Soldiers’ Point Subdivision
Following representations by the member for Paterson (Mr. Allen Fairhall) to the Minister for the Interior, that certain…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1950
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Germs More Deadly Than Atomic War
LAKE SUCCESS, October 17.—Gem, warfare was a more potent weapon than even the best atomic weapons, Dr. Brock Chisholm, Director General of the World Health Organisation, told a Press conference here…
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NEW YORK, Oct 17. — The British Minister of State, Mr. Kenneth Younger, thinks that the Soviet Union is unlikely so…
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A special meeting of the Muswellbrook and District War Memorial Committee was held at the Municipal Council Chambers last night to discuss a request by the Returned Servicemen's League (Muswellbrook sub-branch) that the War Memorial Fund be made available to…
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TOKIO, October 17 (A.A.P. Reuter).—A Scottish sergeant and an Australian private risked their lives yesterday to save the rice crop of a North Korean farmer. He told the soldiers that when…
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Mr. Roland John Rooney, who died in Maitland Hospital last night, served with the Australian Veterinary Corps in the…
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SINGLETON, Friday.—At the Licensing Court at Singleton yesterday Mr. B. Hodgson, S. M., granted the Singleton R. S. L. Club…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—The name of three candidates nominated for the position of Federal president of the Returned…
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SINGAPORE: The man who will conduct a psychological war fare campaign against the Malayan terrorists has arrived from…
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TOKIO, Oct. 21 (A.A.P.-Reuter). — Four thousand battle-toughened American paratroops—the “Angels from Hell”—who yesterday launched a new Allied offensive in Korea, 86 miles from the Manchurian border, have bridged…
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GENEVA, Oct. 22(AAP).—The taking of hostages, murder, torture, mutilation and medical “experiments” in wartime were…
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St. Ethel’s Public School proposes to instal an honour roll to ex-pupils who were killed or served in World Wars I. or II…
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Sir,—Many of your readers will remember the Stalinists line when they thought that the last war was "phoney" until Hitler kicked Stalin…
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THOUGH the man in the street (in the U.S.) thinks the American soldiers are the best in the world, "they aren't—…
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Though, the man in the street (In the U.S.) thinks the American soldiers are the beat in the world, "they aren't — in many…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—It will take about four years to enlist the 58,000 men required for the three services at the present rate of…
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WASHINGTON. Oct. 28.— Death-rate of less than two per cent, among American wounded admitted to hospitals in Korea…
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SYDNEY, Sat. — Liverpool police are searching tor an Injured soldier who disappeared from Concord Repatriation…
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SINGLETON, Sat.—The treasurer (Mr. J. Coates) reported to a meeting of the Singleton branch of the RSL last night that…
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LONDON, Oct. 30 (AAP)— The deputy leader of the conservative party Mr. Anthony Eden said in a broadcast that…
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