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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1953

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Trust Burial Fund for Ex- Soldiers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 August 1953 · page 6

Canberra: No man who had fought for he country should be burled as a p[?]per, the Acting Premier of…

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Move to Wage Air War on 'Hoppers

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 August 1953 · page 8

Sydney — The N.S.W. Agriculture Minister (Mr. Graham) should initiate action by all State Agriculture Ministers to set up a national serial spraying body…

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Reds Warned by General on Atom War

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 August 1953 · page 1

New York, Tuesday: Russia would get the worst of it if she launched an atomic attack on the U.S., General Omar Bradley said today…

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TALK of the TOWN Soldiers Clipped

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 August 1953 · page 2

TWO youths in the cadet A camp at Singleton, New South Wales, have started a thriving business—…

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TALK of the TOWN Soldiers Clipped

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 August 1953 · page 2

TWO youths in the cadet camp at Singleton, New South Wales, have started a thriving business—…

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4 Hunters Wounded

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 August 1953 · page 7

Melbourne: Four men in different parts of the country were accidentally wounded while hunting…

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Russian War Story

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 August 1953 · page 2

Venice, Monday: Russia made her first appearance in six years at the annual film festival in Venice with…

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Yugoslav War on Bishops

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 August 1953 · page 3

Belgrade, Tuesday: Tension between the Churches and the State is reported to be increasing in…

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Woman Killed or Wounded

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 August 1953 · page 3

Sydney: Big squads of police early today are searching for a woman they believe was either murdered or badly wounded at Northmead, near Parramatta, last night…

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Soldier Shot at Home

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 August 1953 · page 8

London, Wednesday: Albert Ahitt (37), fought at Tobruk and in Burma without getting a scratch…

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Wounded Man Charged

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 August 1953 · page 14

Sydney: A wounded man whom police said a night watchman had shot appeared at Campsie Court…

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Sons Thrashed to War Honors

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 August 1953 · page 10

London-—"Take your son home and give him a thrashing. That's what I did to mine and look how they turned out." This was the advice given…

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Soldiers to Handle Bowen Cargo

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 September 1953 · page 1

Canberra: The general secretary of the Waterside Workers' Federation (Mr. J. Healy) has telegraphed to the Minister for Labor (Mr. Holt) protesting against…

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Soldiers Without Cargo at Bowen Are Left

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 September 1953 · page 1

Melbourne: An early conference may be called to consider the dispute over the use of troops on the Bowen wharves. The shunters have ceased to…

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War Criminal Liberated

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 September 1953 · page 9

Bonn, Monday: British prison authorities at Werl, Westphalia, freed Johannes Hahn, a German war…

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R.S.L. War Graves Appeal A.I.F. Cemetery Trust Has No Funds

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 9 September 1953 · page 2

A generous response is needed to the R.S.L. War Graves Appeal if the A.I.F. "Garden of Memory" Cemetery on West Terrace, and later 2nd A.I.F. Cemeteries yet…

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War Graves Appeal

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 September 1953 · page 8

A generous response is requested to the R.S.L. War Graves Appeal during this month if the A.I.F…

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War on Sex, Comics

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 6

Canberra: The Commonwealth may step into the war on sex and crime comics, in an attempt to help the…

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Soldier is Freed From Car Wreck

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 1

Sydney: Police, ambulance men and civilians worked for half an hour to free an injured soldier from the wreck of an army staff car after a spectacular road…

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US Soldier to Be Tried

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 September 1953 · page 8

New York, Monday: The United States Army has announced in Panmunjon it would courtmartial an…

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