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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
641 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 33
GENEVA, Thurs. (O.S.R.): A campaign against dirt which makes the first year of a baby's life "a far more dangerous adventure than the dropping of atom-bombs" is being planned on an international basis by the World Health Organisation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—According to a recent ruling of the Commonwealth Taxation Board of Review, tens of thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The U.S. Secretary of State (Mr. Acheson) said today that guerrilla warfare in Greece Was almost entirely over and the U.S. would have to consider reducing its military aid…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Newcastle District State Councillor of the R.S.L. (Mr. Norman Braye) today asked all ex-servicemen to take part in the march from Civic Park to the Cenotaph outside Newcastle Post Office for the Remembrance Day service on Sunday, Nov 6…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Over a glass of beer at Greta Migrant Centre they met one night recently—a former Hungarian General and a former Russian Colonel. Once enemies, they are now firm friends. As they talked of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WASHINGTON, Monday (A.A.P.).—Australia may get a minor dollar windfall from the sale of unidentified Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. A.A.P.—Amid hush-hush secrecy, measures authorising the start of a programme to test fantastic war weapons was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, Oct. 25. A.A.P.—A man who ran amuck with a gun it Waterford (Michigan) last night said before he began his shooting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Tuesday.—A criticism that No. 1 War Pensions Appeal Tribunal, which went out of existence in July, 1948, left…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Chief of the General Staff (Lieut-General Sturdee) to-day described as "utter nonsense" the report that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WASHINGTON, Wed. (A.A.P.): Major-General Anthony McAuliffe, chief of the Army Medical Corps,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →CANBERRA: Labor has decided to abandon its bank nationalisation plans by direct methods…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON.—Two young soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded as they were examining a disused tank at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →They were taking part in field exercises, which included setting up hospital marquees, operating an advanced casualty…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SINGAPORE, Fri. (A.A.P.-Reuter): The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by a British sergeant against his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DEARER PETROL, observers predict, is about to precipitate Australia's biggest war yet in air fares…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY.—A 17-year-old girl who said she had quarrelled with a boy friend was taken to hospital last evening with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Australia was particularly vulnerable to sabotage by means of bacteria, Dr. Lloyd Ring Coleman told the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The bitter inter-service dispute in the United States, culminating in the dismissal of Admiral Denfeld, Chief of Naval…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — A man found crawling outside the casualty ward of Royal Melbourne Hospital, in heavy rain to-night,…
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