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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
681 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 35
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Australia's defence preparations must be based on realisation of the danger of another great war, Mr. Menzies said in his policy speech to-night. If war came, it would unquestionably be produced by Communist aggression…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—There would be no general reserved occupations in the next war to allow men to escape their obligations, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY.—Eleven wounded soldiers from Korea arrived by plane in Sydney today. They were—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two services would be held at the memorial in Rawson Park, Stockton, on Anzac Day, the Secretary of the R.S.L. sub-branch…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boolaroo and Speers Point combined Returned Soldiers' Leagues will hold a dawn service at 5 a.m. on Anzac Day in the park near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE. — Electors will get an extra day's relief from the ear-pounding of radio broadcasts this election…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WASHINGTON, Wed. (A.A.P.-Reuter): Speaker Sam Rayburn told the House of Representatives today that non-Chinese troops were assembling in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WASHINGTON, April 5. A.A.P. — The Speaker of the House of Representatives (Mr. Rayburn) was to-day accused of having raised a bogus crisis about the massing of troops in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Thursday. — A man who had obtained money by false pretences from a sick returned soldier was described by Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More than 500 ex-servicemen and 160 troops will march to Sandgate War Cemetery for the Anzac commemoration service to-morrow, when the Governor, Lieut.-General Sir John Northcott, will unveil this memorial cross. The commemoration has been arranged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Sat. (O.S.R.).—A newspaper advertiser offering a £10 reward for the return of an "elderly umbrella" began a friendly dispute in "The Times" on brollies and pedigrees which produced some astonishing revelations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TOKIO, Sat. (A.A.P.-Reuter). —General MacArthur's headquarters announced yesterday that seven more…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LOS NEGROS, April 6. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Four members of one Australian War Crimes section left Manus Island to-day by air on their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wickham - Carrington R.S.L. last night completed its arrangements for an Anzac service to be held at Carrington…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Top left: The Governor (Lieut General Sir John Northcott) presents the Braye Shield to Lieut. C. J. McDonald, who received it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →TOKYO, April 8. A.A.P.-Reuter.—There could be no end in sight to the Korean war under present military conditions unless there was a political settlement, the Eighth Army…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY: Neither the United Nations nor the Australian Parliament had authorised a military campaign covering the whole territory of North Korea and involving interminable warfare against China, the Deputy Federal Opposition Leader (Dr. Evatt) said today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The body of a young soldier, cut in half by a train, was found on a railway track near Broadmeadows…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Anzac Day march route in Newcastle will be altered, and recorded martial music will be used to aid marchers this year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fay O'Connor, 18, of Repton, North Coast, who was shot in the abdomen by a 22 calibre bullet on Sunday afternoon, is in a serious…
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