War pensions costs
CANBERRA, Fri.: The annual cost of £40,000 for 486 pension covering the Korean and Malayan operations was in part responsible…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1953
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Truman’s Prediction on Cold War
WASHINGTON, Fri.; president Truman predicted last night that the “cold war” would end with a “change in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First post-war coal for Japan
NEWCASTLE, Fri.: The first post-war shipments of coal to Japan will be made next week, carried by a Japanese ship, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News features for the man on the land Stock leader made future plans while still at the war
Way back in 1919 a small group of Australians, some still with the mud of Flanders clinging to their puttees and the stench of the trenches still pungent in their nostrils, decided to make use of their time while…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →U.s. Soldiers on Spying Charges
WASHINGTON, Fri.: Two former United States soldiers arrived here by air from Austria today, under guard, to face…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gift of Rams for Soldier Settlers
SYDNEY, Sun.: Applications by men on war service land settlement farms for 100 Merino flock rams from “Bundemar”…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Echuca Has Done Something About Housing Shortage 300 New Homes Since War
Following the leader which appeared in Fridayâs issue of âThe Pastoral Timesâ concerning the housing shortage, the following article which appeared in Thursdayâs âRiverine Herald,â Echuca, is of topical…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Five years’ gaol for soldiers
TOKIO, Tues.: Two Australian privates were today sentenced to four years imprisonment and dishonourable discharges from the…
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Anthony Edward Johnson, soldier, of Bandiana, pleaded guilty to charges of cutting the dome. having inefficient headlamps (two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Postponed Conference Soldier Settlement
The proposed conference between Commonwealth and State Ministers on soldier settlement finance has again [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers gooled; refused to fight
SEOUL, Sun.: The Eighth Army said yesterday that 87 men and one officer of the American 65th Regiment had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Does Egypt expect war ?
CAIRO, Mon.: The Egyptian Government yesterday published a decree under which it can proclaim…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldier stole mate’s wife, court told
SYDNEY, Tues.: A soldier had stolen another soldier’s wife when both were mates in the Army, the Divorce Court was told today…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Anzac Day Controversy
Sir,—There would have been no Anzac Day but for the returned men. It is true many returned men are not RSL members, but…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →More Japanese war brides arrive
CAIRNS, Fri.: Five Japanese war brides were among Changteâs passengers when the ship arrived at Cairns today…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Move to end “closed” Anzac Day
MELBOURNE, Sun.: The Thirty-Niners’ Association intended to campaign vigorously to end the policy of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strong foreign policy will diminish war risk
WASHINGTON, Sun.: A positive strong foreign policy will diminish the risk of war and not increase it, Mr. John Foster Dulles said in a recorded interview today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fine tribute to fallen soldiers Plaque on Howlong memorial gates
“It Is a fine tribute to men who grave their lives to see such a memorial,” said Mr. Padman, M.L.A., when opening these gates at Howlong on Sunday. All money for the erection of the gates was raised by the Howlong R.S.L. in 12 months. President of Howlong RSL,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Korean War “Maze of Politics”
SYDNEY, Tues.: The war Korea was just becoming a maze of politics, an Australian soldier said on his return to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Soldier Blocks Soon
Another batch of fifteen soldier settlement grazing blocks in the Western Division will open for applications on February 16, the…
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