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The wars & local soldiers, 1948

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Soldiers' Club Guest Night

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 2

Dungog Soldiers' Memorial Club will hold a bob-in guest night next Monday, when members and friends are cordially invited to attend. There will…

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Dangers of War Souvenirs

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—In emphasising the da[?] to the public who find or have war souveniors or ammunition. Army Headquarters…

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U.s. Bans War Supplies to Soviet

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The State Department clamped down on exports of war surplus radar equipment last night after Mr…

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1000 British Soldiers for Australia Demobilisation to Take Place Here

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 3

One thousand British servicemen and 175 Anglo-Indian migrants left in the Asturias for Sydney, says Reuters Bombay…

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Army Recruits "No Hopers" Greta Officer's Opinion of Modern Soldier

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 3

Most of last years army recruits were "no-hopers," an officer from Greta camp said on Saturday…

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Boy Soldiers (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 6

Sir,—In the last war there was a big outcry from mothers and the public re young lads 18, 19, and 20 years of age being…

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War Orphans Travelling To Australia

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK. Jan. 15.— Two blue-eyed German war orphans arrived here yesterday on the clipper from London en route to…

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Germans Another Fear War

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 6

HAMBURG (Associated Press): The greatest, tear of the German people to-day is of another war, a British Military Government…

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Insects Used In Latest Pacific War

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

PEARL HARBOUR, Hawall {Associated Press) in the latest Pacific war, the Navy la recruiting insects to spearhead its…

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Conflicting Opinions on War In India "No Immediate Possibility," Says Nehru

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 4

It has been reported from Lake Success that as the Security Council was commencing its consideration of India's appeal for U.N.O. mediation in the Kashmir dispute, a message from New Delhi quoted Indian Prime Minister Pandit…

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Soldier Settlement Blocks Available at Edgerol

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 3

Soldier settlement is making steady progress in the State as a result of the policy of the Labor Government and the…

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To-day’s Leader, The Tyranny of Controls Nehru Says No Immediate Prospect of War But India Prepared For All Eventualities

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS (New York), January 16—India yesterday notified the United Nations that she could take military measures to deal with the situation in Kashmir, but warned that such a step might “involve the rise of armed conflict with Pakistan,”…

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Soldier Settlement in New South Wales. Seventy Splendid Blocks Available on Edgeroi

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 1

Soldier settlement, which involves much more than the mere acquisition of land and its allocation to those to whom the State and Commonwealth…

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Payment Of War Gratuity

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 2

The R.S.L. has long stressed the necessity for the removal of restrictions governing the payment of war gratuity…

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Mr. Chifley Scouts Suggestion of War

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 2

The Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, at Bathurst yesterday scouted the suggestion that another war was likely to…

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Extradition of War Criminal Wanted Polish Protest at Failure to Hand Over Nazi Surgeon

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 1

The Polish Government has published another protest against the British Government's failure to hand over for…

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Atom Bomb Was War's Best-kept Secret

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 6

The fantastically detailed system of precautions and checks guarding the war-time development of the atom bomb is…

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Alternatives to World War. Mr. Dedman Sees Hope in Trade Charter. Washington

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 2

A workable international trade charter or conditions which might lead to a third world war were alternatives offered by the Australian Minister for…

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Soldier Settlement in N.s.w. Seventy Splendid Blocks Available on Edgeroi

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 2

Soldier settlement, which involves much more than the mere acquisition of land and its allocation to those to whom the State and Commonwealth…

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Research to Prevent War

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 1

CHARLESTON (South Carolina) Jan. 21—“It is silly to say there is no defence against the atomic bomb,” declared…

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