Kendall Farm Approved for War Service Settlement
An area of 315 acres at Upsall's Creek, near Kendall, has been approver! for War Service Land Settlement as…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mid North Coast · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1953
165 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 9
Koreans Now Accept War As Normal, Says Serviceman
"The Koreans' reaction to war as being a normal feature of modern life is only to be expected when yen remember the recent history of the country," Lance Corporal Leo Holden told a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boer War Veteran Pleads Guilty at Taree Court
A Boer War veteran who pleaded guilty to a charge of being under the influence in Victoria Street, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Greenland Air Base An Asset in War Or Peace
The biggest secret military operation since the Normandy invasion, the now-completed Thule air base, in northern Greenland, given the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Korean Fighting Is Like World War 1
SEOUL. -- Soldiers in Korea huddled now in the cold mud of their trenches and bunkers, are fighting in very much the same way as their fathers fought from 1914 to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bulahadelah R.S.L. Honour Roll Now Completed
Next Tuesday night for the first time in its history, Bulahdelah. R.S.L. Sub-Branch will hold its annual meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Film Ban
MELBOURNE. -- A documentary film on the work of a group of scientists who investigated charges that U.S…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier Settlement Conference Again Off
The proposed conference between Commonwealth arid State Ministers on soldier settlement finance has again been postponed indefinitely, was the advice received by the N.S.W. Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No War Threat in West Europe
WASHINGTON, Tues.--In practically his last official statement, the retiring Secretary of State, Dean…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Old Soldiers Don't Forget
CASINO.--A returned soldier from World War I, Mr. T. D. McCalman, of Melbourne, is trying to locate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gift Bulls to Soldier Settlers
The Poll Shorthorn Society's bull gift scheme for returned soldier settlers would be made Commonwealth-wide,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Settlement -- More Blocks Available
Another batch of fifteen soldier settlement grazing blocks in the Western Division will open for applications on February 16, the Minister for Lands, Mr. Hawkins, has announced…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Population of One Million Since the War
CANBERRA. -- Australia's population has increased by more than a million persons since the end of the war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →M.m. to Coffs Soldier
TOKIO. -- A Coffs Harbour man has been awarded the Military Medal for gallantry during raids on Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mosquito Proved Stamina During Last War for International Air Race
The Mosquito, the most adaptable aircraft used by the Allies in World War II, has been selected by Squadron Leader Aubrey ("Titus") Oates and his expilot Flight Lieut. Douglas…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War-ravaged Pepper Fields Begin Production
From a low of four cents a pound in 1934, the wholesale price of black pepper advanced to more than 2.50…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Prisoners Of War Exchange Proposal
WASHINGTON, Sun.--The United Nations Council in Korea is making another move to secure the repatriation of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Do Not Want to Extend Korea War
CANBERRA, Tues. -- The Minister for External Affairs, Mr. R. G. Casey, said tonight that Australia did not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Widows' Rates Exemption Sought on
Kempsey Municipal Council is desirous of securing rate exemption in respect of properties owned by war widows in receipt of a pension, and has decided to ask the Minister for Local…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Korean Wounded Looked for This
Wounded diggers in Korea look forward most of all to Australian newspapers distributed by Red Cross. Red Cross hospital visitor, Miss Joan Murison,…
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