High Praise Given Doctors By Father Of Wounded Youth
High praise was given the medical and nursing staffs of both the local Hospital and the Wilcannia Hospital by Mr. C. S. L. Smithers. father of Noel…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1949
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Taxi Driver Wounded And Robbed "Mistaken Identity," Says Charged Man
Sydney, August 29—Alfred le Breton (33) a machine fitter of Sans Soucie who was charged in the Campsie Court today with…
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Belgrade. August 29.—The Balkans war of nerves between the Russian dominated Cominform and Yugoslavia centred over the week-end on Greece,…
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London, August 30.—Reporting that Britain is being kept closely informed on the situation in Yugoslavia "The Dally Telegraph's" diplomatic writer…
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Sydney.—Maimed and incapacitated soldiers resident in this State and their dependants will benefit by about £100,000 under the…
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London, August 31.—The annual conference of English and Welsh Baptists at Swansea today passed a resolution that Baptists decline to be drawn into the "holy war initiated by the Roman Catholic Church…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Russian Arms Massed On Yugoslav Frontier War of Nerves Sharpens
London, August 31.—Five Russian tank divisions supported by infantry and planes are massed on Yugoslavia's northern frontiers at points estimated at one day's drive across the plains to Belgrade, according to Belgrade reports quoted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Land For Soldier Settlement In West
Sydney.—Legislation to provide more land in the Western Division of New South Wales by reducing the size of large holdings will be enacted soon by the New South Wales Government. The legislation, said the Premier…
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A brochure which has accompanied Professor C. E. Marshall, of Sydney University, to Broken Hill says that chemical…
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Sir,—We find once again that the returned serviceman has been rubbished, but never did I for a moment think it would come from the direction from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Bride in Beauty Test
San Francisco, September 4.— Mrs. Patricia Marx, a 26-yearold Sydney war bride, will represent San Francisco in a "Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Barrier Miner Wednesday, September 7, 1949. Will Peace Cost More Than War?
AS it was expected to be an organisation which would keep the world at peace, most people expected Uno to be expensive. They were not prepared for the actual cost, which is in astronomical…
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HAROLD BUSSELL, handless U.S. ex-service[?], who has appeared on the [?], has been elected National…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Day (To the Editor)
Sir—Whilst reading through the report of the last mass meeting held at the Jubilee Oval, I was surprised and astounded at a statement made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gun Fight In Colombian Parlt. One Killed, Four Wounded
Bogota, Colombia, September 9.— Police and army officers were rushed to surround the Capital Building yesterday after one member of the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ship's Arrival in Australia Reveals Great War Hoax
The British freighter, Walmana, at Melbourne recently, revealed one of the greatest masquerades of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stringent Precautions By Russian Soldiers When Ship Berthed At Nakodka
Sydney, September 9.—All radio sets have been sealed and wireless aerials on the ship Kafirsitan had been taken down by armed Russian soldiers when the ship was in Nakodka Harbor last month, the ship's officers said today in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Judge Appalled at Duping of Ex-soldiers
Sydney. — "The number of men he duped appalls me," Judge Curlewis said when he sentenced Leslie Mervyn Meek (36), sweetmaker, of Ettalong, to three years' jail…
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Auckland.—Air Chief Marshall Sir Keith Park disclosed yesterday that he refused to obey a British Air Ministry order during the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Four Allied Soldiers Escape From Russians
Berlin, September 16.—Three British and one American soldier escaped from a Russian prison in Berlin early lode They made their way safely to the Western sectors of tHo city According to Western Powers officials the soldiers were fill…
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