Blood bank against atomic war suggested
CANBERRA, Wed.: A proposal that the Commonwealth Department of Health should, build up a blood bank against possible atomic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murray · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1954
457 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 23
Preparations to meet atom war inadequate, says M.H.R.
CANBERRA, Wed.: The Governmentâs scale of preparations to meet the threat of atomic warfare was inadequate, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →War talk by Mr. Casey in Washington to-day
WASHINGTON, Fri.: General problems concerning Pacific strategy in the light of recent developments in that troubled area are expected to be discussed by Australian Foreign Minister Richard Casey in talks here later…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British soldiers sentenced to death for murder
VIENNA, Sun.: Two British soldiers were yesterday sentenced to death by o court-martial in Vienna for the murder of an Austrian merchant, Armin Schwab, during a drunken shooting spree in Vienna on June 2…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →27,000 French soldiers missing
SAIGON, Sun.: The Vietminh Communists had returned or accounted for fewer than one-third of the French troops listed as…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →H-bomb seen as deterrent to war
BRISBANE, Mon.: The threat of World War It was not very great, âbecause the hydrogen bomb has cancelled it out on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Western Lands for Soldiers
Over 723,000 acres of grazing land in the Western Division will be thrown open for application late in September under the war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wounded shopbreaker sentenced
MELBOURNE, Tues.: Two shopbrakers, one of whom was shot by a night watchman, were each sentenced in General…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Soldier for trial on a charge of murder
SYDNEY, Tues.: A woman, whose unrobed body was found in a city residential, was dangerously under the influence of liquor at the time of her death, the City Coroner (Mr. McNamara) was told today. Mr. McNamara was…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A-war Manoeuvres
SENNELAGER(Germany), Wed.: The largest NATO manoeuvres in Germany since the war will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Service Home director hits at “pressure groups”
CANBERRA, Wed.: Pressure groups ore forcing some of the good builders undertaking War Service homes construction to discontinue building under the Act. These group resulted in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Memorial Day at Golf Club Next Saturday All Invited
Arrangements are well in hand for next Saturday's War Memorial Day to be conducted by the Jerilderie Golf…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Broughshane" Soldier Settlers
The Minister for Lands, Mr. Hawkins has announced that seven ex-servicemen have bean settled on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Civil war fears in Vietnam
LONDON, Thurs. : Reliable reports from Saigon of chaos in the handling of refugees from Northern Vietnam coincide with fears…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Albury Scouts to “Join Battle” with Mosquitoes Will wage war to death with pest in city
It is going to be war to the death for mosquitoes in Albury this summer when âOperation Mosquitoâ gets under way. Senior Scouts are going…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →“Second World War a ‘picnic’ compared with next conflict”: Slessor
SYDNEY, Sun.: The last world war would be regarded as a âpicnicâ if another started, Marshal of the R.A.F. (Sir John Slessor) said tonight. People must beware of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Soldier Found Shot Dead
ADELAIDE, Tues.: Allen Howard Gordon, soldier, of Hampstead barracks, near Adelaide, was found dead in his bed at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Golf Day Netts £258 for War Memorial
The Memorial Day at Jerilderie Golf Cub last Saturday, sponsored, by the Golf Club and R.S.L., resulted in a nett…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Settlement
At the present rate of progress in New South Wales it would take 160 years to settle on the land the 16,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal Soldier Settlement Aid
The Commonwealth Government has submitted a modified scheme to help the principal States of NSW, Queensland and…
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