war, the United States was giving out hundreds of millions…

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Effort To Make Up For War's Devastation

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 July 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.).—Stating that the European Recovery Programme will probably be signed to-morrow, the British…

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Newtown Shooting; Man Wounded

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--A shooting in Newtown last night, which resulted in one man being wounded, is alleged by police to be the…

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Arab-Jewish War Reaches Full Pitch

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.).--The Arab-Jewish war reached full pitch yesterday for the first time since the truce ended at dawn on Friday. Arabs and Jews both announced victory in a big battle south of Lake Hula in North-Eastern Palestine. The…

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War Again?

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 2

INCREDIBLE as it may sound, thinking people on the other side of the world are of the opinion that an extremely grave crisis exists in Germany that if events take the wrong course from now on war will be inevitable. Those of us who remember…

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United Nations Mediator Told Order Immediate Halt In Holyland War

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS, Tues. (A.A.P.).--In a lengthy written report the United Nations' Mediator in Palestine, Count Folke Bernadotte, was last night invited by the Security Council to order an immediate halt to the Holyland war, and to offer the threat of…

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War Crimes Verdict

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 3

TOKIO, Wed. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Reliable sources to-day stated that a verdict and sentence on General Tojo and other Japanese…

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Govt. Plans For £20M T.B. War

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday.--Tuberculosis sufferers may have to undergo compulsory X-ray examinations in the Federal Government's £20,000,000 T.B. war which the Minister for Health (Senator McKenna) expects" to launch this year…

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