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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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Britons embrace Korean soldiers

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Sun.: The Foreign Office in an official statement denied that any British subhead been prevented from…

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Atomic war-heads soon

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON. Mon.: “It won’t be long; before American war planes would be carrying atomic missiles”…

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Belts Must Be Tightened : £1000M. Budget War Danger Emphasised (From Our Special Representative.)

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Mon.: Australians will be asked to “tighten their belts” under the record Budget of £1000 million which will be introduced by the Federal Treasurer (Sir Arthur Fad den) next month…

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War in All Its Ferocity Flares Up in Korea Bitter Hand-to-hand Combat

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Tues.: Despite the fact that folks ore in progress in on attempt to bring about a cease-fire, the war in Korea erupted today in full-scale ferocity. The Communists today rushed thousands of reinforcements towards…

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Federal threat to N.S.W. on land purchases for- ex-soldiers

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 7

CANBERRA, Tues.: Unless the Government of NSW agrees to [?] value of land It resumes for soldier,…

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Fed. aid to soldier settlers only £600,000—Renshaw

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 8

LISMORE, Wed.: Of almost £19,000,000 spent on settling ex-servicemen in N.S.W., the Commonwealth Government had contributed less than £600,000, the Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshow) said today…

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Soldier Fined on Two Charges

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 9

The SM (Mr. Harvey) told Francis Mathieson, of Pascoe Vale, he should not choose a public place for a farewell parly…

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“War Just Around Corner”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 August 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Fri.: “There is grave danger of war, and the critical…

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3000 casualties in war exercises

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 August 1951 · page 2

NEW YORK, Mon.: The US Army made two weeks of war exercises so “realistic” that there were 3104 casualities including…

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War with Soviet inevitable, declares American Senator

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 August 1951 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Tues.: The opinion that all out war with the Soviet was inevitable was expressed yesterday by Senator Pat McCarran, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, when commenting on the…

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“Wholesale war within three years”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 September 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Fri.: The Federal Treasurer (Sir Arthur Fadden), when he introduces his Budget on September 26, will tell the people that Australia must prepare to meet wholesale war…

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Dangers of war great.—Menzies

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 September 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE. Sun.: Reiterating that the dangers of war were as great today as they were in 1938, the Prime…

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Increasing Number of Soldier Settlers

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 September 1951 · page 4

Increased population could only be based on increased primary production, according to the Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw)…

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Road Casualties Higher Than War Dead

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 September 1951 · page 17

SYDNEY, Wed.: “Our road casualties are greater than our war casualties,” Minister for Public Works (Mr. J.J. Cahill) said today in Martin Place officially opening Road Safely Week…

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Fantastic new weapons in Third World War

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 September 1951 · page 11

SAN FRANCISCO, Wed.: Existence of '“fantastic” new weapons that “would wipe out civilisation” in the event of an all-out war wait disclosed by Pres. Truman on the eve of the San Francisco peace…

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300 Welcome Home Destroyer

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 12

SYDNEY, Thurs.: A crowd of 300 wives, sweethearts and friends this morning welcomed the destroyer Waramanga back…

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Mathoura Mews . . . Murray Shire May Control War Memorial

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 6

PROVIDING Murray Shire Council and the citizens of the shire are agreeable, complete organisation of the proposed War Memorial building will be placed under council’s control…

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Anzac score slid hit

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 September 1951 · page 7

TOKIO, Sun.: The Australian destroyer, HMAS Anzac, one of the most modern United Nations warships in Korean waters, went…

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War with Japan Ends

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 September 1951 · page 1

Peace: San Francisco, Sun.: From the deck of the battleship Missouri in Tokio Bay six year seven days ago to the…

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New moves in “cold war”

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 September 1951 · page 5

NEW YORK, Sun.: The United States and Britain had scored great victory over Russia with the Japanese peace treaty, but…

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