Blamey Insignia For War Museum
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Uniform, decorations and orders, baton and gold embroidered saddlecloth of the late Field Marshal Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1951
681 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 35
Budget Will Not Reduce Soldier Land
SYDNEY, Monday.—The New South Wales soldier settlement programme would not have to be reduced because the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.N. Forces' "Can Win War" In Korea Smile a Day
TOKIO, Wed. (A.A.P.-Reuter): The United Nations forces would win the Korean war on the battlefield if truce talks finally broke down, General Omar Bradley said yesterday. The Allies had enough men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soviet Protest On Soldiers' Graves
OSLO, Wed. (A.A.P.).—Russia has protested to Norway against "destroying the graves of Soviet soldiers."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theatre Takings On Anzac Day
Merewether R.S.L. sub-branch decided last night to ask that part of the takings at theatres throughout Australia on the afternoon of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →R.S.L Move On Anzac Day Entertainments
The Merewether R.S.L. want, picture theatre proprietors to allot portion of the proceeds from Anzac Day screenings to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Close To War In Oil Crisis
LONDON, Thurs.—In the past week Britain—the world generally, if it comes to that—has been treading a Persian tightwire with nervous delicacy and a certain justifiable apprehension at the sight…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Overtakes Bodyguards
PUSAN, Fri. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Hundreds of bodyguards employed by major and minor South Korean…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World Search for War Materials £18M. Spent, But £41M. In Hand
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Commonwealth Government had spent £18 million on stockpiling strategic war materials, the Minister for Supply (Mr. Beale) said to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →V.A. Inspection First Since War
On Saturday, the Honorary State Director (Mrs. P. Porter) inspected 1st and 2nd Newcastle Voluntary Aid Detachments, for the first time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"War or Peace" Campaign by Labour
LONDON, Oct. 7. A.A.P.—Labour appeared to be trying to convince the people that the single overriding issue of the British election was peace or war, Raymond Daniell said in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Films on Anzac Day Aid R.s.i
Theatres in Newcastle donated part of their Anzac Day takings to Newcastle R.S.L. sub-branch, and it was to be hoped they would…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Revolution" in Atomic War Arms
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. A.A.P.—A "revolution" was taking place in the U.S. atomic weapons programme, the atomic chief, Mr. Gordon Dean, said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Close Shooting At Anzac Range
SYDNEY, Tuesday.Victorian rifleman, Percy Pavey, won the Jamieson aggregate prize with a total of 292 at the Anzac Range…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A-Weapons Sought In Korea War
WASHINGTON, Tues. (A.A.P.): Representative William Springer (Republican) said in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prisoner Of War Camps Strafed
TOKYO. Oct. 10. A.A.P.-Reuter. —United States Shooting Star jets had strafed prisoner of war camps in North Korea 13 days ago,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ian Healy's Suburbia, This Week Bows And Arrows Helped Win World War II
Australians would have looked and laughed had Johnnie come marching home from war with a bow slung over his shoulder and a quiver of arrows jutting from his kitbag .... yet bows and arrows were used in World War II…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Koreans' Profit On War Scoop
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. A.A.P. Representative Herbert C. Bonner (Democrat, North Carolina) has accused the South Korean…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Museum To Get Whisky
LONDON, Oct. 14. A.A.P.—An Australian mother plans to bequeath a bottle of whisky to Canberra War Museum in memory of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shinwell Afraid Of New War
LONDON, M o n d a y. (A.A.P.) — The Minister for Defence (Mr. Emanuel Shinwell) said in an…
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