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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Dr. Evatt Deprecates Talk of War SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 October 1949 · page 3

THE Minister for External Territories'(Dr. Evatt) tonight condemned talk about another war as being inevitable. He mentioned no one by name, but said: “It is a…

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Surplus War Goods Sold for £135 Million Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 October 1949 · page 4

ADMINISTRATIVE costs of the Diposals Commission were only a fraction of the amount realised—£135,000,000—in five years' operations, the Prime Minister said tonight in his weekly report to the nation broadcast…

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Man Critically Wounded

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 October 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.: With five bullet wounds in his body, a man was found critcally wounded in Essex st., city, late tonight…

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Flood Storm Damage Relief for Soldier Settlers

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 October 1949 · page 2

Deniliquin sub-branch of the R.S.L. has received the following circular from State headquarters: In view of the fact that soldier…

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Russian War-time Leader Dead

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 6

LONDON, Tues.: Moscow radio early today announced the death, after a long [?]llness, of Marsh[?] Fedor Ivanovich Tolbukhin,…

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M.P.’s Will See Wheat Grown by Soldier Settler

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 3

SIDNEY, Tues.: Four sheaves of wheat grown by a young soldier-settler on the Edgeroi estate, 50 miles from Narrabri, have…

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Soldier Admitted to Hospital

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 2

A soldier from No. 1 Base Workshops at Bandiana, James Wakeling, aged 20, was admitted to Albury Hospital last night suffering…

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Tito on War Danger

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 9

NEW YORK, Wed.: Marshal Tito is quoted by the New York “Post” as telling William Gaitmor in a Belgrade interview…

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Soviet Preparing for War

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Wed.: A charge that the Kremlin was “preparing for war, bat in.its own time” was made last night by lord…

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War Gratuity

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 5

The Ministry of Post War Reconstruction states that to thousands of ex-servicemen and women, March 3, 1951, will have…

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War Is Hell—but

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 2

When "kieut-General Sturdee, Chief of the Australian' General Staff, said he was certain there would be another war that nobody has any-idea how. to prevent it, he was answered in two different ways by Mr. Dedman, Minister for…

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Civil War in Greece Almost Over

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Thurs: Guerrilla warfare in Greece was almost entirely over and the United States would have to consider…

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Minister Names Two Factors Adversely Affecting Soldier Settlement ' . - SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 6

WAR service land settlement was being: adversely affected by two factors, the Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) said today. These were: A challenge in the High Court…

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Soldier's Drinking Cost Him £10

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 12

A soldier in the permanent army who pleased guilty in Albury Court yesterday to having attempted whist under the…

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“Western Democracies Prepared for War”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 October 1949 · page 9

CANBERRA, Friday: Although the world today was similar to 1938, the Western Democracies were far better prepared to meet any emergency, the…

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Dramatic Collapse OS Vic. Egg “War” MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 October 1949 · page 1

THE egg price “war” collapsed dramatically today when the Egg Board capitulated to the Government’s demands that it sell eggs at the wholesale price of 2/5 a dozen…

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Bandits Kill Four Soldiers

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 October 1949 · page 10

SINGAPORE, Fri: Four members of the Malay regiment were killed and eight wounded yesterday when bandits ambushed a military convoy 42…

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Unique War Memorial Dedicated

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 October 1949 · page 2

In spite of heavy rain which fell yesterday afternoon, the Albury Methodist Church was filled to capacity when Rev…

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US Wants German Aid in War Against Russia LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 October 1949 · page 3

A “SERIOUR rift” is opening in Germany between the United States and Britain and Franc e over dismantling of German industry and the American desire to bring Germany into the Atlantic Pact organisation, the London “Observer” declares…

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Man Fatally Wounded Clubbing Snake with Gun

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 October 1949 · page 5

WEST WYALONG, Mon: A man was killed when a single-barrelled shot-gun with which he was clubbing a snake, exploded, the charge entering his…

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