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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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Soldier's Jump From 33rd Storey

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 2

NEW YORK: A soldier, who Jumped from the 33rd story of the Empire State [?] ding [?] day, landed on a [?] roof…

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War Service Land Settlement "Carrawobbitty" Estate, Forbes

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 9

Attention is invited to a notification in the Government Gazette of 6th July, 1951, setting apart seventeen (17) blocks on…

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Rabbit Threat to Soldier Settlers Work Of Eradication Teams Questioned

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 6

Serious difficulties facing soldier settlers because of rabbit infestation, and the difficulty and cost of getting wire netting, were…

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Bowls Match With Disabled Soldiers

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 5

The return match between Ma[?] and the Totally Permane[?]tly Dis[?]bled Soldiers Club was played on Sulphide ladies…

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Anna Bay—soldiers' Point Land

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 1

On the Soldiers' Point road from Anna Bay towards the Point there is a fair area of land that would be suitable for settlement…

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War-banger Greater Than Ever

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 July 1951 · page 1

LONDON: Danger of open war between India and Pakistan was greater than ever before the weekly review. The Economist,…

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Mother Dead, Two Sons Wounded in Shooting Affray

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday — A 40-year-old woman was shot dead and her two sons wounded at their home in Nicholson…

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Hamburg Struggling Back To Pre-war Position

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 6

HAMBURG: Germany's biggest seaport, whose population is almost back to its pre-war 1,700,000, has made remarkable progress compared with its wartime devastation, but it still has far to go to match the recovery of other big…

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Grim Warning on Red War Strength “This Is No Time To Turn Back”

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1951 · page 1

LONDON: "We are at a critical point and this is no moment to talk of going slow Or turning back," British Defence Minister, Emanuel Shinwell, said yesterday in a grim warning on Soviet strength in Europe…

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Eelah For Soldier Settlement

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1951 · page 1

State Cabinet has approved the acquisition of 177 acres of the historic Eelah Estate, at Malt, land Vale, under the provisions…

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War Threat in Indian Crisis Karachi, Mon

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 2

While foreign observers in Karachi are confident that war between Pakistan and India is unlikely before October,…

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School For Soldiers' Japanese Brides

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK.—The U.S. Army has set up training clinics in Japan for the Japanese brides of American soldiers…

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Celebration of Anzac Day

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 2

MERRIWA: For [?] months there has been a controversy in Merriwa with reference to Inn comm[?]moration [?] [?]…

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Land For Soldier Settlement

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1951 · page 3

MERRIWA: TWO historic properties in the Merriwa district are being discussed with reference to the possibility of…

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Russia's Appeal To Truman To Conclude Five-Power Peace Pact Initial Reaction In America Regarded As Cold War Propaganda

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON: Russia hot appealed to President Truman to conclude a Five-Power Past“ for the strengthening of peace.” Initial reaction here was to regard the proposal as a propaganda move in the cold war…

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Soldiers' Point A.l.p. Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 8 August 1951 · page 1

At the monthly meeting of the Sollier's Point Branch of the Australian Labor Party, the District Postal Inspector advised, following Branch…

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Soldiers Accused Of Beating Girls

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 August 1951 · page 1

BERLIN: British and French youths who evaded police and army cordons to reach Berlin for the Communist World Youth…

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Only Minimum Hope of Avoiding War with Russia Money Sought To Show That United States Means Business

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON: There was only “minimum hope” that the United States could avoid war with Russia, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Military Appropriations Sub-Committee, George Mahon, opined in Congress yesterday. He was asking for an overwhelming vote on the 5600 million dollar (£2500…

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Soldiers' Point Labor Branch

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 2

At the recent meeting of the Soldiers' Point Labour Branch the following matters were mentioned: Advice had been received from Port…

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Girls As Soldiers in Korea

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 1

TOKYO: Allied troops in Koreo are meeting a new menace—girl soldiers, who often call “Idawa G[?]” (come here…

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