Atom War Defences In Sweden "Herald" Service
LONDON, Aug. 1.—One hundred feet below Stockholm, Swedish engineers are blasting out of granite defence headquarters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1951
681 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 35
Suggestions On War Cemetery Sought
Waratah-Mayfield R.S.L. sub-branch will ask the District Council to make suggestions on fencing the sides and back of the War…
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LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.).—British, U.S. and Canadian air chiefs are holding a five-day conference in London to seek…
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LONDON, Aug. 5. A.A.P.—The Chief of the Nazi Gestapo in Belgium and Northern France during the war, Constantin Canaris,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →India "Acted To Meet War Threat"
NEW DELHI, Aug. 5. A.A.P.—Pakistan's constant threat of jehad (holy war) in Kashmir had compelled India to take precautionary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South China War Seen As "Serious"
RANGOON, Aug, 5. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Thousands of Chinese Nationalist troops are reported to be battling Burmese Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oyster Fork Plays No Part In War
NEW YORK, August 6. — The United States Navy had indignantly denied that it has 132 million useless oyster…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Sought Against Lake Shags
Lake Macquarie Shire Advancement Committee last night decided to ask affiliated organisations to ask the Chief Secretary (Mr. C…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Hope Of Avoiding War
WASHINGTON, Wednesday (A.A.P.).—There was only a minimum of hope that the United States could avoid war…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—The number of war service homes provided for ex-servicemen increased from 428 in 1945-46 to 10,303 in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier's Pt. Smash
Three persons were hurt, one seriously, when two cars collided on the main road near Soldier's Point last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Committee Essay Contest
The Anzac Festival Committee would conduct another essay competition this year, the Secretary (Miss Grace Stafford) said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Probe Death Of War Hero
SYDNEY—Detectives are investigating the death of a World War I. hero, who was allegedly punched in the Gallipoli…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japan Plans To Rebury 660,000 War Dead
TOKIO, Tues. (From Richard Hughes) Japan is drafting plans to return to their homeland the bodies of 400,000 Japanese soldiers and 260,000 sailors buried in South Pacific jungles. In these places, Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.N. Defers Probe On War Prisoners
NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.).—The U.N. Commission decided today to postpone any further request to Russia for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Charged With Ex-Soldier's Death
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Detective lives to-night charged a 63-year-old city clerk with manslaughter, as the result of the death on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Day "Suits Men Of 2 Wars"
Anzac Day was the day of the men of World War II., as it was of the men who served in 1914-18, the Secretary of Waratah-Mayfield…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two U.S. Soldiers Accused Of Wartime Treachery
WASHINGTON, August 16. A.A.P.—The United States Defence Department yesterday accused two American ex-servicemen of having killed their officer during a "cloak and dagger" parachute mission in Italy in 1944…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Allied War Exercises
LONDON, Aug. 19. A.A.P.—The biggest and most important Allied manoeuvres since the end of the war will be held in North Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dewey's Tribute To Courage In Jungle War
HONOLULU, Aug. 19. A.A.P.—The Governor of New York (Mr. Thomas E. Dewey) to-day paid tribute to the courage of British and…
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