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The wars & local soldiers, 1948

562 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 29

Wreaths for All War Graves

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday : The Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen has arranged for wreaths to be laid on all war graves…

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The Way to Win Without War

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 4

The answer to the Communist political programme is neither war nor appeasement, but a dynamic, democratic political programme at…

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First Post-war Jap. Ship to Be Launched Shortly

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 8

TOKIO, Wed-: The first post-war Japanese steel-built ship for export will be launched on August 21, General MacArthur’s…

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War Dead Remembered

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday : Four hundred people gathered about the Cenotaph this afternoon to pay tribute to the war dead of World…

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Russian Armed Force Ready for War

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 3

MOSCOW, Sun.: “Pravda” today declared that the Soviet armed forces were being kept in a state of readiness in view…

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War Widow Awaits Death with Joy Perth

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 1

THE building of a garden at her parents’ goldfield home as her memorial is the ambition of a…

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Egyptian Govt. Rejects Proposals For Peace Talks Israel May Go to War Again London

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 3

THE Egyptian Government had notified United Nations Mediator (Count Folke Bernadotte) that it had rejected the Israeli proposal for direct Arab-Jew peace talks,…

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The Way to Win Without War

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 3

The answer to the Communist political programme is neither war nor appeasement, but a dynamic, democratic political programme at home…

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War Service Saved Man From Gaol

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Mr Jackson, PM, told a defendant on a larceny charge in the City Court today that he would have been…

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All-out War Ordered on Sydney Thugs Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 1

FOLLOWING the vicious attack on two men and their wives near police headquarters on Saturday night, the Police Commissioner (Mr Scott) has ordered an all-out war on thugs in the metropolitan…

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Desertions Are Crippling Russian Army In Germany, Paper Asserts “Could Not Fight War at Present” London

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 1

DESERTIONS among Soviet troops in Berlin were rising steadily and whole units, particularly on the zonal frontier, had become so unreliable that they were sent back to Russia,…

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“Monty” Warns Britain — No Breathing Space in Next War Must Have Army, He Declares London

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 August 1948 · page 1

“WE cannot hope for a breathing space as in 1939 at the outbreak of another world conflict,” said Field-Marshal Lord Montgomery appealing for Army recruits at Blackpool to-day,…

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Russia Ready for War

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 1

The Moscow newspaper "Pravda," stated that Soviet armed forces are being kept in a state of readiness in view of the…

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Henty Wins War Loan Honor Pennant

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 3

By more than doubling its quota ot £8000 for the Fifth Security Loan, which closed in May last, Henty has received another honor pennant. The…

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Hay War Memorial High School Parents and Citizens' Association

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 2

Approval has been given for the payment of subsidy to the school bus service, amounting to 24/9 per school day, it was announced at…

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An Uneasy Lull in Malaya’s Jungle War Singapore

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 1

AN uneasy Iull developed in Malaya’s guerrilla warfare to-day, although sporadic clashes were reported throughout the country, states A.A.P. Reuter correspondent…

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Jemalong Soldier Settlement Blocks Adequacy of Size Questioned

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 4

Doubt whether the size of the blocks was adequate was expressed in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. W. A. Chaffey (CP,…

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Criminal Soldiers Returned Home

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.: Three Australian soldiers who were sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment for robbing Japanese…

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War Memorial

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 3

There was an attendance of over thirty residents at the public meeting on Tuesday evening of last week, called to discuss a proposed War…

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“No War Over Snowy Diversion”

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 3

“In his statement published in the ‘Mail’ on Monday, president of the Murrumbidgee Valley Water Users’ Association (Mr…

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