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The wars & local soldiers, 1950

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Thailand to Settle War Claims

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 May 1950 · page 2

BANGKOK, Friday: Thailand has officially informed the United Kingdom, Australia and India, of her agreement to settle…

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“We Are Now at War with Russia”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 May 1950 · page 3

“We are at war with Russia to-day just as much as if the guns were firing. Russia’s ‘cold war’ is as deadly as a…

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Secret Talks on War in London

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday: A secret Commonwealth conference of senior military officials, who discussed the efficiency, health…

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Henty Returned Soldiers

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 5

Mr. R. Heathcote presided at the monthly meeting of the Henty branch of the RSL. Visitors representing Yerong Creek,…

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Poor Attendance at Meeting to Form War Memorial

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 4

There was only a very small attendance at a public meeting held in the Shire Hall last Friday night to discuss the erection of…

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The War on Rabbits Further Batch of Summons Cases

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 1

THE S.M., Mr. Debenham, on Wednesday and Thursday heard a further series of simmons cases for failure to fully and continuously destroy and suppress rabbits on land in the Hay P.P. District. In each case prosecuted a fine of £5, with…

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Dissatisfied with Allocation of Blocks For soldier Settlement

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 6

When estates are acquired by the Government and subdivided for soldier settlement, are the resulting blocks allocated…

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Still Think War Is on !

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 May 1950 · page 1

TOKIO, Tues.: On a tiny island in the Mariana group, four Japanese ex-servicemen and 26 Okinawans still think…

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Local Clubs Support War Memorial

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 May 1950 · page 19

Financial support is readily coming forward for the memorial to the men and women who served in World War II…

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£81 for War Memorial

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 2

Donations to the Albury World War II Memorial fund now total £81 8/. Latest amounts received are: Beaurepaire Tyre…

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Prelate Warns That War May Be Near London

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 2

“A terrible menace hangs over civilisation before many years we may have to fight for all we hold dear,” declared the Archbishop of York (Dr. Garbett) yesterday…

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Australian Wounded in Jakarta

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 2

JAKARTA, Fri.: An Australian pilot with Garuda Indonesian Airways was shot and critically injured in a Jakarta suburb half…

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Back to Days of War!

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Fri.: Strict security precautions Will operate during the conference of the British Commonwealth Consultative Committee…

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“Britain Can Handle Malayan War” Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 1

British forces in Malaya were adequate to cope with the present terrorist threat, providing there was no outside interference, the Commissioner - General for South-East Asia (Mr Malcolm MacDonald)…

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“No War by Russia Unless Certain to Win”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 5

TORONTO, Fri: General Locius Clay, former commander of the U.S. occupation forces in Germany, said today that the…

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Jap War Criminals Released on Bail

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 2

TOKIO, Sun.: Six more Japanese war criminals will be released from the Sugamo Prison next Friday on parole, General…

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U.S., Britain to Step Up Tempo of War Against Soviet Radio New York

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 2

The United States and Britain had agreed on a dramatic new drive to counter Russian propaganda in the “cold war,“ the New York “Times” diplomatic correspondent, James Reston, reported from Washington today…

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Australian Was Shot by Indonesian Soldier Djakarta

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 5

The Indonesian Government's report to the Australian Embassy here showed that Australian airline pilot John Doderick who was shot by an Indonesian solider on Thursday, was…

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Wounded Pilot Worse

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 4

JAKARTA, Mon.: John Doderick, the Australian pilot who was wounded by an Indonesian soldier last week, suffered…

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“Soviet Winning Gold War”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 9

WASHINGTON, Mon.: The' United States is losing the “cold war” against Russia, according is Mr. John Foster…

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