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New Delhi, September 16.—Hyderabad State forces who have no proper anti-tank weapons fired over open sights and destroyed at least eight oncoming Indian tanks to dramatically halt the first momentum of the invaders' armoured advance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brisbane, September 16.—A statement by a leading Communist that in the event of a war involving. Australia against Soviet Russia, the Communist Party would fight for Russia against Australia has caused considerable comment and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney.—Spielers, thugs, pickpockets, and other undesirables received police attention in a widespread drive which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Darwin.—The law has stepped in to stop a minor civil war, interspersed with stamping, chanting and corroborees, near Wave…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rangoon, September 21—Burma's Government communique today said that 87 Communist insurgents had been killed in fighting at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney.—More than £6,000,000 had been spent on the acquisition and purchase of land for so [?]er settlement since the war ended, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New York, September 22.—Military planning in the United States has now progressed so far that the country is in the strongest position since the start of the so-called "cold war." Reporting this, the New York "Times," Washington…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Batavia (A.A.P.-Reuter), Sept. 22.—Four Dutch soldier sere killed and six wounded in clashes in the Bobotsari district and middle Java with infiltrating…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New York, September 24.—"War between the United States and the Soviet Union is almost inevitable and only the capitulation of the United States can prevent it," asserts the Deputy Premier, Nikolai Vaznesensky, member of the Soviet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Vyshinsky claimed there was a cold war against the Soviet. This is nonsense. What about the Soviet war or nerves? Vyshinsky needn't answer. We…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne, September 29.—The Governments of Britain and the United States are still disposing of World War II materials, despite re-armament…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canberra.—"If war with the Soviet breaks out in Europe or elsewhere and Britain and America are involved, as they inevitably must be, Australia will be at war, fighting, as she did in the two world wars,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hong Kong (A.A.P.-Reuter), Oct. 1.—Iwasaki Yoshito was hanged at Stanley gaol today following his conviction by the Australian War Crimes Court on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →St. Louis, September 30. — The Army Secretary, Mr. Kenneth Royall, last night told the National Guard Association that he believed that war was not…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Singapore, October 4.—The Australian Deputy Consul-General in Siam (Mr. J. F. Knox) was stabbed while on his way to church in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →San Diego. October 5.—The U.S. Pacific Fleet assembled yesterday afternoon 100 miles west of Los Angeles for its biggest post-war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London, October 6.—The daily Telegraph says that Winston Church[?] book "The Gathering Storm," the fir[?] volume of his war memoirs, sold [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Washington, October 6.—U.S.A. is trying to get more minerals from South America, Africa, and Asia. She is doing this to meet the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Paris, October 7.—The French coal strike is developing into a battle between the Government and the Communists. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney, October 7. — Although the Returned Servicemen's League wants Communists deported from Australia, the Australian Legion of…
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