Girl Wounded
Brisbane—A 15-years-old girl, Gloria Margaret Kunde was shot in the head and critically wounded while in bed at her home at Hazeldene, near Kilcoy, last night…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1951
415 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 21 of 21
Uniform Makes Soldiers Float
New York, December 10—Sir Hubert Wilkins, famous Australian polar explorer, praised a revolutionary uniform designed to make American soldiers "unsinkable."…
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Seoul, December 14—An Australian courtmartial today resumed hearing the trial of Private A. J. D…
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San Francisco, December 16.—Mr. John E. Anderton, American lawyer whom Australian war brides have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brother, Sister Wounded
Sydney. — Hercules Baclae Beaumont (68) and his sister, Eleanor Sophia Beaumont (70), were found in a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Service Land Settlement Legislation
Amendments to war service land settlement and closer settlement legislation will be effected by a Bill Introduced into the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Barrier Miner Tuesday, December 18, 1951. Holy War Prospects
DESPERATION of Egypt in the prospect of an armed conflict with Britain, rashly brought on because it was assumed that only a Labor Government had to be bluffed, has…
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Chicago. December 18. — Mr. Joseph Kennedy (formerly Ambassador to Britain) has urged the United…
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Sydney. — War contracts involving millions of pounds will be piaced by the Federal Government with Australian manufacturers…
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Large numbers of kangaroo skins are being handed in at police stations in the Broken Hill patrol area for stamping. Several thousand have…
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Large numbers of kangaroo skins are being handed in at police stations in the Broken Hill patrol area for stamping......... Several thousand have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japanese Reap Benefit From War in Korea
Tokio, December 21—Japanese industries have received a tremendous boost from the Korean war. Supplies of all kinds for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£20 Million War Contracts To Be Placed With Austn. Manufacturers
Canberra, December 21.—Federal Government will place war contracts involving millions of pounds with Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Xmas Gift for Soldier
Melbourne. — A £180 Christmas present from the army is awaiting Pte. Keith ("Mo") Gwyther, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Firemen Die In London's Worst Blaze Since War
London, December 23. — Disciplinary action against London's firemen for a recent "spit and polish" boycott was withdrawn…
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Air Vice-Marshal F. M. Bladin, Air Member…
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Tokio, December 30. — Communist delegates to the prisoner of war subcommittee have promised that immediately an armistice is signed they will release all Allied civilians captured in…
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