“Defenceless If Oil Cut Off in War”
Senator McKenna, Leader of the Opposition said in the Senate recently that Australia could be…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1954
354 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 18
Soldier bitten by funnel web spider
A soldier attached to Singleton Military Camp who was said to have been bitten by a funnel web spider on Monday was taken by ambulance to the Singleton District Hospital…
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Private G. F. Lucas, of 2 B.O.D., Singleton military camp, who was bitten on the back of the left hand by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Service Land Scheme on Again
The State Government will begin reviving the war service land settlement scheme in the next…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Govt. gives views on next war LONDON
—Both sides will use atomic weapons if another world war breaks out. This finding was given in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Today’s Leader Energy Brings Prosperity Atomic Weapons in Third World War Will Be used By Both Sides Says Report
LONDON : Both sides will use atomic weapons if another world war comes. This finding is given in a Government report on defence which announces that Britain’s armed forces…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Land for Soldier Settlement District Property to Be Resumed
"The Basin," proclaimed for soldier settlement a few years ago, will, it is believed, be available shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain Sets Back War on Hopper
Continued rain last week has seriously set back the grasshopper eradication campaign which landholders have been waging since the second outbreak of hatchings…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →American Soldier Arrested
AUGSBURG (Rosaria) United States military police have arrested an American soldier following the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cane and Gaol for Soldier
HONG KONG: Judge J. Wicks , yesterday ordered a 20 years-old British soldier eight strokes of the cane and three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War on Prostitutes
LONDON: Racing motorist Earl Howe, 69, is chairman of an association formed by 264 business men in London’s…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Pensions in Germany
FRANKFURT: War pensions are now being paid to 4,500,000 people out of a population of nearly 49 million in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Standard "8" "Best Value of Any Car Since War"
The new Standard "8' of interest at the London Motor Show, was acclaimed as a worthy successor to the Standard…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Beef Population May Be at Peak Cattle Increased Since the War
The beef cattle population of Australia has been expanding steadily since the war, but may now have reached the peak of the "cattle cycle."…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Bulls Donated To Soldier- Settlers
Ten Shorthorn herd bulls have been donated by Mr. D. E. Fairburn, M.H.R., for men on farms under the war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gift of Bulls to Soldier Settlers
Ten shorthorn herd bulls have been donated, by Mr. D. B. Fairburn, M.H.R., for men on farms under the war…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Pensions Tribunal
CANBERRA: Another war pensions entitlement appeal tribunal is to be created by the Federal Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →First dawn service to be held on Anzac Day
Singleton's first dawn ceremony of remembrance will be held on Anzac Day this year. This was decided at a meeting oF the Singleton branch of the R.S.L. on Friday night…
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DARWIN: An eight-years old boy died here yesterday! afternoon from the stings of a Portuguese man o’s war a…
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SINGLETON: The first dawn ceremony of remembrance in Singleton will be held on Anzac Day this year…
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