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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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Authority to Start War on Rabbits

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 2

Mr. W. J. Smith, chairman of the Rabbit Destruction Authority said that the war o rabbits in New South Wales was about to…

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Paper War "Counteract Red Views" Says Pleven

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 2

The French Premier, M. Rene Pleven, said in Ottawa yesterday that the North Atlantic Pact nations should classify…

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Returned Teacher Declares U.S. War Fear Borders On Hysteria

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 2

IN the U.S. there was fear, bordering on hysteria, which was not found in Britain, said Mr. A. Greenhalgh, M.A., M.Ec., Vice-principal of Armidale Teachers' College, in an absorbing address at the…

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War Widows’ Pensions Canberra

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 2

The Minister for Repatriation (Senator W. J. Cooper) said that war widows who remarried alter November 2 of last year were…

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Gratuity for War Widows

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 3

War widows who wanted to remarry would receive a gratuity up to £182, the Minister for Repatriation (Senator…

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To-Day's World News Tank Thrust Shatters Enemy. Reds' Heavy Losses. 51,000 Dead and Wounded. Tokio

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 2

The greatest Allied tank thrust of the Korean war killed and wounded droves of Chinese and North Koreans when it jabbed deep into…

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Objects of Returned Soldiers’ League

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 3

“Our sole purpose in raising funds it to assist our less fortunate members in cases of distress,” Mr. A. M. Porter, president of the Maitland sub-branch of the R.S.S and A.I.L.A., said last night at the annual meeting…

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Eleven Properties for War Service Settlement

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 2

State Cabinet today approved, the acquisition of 11 country properties for subdivision for war service land settlement…

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War on Rabbits to "Begin in Earnest"

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 4

The rabbit war in New South Wales was about io begin in earnest, said the Chairman of the rabbit destruction authority, Mr. W. J. Smith, in Sydney last week…

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Britain Says Russia Wants War to Go on

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 3

The Glad[?]yn Jebb (Britain) stated that “It was clear that Russia did not want to stop the Konan fighting” when…

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Less Risk of Disease in War Zones Lake Success

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 1

World health office official Dr. Walter Crichton to-day reported that the drift of refugees in Korea has halted as a result of the…

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Returned Soldiers' League

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 1

The annual general meeting will be held in the Club Rooms to-night at 8 p.m. All members and intending members will be welcomed…

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Helicopter Pick Up Wounded (AAP-Reuter) TOKYO

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 1

[?] on a [?] front hill in Korea yesterday under a barrage of [?] and saved a force of [?]…

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Played Flute and Piccolo at Boer War Soldier-Musician Here on

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 3

Lt. Col. H. E. Adkins, famous British bandmaster, who will arrive in Cessnock on Monday to conduct the ABC…

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War Criminals to Serve Sentence London

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 4

German war criminals in British bands will probably not be reclassed before they have served their sentences, it was officially…

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Germ War on the Rabbit Minister And Aid By Mosquitoes

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 5

Disease spread by man and mosquitoes has given pastoralists perhaps their best reason to hope for the end…

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Electricity "War" Has Started P.P.U. Joins Fight For County Council

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 1

THE BATTLE FOR A JOINT COMMITTEE TO CONTROL THE ELECTRICITY UNDERTAKING ADMINISTERED BY THE SINGLETON MUNICIPAL COUNCIL IS ON…

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Memorial to Distinguished Soldier. (To the Editor)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 6

Sir: A public meeting, convened by the Mayor of Grafton, formed a committee to establish a memorial to the late Lieut.-Colonel Charles H. Green,…

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Modern War Weapons Have Saved Lives CHICAGO

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 1

General J. Lawton Collins said to-day. In defence of United States emphases on weapons and [?] that American…

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R.S.L. Stand On War Gratuities SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 4

A march through the city streets on Sunday by ex-servicemen demanding an increase in war [?] will be boycotted…

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