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The wars & local soldiers, 1953

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War Is Planned on Grsshoppers

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 November 1953 · page 1

Sydney: Army, Navy and Air Force personnel are standing by in Sydney and country 'districts to spray the grasshopper swarms in central western N.S.W…

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War Against Grasshoppers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 November 1953 · page 1

Sydney: Servicemen today joined in the battle to check the grasshopper onslaught in Western…

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Italian Ban on War Material

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 November 1953 · page 6

Belgrade, Wed.: Yugoslavia protested today to Italy against the italian Government's ban on exports to Yugoslavia…

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Bah War; Not Bomb

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 November 1953 · page 1

Canberra: Advocates of the abolition of atom weapons are "hiding their heads in the sand", Prof. E. W…

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Air War on Hoppers

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 November 1953 · page 1

Sydney; Troops and R.A.A.F. men have killed millions of grasshoppers in west…

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'Hopper War Success

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 November 1953 · page 2

Sydney: Servicemen fighting grasshopprs in the central-west are staying a threat to some wheat crops…

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Jap War Criminals

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 November 1953 · page 12

London, Wednesday: A. Japanese Government envoy today urged the British Foreign Office, to release 104…

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Troops In Grim War on 'Hoppers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 November 1953 · page 1

Sydney: Troops in Western N.S.W. today continued to fight, against the grasshopper menace which shows no…

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Land for Soldiers

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 November 1953 · page 7

Sydney: Four hundred thousand acres of grazing land in the western division were opened this week in…

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War Waged on Roos

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 1

In thc period from February 2 to October 31 more than 24,000 kangaroos were killed in thc West Darling…

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Now lt's War on Myxo

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 5

Paris, Monday: Experts from ten European countries drew up plans to open war on the rabbit killing disease…

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Vishinsky Talks of War Threat

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 November 1953 · page 3

New York, Friday: The threat of a new world war had led to the disruption of world economics, Mr. Vishinsky told the…

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Vishinsky Talks of War Threat

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 November 1953 · page 3

New York, Friday: The threat of a new world war had led to the disruption of world economics, Mr. Vishinsky told the…

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British Soldier Was Seven Years In Soviet Prison

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 23 November 1953 · page 1

Berlin, Nov. 22: British Private F. J. W. Kelly, who was handed back to the British authorities five days…

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Jap War Bride Is Deserted

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 November 1953 · page 6

Sydney: "I shall keep my baby always and forever," said a Japanese war bride whose Australian husband…

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"Pravda" Says U.S. Seeks War

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 26 November 1953 · page 9

Moscow, Nov. 24.—Soviet Communist newspaper "Pravda" today warned against the intrigues of…

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War on Rabbits by Myxo and the Old Methods

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 November 1953 · page 10

Graziers should not discard the old methods of destroying rabbits, the Minister in charge of the Commmonwealth scientific and Industrial Research…

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Western Lands Blocks For Soldiers

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 28 November 1953 · page 8

Sydney, Nov. 27.—Applications for 13 Western Division soldier settlement grazing blocks close in Sydney…

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War on Hoppers

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 12

Sydney: Air-spraying of swarms of grasshoppers devouring pasture round…

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Fourth V.C. of Korean War

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 December 1953 · page 1

London, Tues.: The Queen today awarded.the fourth Victoria Cross of the Korean War to a young British officer, who died in a lone attack on the…

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