Army Stance Causes Soldiers To Faint
LONDON. -- The military position of standing to attention is blamed by an eminent medical authority for healthy young…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mid North Coast · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1951
168 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 7 of 9
Mass for Korean War Dead
In a United Nations cemetery in Pusan, a pontifical requiem mass was celebrated recently to honor U.N. soldiers killed while resisting Communist aggression in Korea. A United Nations flag (centre) is surrounded by the flags of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital— Annual Meeting
On Saturday, 14th instant, the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital was held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers Settlers Help Build Up Primary Production
"The development of 200 acres of Murray Valley grazing land, near Mildura, by five ex-servicemen who now take £30,000 worth of vegetables…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rabbit War Opens In Spring—
A "grand attack on the rabbit" by the use of myxomatosis is planned for the spring. The Minister in charge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Red Cross Enlists Help of Newsagents Throughout State to Get New Members Election of Officers at Gloucester Branch
All newsagents throughout New South Wales had been asked by the Associated Newsagents Co-operative Limited to serve as additional enrollment centres for the Red Cross during the membership drive in August, the President of the Gloucester Red Cross Branch (Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Settlement—
A baseless report that ex-servicemen are now excluded from war service land settlement ballots if they are in permanent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Settlement— 23 Farms Acquired
State Cabinet this week approved the acquisition of a number of country properties under the provivions of the War Service Land…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tinonee Soldiers' Memorial Project Nearing Completion
Plans for Tinonee Soldiers' Memorial, to commemorate those from the town and district who gave their services in World War II, will shortly be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir John Northcott to Visit Gloucester to Lay Foundation Stone of Returned Soldiers' Hall
Advice has been received through Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, M.L.A., that His Excellency the Administrator, Sir John Northcott, will visit Gloucester on Saturday, 1st December to lay the foundation stone on the Gloucester Diggers' Hall and Club…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£800 In Hand For War Memorial
Latest contributions for the Taree Methodist Church War Memorial has brought the fund to £800. A large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Italy's Tragic Heritage From Last War
ROME. -- Death today awaits dozens, perhaps hundreds, of children in the fields and plains of Italy. It lies in the war material forgotten or abandoned by advancing and retreating armies…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →C.M.F. Enlistments at Belmore Hall on Thursday Night
Medical examination and enlistment in C Company of the 2nd Infantry Battalion, C.M.F., will be carried out at the Belmore Hall,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →World War Casualties 40 Million
WASHINGTON. -- World War II caused 40 million casualties, mostly civilians, a report issued by the United States Library…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Current Topics... Butter Famine Feared— Prices "War" Goes On
The State Government is not likely to permit the sale of Victorian butter in N.S.W. at 3/1½ a lb., it was authoratively stated last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' Hall and Club - Good Progress Being Made
Work commenced in earnest this week on the brickwork of the R.S.L. building in Denison Street, and by this morning the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Musicians Wanted for Enlistment in Australian Navy
The Deputy Director of Recruiting (Mr. C. F. Lewis) is now able to announce that special arrangements have been completed to enlist…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Soldier at War Lucky
An Australian soldier who sent back his application from Korea has won first choice of blocks in the soldier…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Service Farms Ten Properties Approved
The State Cabinet has approved the purchase of over 21,000 acres of land, in 10 country properties, for war service land settlement. The Premier (Mr. McGirr)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Us. War Dead Commemorated at St. Paul's
Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, attended the commemorative service in St. Paul's Cathedral in honour of the 28,000 men and women of the United States forces who lost their lives while based in Britain during the war…
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