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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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Conversion of Soldiers’ Purchase

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 4

People who want to take advantage of the substantial concessions in annual payments that are available in holders of…

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Plan, for Ending Korean War London

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 3

A Commonwealth plan to end the war in Korea It expected to be tabled immediately, at the United Nations, the political,…

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Ending War with Germany

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 10

WELLINGTON (NZ).—New Zealand, in the near future, will take action to terminate the war with Germany and Austria…

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Dramatic Move to End Korean War Cease-fire Proposal Accepted by General Asseebly Lake Success'

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 1

In a dramatic move to end the Korean war and to settle other Far Eastern problems, Britain, America, India, Norway, France, Turkey and Israel, in the face of Russian opposition, have given their support…

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War's Harvest

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 3

More than 1,500 civilians have been killed and more than 2600 wounded in Austria since the war ended by munitions left…

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British Wounded By Grenade (AAP-Reuter) SINGAPORE

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 1

Three British soldiers were wounded last night two [?] when a hand grenade was th[?]own at them in the centre of…

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War Against Noxious Weeds

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 3

Employees of Lower hunter Shire Council [?] wage war against noxious weeds growing on roads in the area…

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Education of Soldiers’ Orphans Canberra

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 2

More than 24,870 people had been trained under the Soldiers Children Education Scheme since 1921, the Minister for…

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Japanese New Police Are Like Soldiers New York

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 1

Japan’s new khaki-clad national police reserve forces of 75,000 men, and its quasi-military training programme are described in yesterday’s issue of the “Saturday Evening Post…

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Enlistments Increase Melbourne

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 2

Enlistment figure increased last week, when 802 men joined the forces. The only higher weekly total…

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Soldiers' Point Land

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 6

There was a large attendance at a meeting in the Soldiers' Point Hall, on Sunday to bring before the Acting Minister for the Interior. (Mr…

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Race Meeting on Anzac Day

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 6

The Gallipoli Legion has been granted permission by the Chief Secretary’s Department to hold a race meeting at Broadmeadow…

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U.S. Mobilisation Effort Moves to Face An All Out War

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 1

The Director of United States Defence Mobilisation, Mr. Charles Edward Wilson, has called for a vast mobilisation effort which would make the United States and its Allies "the strongest aggregation…

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Defence Warning by War Minister London

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 1

The Minister for War, Mr. Strachey, told a Labour rally at Marlborough (Wiltshire) that decisions on British defence would…

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The Tragedy of Ernie Pyle America's Best-Loved War Writer

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 2

THOUGH Ernie Pyle, U.S. World War II correspondent who was killed in 1945, became known to hundreds of…

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Red Version of Total War Attacks Minds "Devilish Weapons And Strategy"

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 3

TOTAL war, as the communists wage it, is even more total than many suppose. It is total…

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War Fears Recede, Says Mr. Lie

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 3

Fears that a war might be imimnent had diminished in Europe, Mr. Trygve Lie, said yesterday…

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"All-Out War in 90 Days" Drew Pearson's Broadcast

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 3

India's Ambassador to Moscow had told the Indian Prime Minister (Pandit Nehru) that Russia would launch an all-out…

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Soldier Settlers Repay Advances

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 2

Soldier settlers, during November and December, repaid £360,000 of the advances made to them…

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Satisfied With Three Million Soldier WASHINGTON

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 1

General Omar Bindley chairman of the Joint chiefs of statt[?] that that 600,000. men strong planned for the [?]…

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