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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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16 New Dairy Farms Soldier Settlement

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 3

Sixteen new dairy farms will be established under the war service land settlement scheme with the allocation to…

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Russia May Enter the Korean War

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 1

SEOUL, Tues.: Hopes for peace in Korea appear dim tonight with both United Nations and Communist…

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11 more estates for soldier settlement

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 15

SYDNEY, Tues: State Cabinet today approved the acquisition of 11 estates for war service land settlement…

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Awards for Korean War

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wed.: The Prime Minuter announced tonight that the King had approved the institution as of an award to be known…

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Ex-soldiers to Confer

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 16

SYDNEY, Wed.: Soldier settlers will discuss their problems at an RSL, conference, in Sydney on August 13. Twenty-four items…

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Korean War Nears End?

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 1

SEOUL, Thurs.: Agreement on an agenda for a Korean armistice conference was reached today after nearly three weeks of negotiations. Open optimism in official Washington and…

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Rabbit Threat to Soldier Settlers Work of Eradication Teams Questioned

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 3

Serious difficulties facing soldier settlers because of rabbit infestation, and the difficulty and cost of getting wire netting,…

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Army Enlistments on Increase

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 9

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Enlistments for the permanent forces had sharply increased during the last week, the deputy Director…

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“War Danger” in India

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 10

LONDON, Mon: It was “sheer madness” for [?] to talk of war, declared the Indian Prime Minister (Mr [?]) when…

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“All-out War Danger Continuing”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 14

WASHINGTON, Mon.: The likelihood of all-out war is continuing and from the viewpoint of the enemy’s build-up it is…

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Finley Properties for Soldier Settlement

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 3

State Cabinet has approved the acquisition of a number of comity properties under the provisions of the War Service…

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Naughton Estate for Soldier Settlement

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 1

The Minister for the Interior, Mr. W. S. Kent Hughes, has advised Mr. Hugh S. Roberton, M.H.R. for Riverina, that he…

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P. M. closes anti-inflation talks with war warning “Only by Pooling Efforts Can Problem Be Solved”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues. : The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said tonight that he believed the danger of war in the world today was “as grievous as any danger that we have looked at short of actual war in our lifetime.” Mr. Menzies was making his closing address at the two-day…

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Gun-stealing soldier must stay in gaol

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 August 1951 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Tues.: An appeal by a soldier against his conviction and sentence of two months’ imprisonment for…

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“Third world war on at any moment”

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wed.: Army Secretary Frank Race, according to a United Press report here, told a closed session of the Senate Military Spending Subcommittee this week that a Russian attack on Iran or…

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Gearing Country for War

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 15

CANBERRA, Thurs.: Issue of new capital Issues regulations which he described as “necessary part of the…

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20 years for Nazi war criminal

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 1

BRUSSELS, Sun.: A Belgian court yesterday sentenced Constantin Canaris, war-time chief of the Nazi Gestapo in…

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Red’s “Warning” to Allies If War Goes on

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Sun.: Gen. Peng Teh Huai, commander of the Chinese “volunteers” in Korea, declared today in a statement quoted by Tass, the Russian news-agency, that the war situation would not be to the…

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British soldier seized by Russians

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 2

BERLIN, Sun.: British Army officers in Berlin made a garrison roll call yesterday after eye-witness’ reports that Soviet…

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