Biggest Jap. Whale Fleet, Since War
TOKYO, Wednesday (AAP.-Reuter). — Japan's biggest whaling fleet since the war will sail for the Antarctic in…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1951
174 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 8 of 9
Propaganda War; But No Talks Resumption
TOKYO, Thursday (AAP.-Reuter).—Likelihood of resumption of Korean peace talks diminished further today, while…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Silences Fort in First Action
TOKYO, Sunday (AAP-Reuter). — Australian destroyer H.M.A.S. Anzac, one of the most modern U.N. warships in Korean…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"A Secret War" True Espionage Story for Broadcast
EVEN in the most fantastic spy stories of fiction, the author has not dared to allow the master brain to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enlistments in Eleven Months, Nearly 10,000
During the eleven months that he was Director of Recruiting, Lieut. Gen. Sir Edmund Herring stated nearly 11,000 men had enlisted for permanent service in the Navy, Army and Air Force…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Threat Fading
WASHINGTON, Sunday (AAP).—The military had advised mobilisation authorities that the threat of a world war…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A.i.s. War Repair Job 'Possible World Record'
What has been described as possibly an Australian record, or even a world record, was the major repair to the double armature motor driving the bloom mill at Australian Iron and Steel Ltd., Port Kembla which 1941…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Another War Twilight of Human History"
SYDNEY, Sunday. — Another war could usher in the twilight of human history Cardinal Gilroy said in St…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Combined House War[?] and Birthday Part
Friends and relatives gathered at the Fern Hill home of Mr. and Mrs. Cregan recently for a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Distinguished Soldier in Wollongong
A civic reception was tendered on Friday to Lieutenant-General Sir John Brown, K.E.E. C.B.E., D.S.O., T.D., D.L. by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →First Shots In Budget "War" Today
CANBERRA, Monday.—The Federal Opposition will launch a full-scale attack on the Government over its financial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier on Leave Accidentally Shoots Himself
A 20-years-old soldier, home on weekend leave, accidentally shot himself while rabbit shooting in the Cokeworks Paddock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Accidentally Shot While Rabbiting
A 20 years old soldier accidentally shot himself while rabbit shoo tiny in the Cokeworks Paddock, Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Damage Repairs in Britain
Hard hit by "enemy action" Britain has so far spent a thousand million pounds sterling on patching up and rebuilding. Now the bill is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rhee Says War "Almost Won"
PUSAN (Korea), Sunday (AAP).—The South Korean, President (Syngman Rhee) said yesterday that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Television in Australia! Essential for Electronic Industry Will Play Major Part in the Event of War
Committee investigating Television, [?]seas will shortly pres[?] its report. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Towradgi Soldier Killed in Action in Korea
Private Charles Roderick Sweeney, 24, of Towradgi, serving with the Australian Battalion of the U.N. forces in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Last War Just Child's Play"
LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.).—Defence Minister Shinwell, in an election speech at Eccles, in Lancashire, said he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soviet War Bride Says 'Not Kidnapped'
LONDON, Friday (AAP).—Mrs. Irene Rickifts, 29-year-old war bride of a Briton, reported in London…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anzac Back In Sydney
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The destroyer HMAS Anzac, which braved enemy fire a number of times while serving in Korea…
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