War on Malayan Bandits
LONDON, April 5. — Use of Australian troops against Malayan Communist guerillas was suggested by Lord Mancroft…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1950
692 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 35
Now a War to the Scissors
A war is going on between the hairdressers on the subject of short hair for women. One or two insist that the urchin cut,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hopes of Agreement on Atomic War
WASHINGTON, April 5. — Chairman of the Congressional Atomic Energy Committee, Senator Brien McMahon, said in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grant Recommended Soldiers Point
Following representations by the Soldiers Point Progress Association through Mr. Allen Fairhall, Federal Member for Paterson, the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peeps Into the Past Singleton -15, 25, And 50 Years Ago 50 Years Ago (Taken from the "Argus" files for the week ending, Saturday, April 7, 1900) War Against Filth
We were informed on Saturday that at the beginning of the week the Mayor of South Singleton, Alderman Hinde, gave…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anzac Day. Arrangements for Local Commemoration
At a combined meeting of the R.S.L. and Ladies' Auxiliary, held at the Soldiers' Club on Friday evening, arrangements were set in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Day Plans Finalised R.S.L. Meeting
Final arrangements for the Anzac Day celebrations were made at the last meeting of the Cessnock sub branch of the R.S.I…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Veterans' Art Union
The first and third prices in the War Veterans' Art Union No. 14, drawn on Tuesday, went to a Newcastle resident…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kept Their War Secret
Stranger story to come out of the Pacific War was told by eight Japanned who returned home recently complaining of the cold. The eight soldiers were presumed dead when their unit “perished” in New Guines, but instead, they were hiding in the depth of the jungle and remained there for four years after VJ day in August 1945. Found on a farm they had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anzac Day a Day of Remembrance. "Diggers" Oppose Organised Sport. Merriwa
Ex-Servicemen of the Merriwa district have always been opposed to the holding of any organised sport on Anzac Day—a day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Day at Branxton
The Secretary of Branxton branch of the Returned Services (Mr H. Nevin) reports that the local Anzac Day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smear Campaign Against Labor British War Minister's Complaint
The British War Minister, Mr. Robert Strachey, speaking at Dundee, denied allegations that he had Communist sympathies. He said that attacks against him and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldiers Aid Flood Victims
Singleton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League has sent a donation of £25 to the State branch for distribution…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aberdeen News Anzac Day
Arrangements are well in hand for the observance of Anzac Day in Aberdeen. Proceedings will commence with a memorial service at the Public…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anzac Day Plans At Kurri
Anzac Day will be celebrated at Kurri Kurri with a march from the Soldiers' Hall to Hector's corner and return to the King's Theatre, where…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Britain's Merchant Fleet At Pre-War Strength
Brietain's merchant shipping fleet is now back to its prewar strength. The huge gap in the United Kingdom's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rumblings of War Indonesian Trouble in Macassar
The leader of the Indonesian rebels, Captain Abdul Azis, was warned by the Federal Government of Indonesia that forceful measures would be taken against the rebels unless he obeyed an order to go…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-day's World News Suit for £A89,285,714—"u.s. Will Win 'Cold War,'" Declares Defence Secretary—former U.S. Ambassador Predicts War. (A.a.p. Messages)
HOUSTON (Texas).—Federal Judge T. M. Kennerly ruled that the U.S. Government was at fault in the 1947 Texas City explosion which killed 515…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. CONFIDENT Cold War With Russia International Situation Improved, Says Truman Washington, D.C., (Thursday).—
Confidence that U.S. would win a cold-war struggle with Russia, without sacrificing any democratic freedoms, was voiced to-day by the Defence Secretary, Mr. Louis Johnson, in a speech at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Settlers and Business Deals. Minister's Statement
The Minister for Lands, Mr Sheahan, said that he had been told that certain individuals in endeavouring to make business arrangements with…
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