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

The wars & local soldiers, 1954

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Wounded In Own Gun Trap

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 1

Brisbane. December 31.—Henry James Mitchell, a 70-year-old prospector, of Mervyn Creek. 17 miles from…

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War Danger Less: Tito

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 4

Belgrade, Friday: The danger of war was becoming less and less—at least in the near future, Marshal Tito,…

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War Danger Less: Tito

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 1

Belgrade, Friday: The danger of war was becoming less and less—at least in the near future, Marshal Tito,…

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"Aid to Pakistan Step Towards War"

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 1

London, Sun.: If the proposed U.S. military aid to Pakistan became a reality, it would be a step towards war, India's Prime Minister (Mr. Nehru) said today. It was a step which would bring war "right to our doors," he said…

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Cowardice Trial of British Soldier

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 3

London, Monday: Only one British soldier has been court-niartialled in Korea for cowardice in action, the War Office said…

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No War This Year

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 4

New York, Tuesday: The United States could have confidence that 1954 would make peace and justice more…

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Sentries Go To War

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 4

Seoul, Tuesday: One American soldier was killed and another critcally injured in a gunfight at the 40th U.S…

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War's Legacy of Children

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 2

Rome: More than 1500 Italian children have been killed and 10,000 maimed in the past 10 years by…

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Anzac Day meeting on

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 8

Anzac Day (April 25) falls on a Sunday this year, and the annual Anzac Day meeting at…

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Skeleton Of First War?

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 1

London, Jan. 8: A farmer ploughing a field near Bapaume near Amiens,…

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Danger of War "Less"

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 6

London, Friday: The danger of premeditated war had receded into the background for the time being as the…

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Hanger of War "Less"

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 1

London, Friday: The danger of premeditated war had receded into the background for the time being as the…

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Holy War on Reds

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 7

Ciudad Trujillo (Dominica), Friday: President Hector Trujillo has tabled a draft Bill in Parliament…

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Ridgway Worry on Korean War Prisoners

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 6

Washington: Gen. Matthew Ridgway, U. S. Army Chief of Staff, said serious consequences could result from India's decision to return unrepatriated prisoners of…

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War over, says U.S. diplomat

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 1

Mr Arthur D[?], the special A[?] that he was confident that the…

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U.n. Averted World War

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 5

Washington, Wednesday: Mr. John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State, told Congress today that the United Nations had kept the United States out of…

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"Un Has Kept Us Out of Third World War"

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 3

Washington, January 20. - The United Nations has kept the United States out of a third World, John Foster Dulles declared in Congress…

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Open War in One

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 2

Melbourne: The one- mon- bus row become on "open war" when the Tramways Board chairman (Mr. Risson) said yesterday that drivers must man the…

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Open War in One

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 2

Melbourne: The one- man- bus row became an "open war" when the Tramways Boord chairman (Mr. Risson) said yesterday that drivers must man the…

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Soldiers Dead in Truck

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 7

London, Friday: The War Office announced that the bodies of two British soldiers had been found in a railway…

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