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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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Mosquitoes Latest Allies in Rabbit War

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 1

Mosquitoes are spreading myxomatosis among rabbits in the Murray Valley a C.S.I.R.O. report states. This opens up the possibility of the…

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Soldier Settlers Repaid £360,000 in Two Months

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.: During November and December soldier settlers repaid £360,000 of the advances made to them, the Minister for…

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Greatest Air Battle of Korean War (A.A.P.-Reuter) South Korea, Tues

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 3

American Thunder Jets today shot down four Communist M.l.G. 15 jets, probably destroyed another, and damaged several others over Sinuiju…

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TALLANGATTA Welcome Home

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 7

An evening was spent at the home of Mr and Mrs Keith Maddock, Bolga, when 100 relations and friends gathered to welcome…

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War Gratuities

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 2

Ex-servicemen and women are reminded that if they desire to secure their War Gratuities by 3rd March, they must, fill in a form…

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Korean War U.N. Troops Capture Yongwol (A.A.P.-Reuter)SOUTH KOREA, Wed

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 3

U.N. troops, strongly supported by war planes and artillery, captured Yongwol today from fleeing Communists. Other front line reports…

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War Service Land Settlement at Humula

The Observer · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 3

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) said this week that a war service land settlement farm that had been withheld from settlement in July, 1948,…

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Soldier Settlers Pay Up

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 1

Soldier settlers, during November and December, repaid £360,000 of the advances made to them. The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw)…

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Wounded in Malaya; in Hospital Here

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 18

SYDNEY, Fri.: An Englishman, wounded in an ambush on a rubber plantation by bandits in Malaya, was taken to Royal Prince…

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Soldier Settlement Repayments

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 1

Soldier settlers, during November and December, repaid [?],860,000 of the advances made to them. The Minister for Lands (Mr…

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“Steering Germany Into War”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 15

BERLIN, Tues.: East German Premier, Otto Grotewohl, addressing a special session of the Soviet Parliament today, said…

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Korean War 8th Army in Fierce Fighting (A-A.P.-Reuter),SOUTH KOREA

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 15

Fierce fighting raged as Eighth Army units struck strongly today against fortified Chinese Communist defence positions five to seven miles north-west of Suwon…

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Two Soldiers Killed

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tues.: When their motor cycle crashed after failing; take a bend in the Esplanade, Mornington, today, two soldiers of;…

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Girl’s Allegations Against Soldier

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thurs.: A 16-year old girl said at Redfern Court today that a soldier charged with having attempted to murder her…

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North Korean Commander Killed in Action

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 3

TOKIO, Fri.: North Korean Radio at Pyongyang today announced that North Korea’s Commanding General and…

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Newsprint As War Material?

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 14

OTTAWA, Sunday: The French Premier, M. Rene Pleven, urged North Atlantic Pact nations yesterday to…

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War May Extend to China

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 3

LAKE SUCCESS, Sun.: Communist China’s flat rejection of the United Nations’ latest offer to negotiate peace…

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Big Air-lift of Wounded

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 10

SYDNEY, Mon.: Padre Scott, of Sydney, who was with 77 Squadron, RAAF, said today that the air evacuation of wounded from…

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The Korean War

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 3

Recent cable news concerning operations in the Korean war zone is very disquieting and seems to indicate that the Korean and…

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War Memorial Committee Back to Week Suggested to Raise Funds

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 3

A largely attended meeting of War Memorial Committee was held on Thursday afternoon last, the President (Cr. A. F. Crockett) in the…

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