Our Soldiers May Wear Jap. Khaki
CANBERRA, Thurs. : Australia is inquiring in Japan for a supply of khaki drill material for the forces…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1950
746 stories in Murray's papers · page 26 of 38
Young Soldier Settlers Fined £10 Each
Donald James Chaplin, a young soldier settler en Warragoon estate, was lined £10 at the Court of Petty Sessions On…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Pre-War Level of Prices Has Gone Forever” MELBOURNE
The July-August “Review” of the Institute of Public Affairs of Victoria says that the popular clamor to put value bock in the £1 grows louder as the months go by. “What does this mean when it is closely examined? It cannot surely mean restoring the value of the £1 and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Huge Expenditure on War by U.s
WASHINGTON, Sun.: An emergency bill totalling 16,771.384,479 dollars (£A7,487,091,285) to help rearm the United States and its…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Huks Kill 75 and Wound Scores in Night Raids Oppose Philippines’ Entry Into Korean War MANILA
Five thousand Hukbalahaps, shouting opposition to the entry of the Philippines into the Korean war, Killed 75 persons and wounded scores in terror raids in 11 central Luzon towns…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers to Free Kidnapped Girl
ATHENS, Sun.: Greek soldiers were ordered last night to free a kidnapped Cretan girl from her lover…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jap Khaki for Our Soldiers
TOKIO, Sun.: Australia will buy 200,000 yards of khaki drill from Japan at about 47 cents a yard, according to Jiji Newsagency…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →“43,000 U.n. Soldiers Knocked Out”
PRAGUE, Sun.: The North Korean Prime Minister (Mr Kim Ir sen). claimed today that his army by mid-August had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Envoy Opposes Dropping of Atomic Bombs on Russia to Prevent War WASHINGTON
America's special ambassador (Dr. PhilIip Jessup) last night declared that if the United States opened war and dropped atomic bombs on Russia, the result would be “terribly difficult…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WALWA Welcome Home
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jeffries have returned from their honeymoon and a large gathering of relatives and friends from Albury, Burrowye, Mt. Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boy Critically Wounded
SYDNEY, Tues.: Wounded Today by a shot from a pea [?] Colin Downed, 12, is in a serious condition in the Tweed District…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thinks War Will Extend Beyond Christmas
TOKIO, Tues.: Commander of the United States Seventh Fleet, Vice-Admiral Struble, told a United Press correspondent today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Elopement May Lead to Civil War
HERAKLION (Crete), Tues.: Two hundred armed mountaineers, the descendants of Cretan pirates, yesterday offered to protect the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bishop Discusses War in Korea, Christianity, and Communism’s Challenge WANGARATTA
Addressing today’s Synod of the Diocese of Wangaratta, Bishop Armour, in his presidential address, referred to the war in Korea. “Korea may seem a small area, compared with the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Warning to Ex-soldiers on Land
SYDNEY, Tues.: A warning to ex-servicemen that there were “very definite instructions” on the outright transfer of farms…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Spring Clean for Soldiers’ Memorial
BENALLA, Tues. : The Soldiers' Memorial at the entrance to the gardens will shortly have a “spring clean” following a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Israel-jordan Tension Follows Soldiers’ Deaths
TEL AVIV, Tues.: Israeli military units have been withdrawn from the mixed Israel-Jordan frontier patrols set up by the Mixed…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Korean War Reds Fail to Pincer Pohang TOKIO
AAP-Reuter: The North Koreans battled fiercely to squeeze their pincers around Pohang today, but they failed to meet their High Command’s deadline for the capture of the east…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Veterans' Home and Art Union Appreciated by R.S.L.
The following resolution was carried unanimously at the State Congress of the R.S.L. held in Sydney last week:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girl Marries Kidnapper- Lover; Civil War Threat Over
HERAKLION (Crete), Sun.: Beautiful. 22 year Thassouia Petrakoghiorghis, whose abduction brought Crete to the…
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