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The wars & local soldiers, 1954

185 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 10

No War, Says. Air Expert

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 November 1954 · page 5

Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir John Slessor, said recently that the existence of Allied atom…

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War Pensioners and War Widows Being Penalished

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 18 November 1954 · page 3

War [?] and war windows and their fumilies being in the country were being pe[?] in comparison…

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More Farms For Soldier Settlement

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Four irrigation dairy farms near Finley will be open for application under the War…

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Welcome Home... And Adieu

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 November 1954 · page 2

WE are proud of the Third Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. We marched proudly with them through the streets of Brisbane, we…

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War Films At R.S.L.

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 November 1954 · page 2

Grafton sub-branch of the R.S.L. last night showed an entertaining film on the battle of Britain…

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Private War In Greek Islands

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 3

The story Mr. Theodore Crithary told the "Daily Examiner" yesterday reads like one of the more exciting of the novels written about the troubles of the people of…

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Woolgoolga Resident Had Gallant War Record: Tipped Into Scapa Flow With Duke Of York

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 7

IT was a summer afternoon in 1911. The Home Fleet lay at anchor in Scapa Flow. Two midshipmen,…

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Soldier's Welcome

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 3

LCorporal Ivan Small, 21, of Sefton, N.S.W., is welcomed by his girl friend, Miss Ivy Parker, 19, on his arrival in Sydney with the Third Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, from Korea…

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Soldier Faces Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The amount of alcohol found in the body of a woman battered to death in a room at Mansions House, a Sydney private hotel, was the…

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Jury Acquits Soldier Of Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 November 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—A young soldier, Donald Motbey (23), was acquitted by a Central Criminal Court jury to-day, of a charge of having murdered a woman in the Mansions House private hotel on August 25…

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Reviews of Recent Books Blamey: Portrait Of A War Leader

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 4

Every man and woman who served in the Australian Forces in the Second World War will want to read "Blamey", John Hetherington's biography of Australia's…

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Soldier Stabbed

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.--A soldier was seriously stabbed in the chest during a brawl with another soldier at…

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U.S. Will Try All Means Short Of War—Dulles

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 December 1954 · page 1

CHICAGO, Tuesday.—Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, in a major foreign policy address, said last night that the U.S. should "exhaust peaceful means of sustaining our international rights rather than now resorting to war action…

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Letters To The Editor Soldier Settlement

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 December 1954 · page 2

Sir,—Mr. Hawkin's statement in the Legislative Assembly that "the Commonwealth had given no…

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Rabbit War Is on Again

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 4

Pastoralists in the Clarence area have renewed their fight against rabbit infestation in the district. Since the early spring…

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The Late John Malley's Distinguished War Record

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 6

It was a Manner afternoon in 1911. The Home Fleet Jay at anchor in Scapa Flow. Two midshipmen each 14 years of age, were despatched from their respective ships on separate…

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The Late John Malley's Distinguished War Record

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 6

It was a summer afternoon in 1911. The Home Fleet lay at anchor in Scapa Flow. Two midshipman, each 14 years of age, were despatched from their respective ships on separate…

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Blockade Would Be Act Of War

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 December 1954 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Friday. -- President Dwight Eisenhower yesterday told the American people a blockade of Communist China would be an act of war, which…

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Declared War On Industrial Groups

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday--Decisions of the Federal Executive of the Labor Party amounted to a declaration of war on supporters of the A.L.P. industrial groups in New South Wales and Victoria, Labor observers said to-day…

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War Veterans Art Union

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tues.--A Cammeray housewife was at a Christmas party when her ticket drew first prize…

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