British War Ships "Ready In Far East"
HONGKONG, Thurs.— The First Lord of the Admiralty, (Mr. J. P. L. Thomas) said on arrival…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Illawarra · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1954
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China's Premier warns— War risk if Formosa not "liberated"
HONG KONG, Thurs.— Every day that Formosa was not liberated was a day that peace in the Far East could not be guaranteed, the Communist Premier, (Chou En-Lai) said today. He said Formosa must be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese Girls More Beautiful Than in Pre-war Days
TOKYO, By Airmail (AAP-Reuter) Madame Butterfly would not be among the first six if she entered a beauty competition in modern Japan. That is the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lovely Table Decorations At Soldiers' Club Ball
Arum lilies used lavishly for the first time this season at a big Wollongong ball, effectively helped to decorate the Soldiers' Memorial Hall for the Soldiers' Club President's Ball on September 24…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Music, Literary Competition
Once the winning entry in the lyrical poem competition organised by the Anzac Week Festival Committee…
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The Anzac Festival Committee announces the schedule of competitions in connection with the Anzac Week Festival 1955-5, and many enquiries are being received. The first of these, a lyrical…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →British M.P.: "Russia Won't Risk War"
LONDON, Mon.—The Russian Government did not want war and would be "careful not to get into a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1939-'45 War Memorial
Mr. Smith stated that the Wollongong R.S.L., North., Wollongong Surf Clubs, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Olympic Pool As War Memorial
To commemorate the services of those who served their country in the 1939-45 World War from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Repatriation Commission Defies Legislation On War Pensions:—RSL Pres
CANBERRA, Mon.—The Commonwealth Repatriation Commission was defying Government legislation in dealing with war pensions, New South…
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Secretary of the Wollongong Welsh Society (Mr. Frank Williams) and Mrs. Williams, together with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Over 500,000 Houses Erected Since War
CANBERRA, Sun.— More than half million houses have been built throughout Australia since the war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →First of Seven Chief War Criminals Free
BERLIN, Sun.—Von Neurath, former German Foreign Minister freed from Spandau Prison yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Three
Type: Army drama. Starring: Stewart Granger, Walter Pidgeon, David Niven and Greta Gynt…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Welcome Home
On the 5th November the ladies of the Kiama Hospital Auxiliary entertained Miss A. V. P. Maguire (Matron) at a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Support Sought On War Memorial Olympic Pool
A proposal for the construction of an olympic swimming pool in Lang Park as a World War II Memorial wild be placed before the Wollongong City Council at an early date by the War Memorial Pool Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.s. Soldiers Held German's Thresh
KAISERLAUTERN, (West Germany) — United States soldiers volunteered to help thresh seed at a farm near…
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SEATTLE,(Washington), Sun. — The United States should now be supplying "fringe nations": with mass…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Freed On Charge Of Murder
SYDNEY, Thurs. - A young soldier, Donald Motbey, 23, was acquitted by a Central Criminal Court…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Red Chinese Release Canadian War Pilot
HONG KONG, Sun.—Chinese authorities today released a Canadian pilot they had held prisoner for two years…
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