Miners Demonstrate Againse Use of Soldiers
SYDNEY, Sun.: Over 500 miners travelled from Cessnock and Karri to attend a demonstration at Minmi against the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murray · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1949
576 stories in Murray's papers · page 18 of 29
Believes War Near
BOLOGNA, Mon.: Italy’s former Foreign Minister, Signor Pietro Nenni, leader of the Pro-Communist…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Europe’s Preparations for Third Big War
LONDON, Mon.: Only piecemeal Information on European requests for arms aid from the United States has been revealed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Soldiers Win 7000 Tons Of Coal From Open Cuts SYDNEY
ARMY and Air Force labor produced more than 7000 tons of coal in their first day’s operation in New South Wales open cut mines Most of this coal is now on its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wharfies, Police, Soldiers, Civilians in Wild Riot 16 Arrests Made Before Disorder Quelled Sydney
A RIOT involving 1500 wharf laborers, at least 200 policemen, a few soldiers and hundreds of civilians which took place right in the heart of the city at the congested peak period of 1.15 today, resulted in 16 arrests…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lorry Drivers Lose Jobs to Soldiers
SYDNEY, Tues.: The Road Transport Workers’ Union has asked the Federal Government to allow drivers of vehicles taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Strike “Modern War of Roses”
MELBOURNE, Wed: The coal strike, was an internecine struggle between two contending Socialist parties, who were engaged in a civil war for power…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldier Who Allegedly Doctored Soup Thought It Would Act As Laxative! Melbourne
SOUP intended for soldiers at Puckapunyal camp last week-end contained sufficient corrosive poison to kill 100 men, police alleged to-day. A sergeant who tasted the soup immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers May Be Used in Underground Mines Sydney
A SURVEY of at least 10 mechanised underground mines on the N.S.W. coalfields is being made by the Federal Government, which is considering using Army labor to work them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Long Bus Ride For Soldiers
“I think we will frighten the miners back to work,” said a soldier who arrived in Albury by train from Seymour…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers To Work Eight Underground Mines SYDNEY
THE date for working eight mechanised underground mines by Army labor is expected to be fixed in Canberra on Tuesday by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) and the Minister for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrible Legacy of the War
ROME,- Sun.: Thirteen million Continental children lost one 01 both parents through the war, according to a survey by the UNO…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: Mr Harry Ching said today that a widely held belief in China, was that a third world war was necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Talks in Paris with U.s. Leaders
PARIS, Sun.: United States, Belgian, Dutch and Portuguese Chiefs of Staff began military talks yesterday morning in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Moscow Paper’s War Preparations Charge Against Australia London
THE Soviet Navy newspaper, “Red Fleet,” said plans by “certain expansionist circles” for the creation of a “Pacific Pact” as appendable to the Atlantic Treaty assigned quite an important role to the Australian Government.” The Australian Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warns on Employing Soldiers Underground SYDNEY
A MINER of 30 years standing told a Communist meeting in the Domain to-day that if soldiers went down to work underground mines most of them would be carried out as casualties…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Peace or War?
Now that Russia is reported to have the atomic bomb, it becomes an interesting speculation as to whether there will in future be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hay War Memorial High School Leaving Certificates to Hand
Candidates who sat for the Leaving Certificate at the Hay War Memorial High School last year will be pleased to learn that the official…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jewish Ex-soldiers Demand Jobs
TEL AVIV, Monday: Jewish military police and Jewish ex-soldiers, mostly from Morocco, clashed in the streets of Tel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Widows of 1914-18 to Get Repatriation Benefits
MELBOURNE, Tues.: The Minister for Repatriation (Mr Barnard) told the Returned Soldiers’ League conference today that war…
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