“Colonialism” War Threat Dominates Bandoeng Meeting
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 April 1955 · page 1
LONDON: Anti-colonial emphasis which characterised the opening day of the Afro-Asian conference at Bandoeng, Indonesia, was '“inevitable,” diplomatic quarters in London said to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-day’s Leader Still A Hot Spot Mr. Truman Believes UN Averted World War In The Past Decade
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 April 1955 · page 1
WASHINGTON: A former President, Mr. Harry Truman, said yesterday that on international situation had developed which, in many ways, was far more serious and dangerous than the international rivalries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Atomic War Would Not Be Short
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1955 · page 5
NEW YORK: The U.S. Chief of Naval Operations (Admiral Carney) said that he does not subscribe to the belief that an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greta Anzac March
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1955 · page 2
An Anzac Day march will take place at Greta on Monday, leaving the Park at 10.30 a.m. to the obelisk…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac March At Singleton
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1955 · page 1
SINGLETON : Organisers of Singleton‘s Anzac Day parade expect that it will he one of the biggest on record…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Primary School Anzac Service
Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 April 1955 · page 3
Maitland Gir[?] Primary School held a special service in the school grounds the morning to celebrate Anzac Day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland’s Anzac Day Celebration
Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 April 1955 · page 1
Between 300 and 400 returned servicemen are expected to take part in Maitland’s Anzae Day celebrations A special feature of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Day In New York
Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 April 1955 · page 1
NEW YORK: An Anzac Day service was held yesterday in the Anzac Garden at the top of the British Empire Building…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Duke Visiting War Graves
Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 April 1955 · page 1
LONDON: The Duke of Gloucester, who is president of the Imperial War Graves Commission, will make a tour…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Day Commemoration Service at New Location R.S.L. Memorial Building In Maitland Used For First Time
Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 April 1955 · page 3
Fireman yesterday hosed a veil of dust from the R.S.L. memorial building in High-street, clearing it for to-day’s Anzac commemoration service. The dust was from flood mud and it has coated the exterior of the building. The building was the location for Maitland’s celebrations to-day because of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Service At Raymond Terrace
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 April 1955 · page 6
A special Anzac service was conducted at Raymond race by Rev. E. V. Hanlfigton St. John’s Church of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lions Club’s Anzac Day Dinner
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 April 1955 · page 3
Maitland Lions Club, at its first Anzac Day dinner in Maitland Town Hall last night entertained a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TV Test For Possible Use In War
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 April 1955 · page 1
LONDON: Television is being tested in a Canadian warship for possible use in wartime A “Daily Express” report…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Day at Muswellbrook Near Record Attendances at Church, and United Services and Re-Union Dinner
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 April 1955 · page 1
Notwithstanding the passage of time—40 years—since the Australians j and New Zealanders stormed the beaches and heights of Gallipoli, Muswellbrook yesterday recorded is near record attendances at observances associated with Anzac Day. The attendance at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Old Soldier Found Hurt
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 April 1955 · page 3
NEWCASTLE: A 70-year-old war veteran, Joseph Littlefair , of Edden-street, Broadmeadow, who marched In yesterday’s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Troops Clear Old Soldier’s Yard
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1955 · page 2
SINGLETON: CMF troops from Singleton have cleared mud and debris from the land of a 78-years-old veteran of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Day At Aberdeen
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 April 1955 · page 5
ANZAC DAY in Aberdeen again brought record attendances to churches and at the services at the Cenotaph on Monday to observe the 40th anniversary of the landing of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Day at Merriwa Fitting Commemorations
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 April 1955 · page 6
By their attendance at special church services and public commemorations on Anzac Day the public of Merriwa and Cassilis showed that thev had not forgotten all for which the day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To-day’s Leader A Real 40 Hours Emperor Intervenes in Effort to Avoid Vietnam Civil War
Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 April 1955 · page 1
CANNES: Emperor Boo Dai acted last night to head off civil war in strife-torn South Vietnam after a day of bitter fighting in Saigon, the capital of that non-Communist Indo-China State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Temporary Relief for Soldier Settlers Suspension of Liens on Milk Cheques
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 April 1955 · page 11
Ex-Servicemen and other settlers will have payments due under assignments of March deliveries suspended in all cases where losses from floods are known to have occurred…
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