Virus Wins War on Rabbits
The Stock Inspector (Mr. A. T. Ellis) told Maitland Pastures Protection Board yesterday that he had not seen a…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1953
565 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 29
P.O.W. Exchange Pact Signed War Expected To End Soon
NEW YORK, June 8. A.A.P.—An agreement on the exchange of prisoners of war was signed in Panmunjon to-day. This removed the last major obstacle to a…
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TOKYO, June 9. A.A.P. Reuter.—An American court martial to-day found Air Fore Staff Sergeant Guisseppe…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Service Home Saving
CANBERRA, Wednesday.— About 75,000 ex-servicemen occupying war service homes will save about £200,000 from…
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HANOVER (New Hampshire), Sun. (A.A.P.) : The economic field might well be the decisive one in the cold war, Canadian Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Lester Pearson) said today. Mr. Pearson was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LETTERS To The Editor Church And War
I INVITED ("N.M.H.," 5/6/'53) Rev. E. G. Clancy to express a Christian minister's opinion on whether…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attacker 'Thrashed' by Wounded Man
DARWIN, Thursday. — A man who had been shot in the stomach had chased and caught his attacker and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldier Who Changed Sex Now Wants To Marry
NEW YORK, Thurs.: Christine Jorgensen, the American soldier who became a woman, wants to marry and settle down, though she can never have children. She told me this in an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →U.S. Losses In World War II
WASHINGTON, Sunday. (A.A.P.)—U.S. Army and Army Air Force battle casualties in World War II…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Divorced War Bride Parts With Nine-Year-Old Child
SYDNEY: A divorced Australian war bride today voluntarily parted from her nine-year-old daughter, so that she could get a good education in America. The mother, Mrs. Rose…
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TOKYO, June 21. A.A.P.-Reuter — The British Commonwealth Forces announced to-day that an Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Allied Soldiers May Have To Be Sent To Korea
LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.): The Prime Minister of Britain (Sir Winston Churchill) warned last night that more Allied troops might be needed to enforce "a policy of peace and good faith" in Korea…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clairvoyant Sees War
LISBON: A new world war "very, very soon," in which Communism will be rapidly defeated by means of atomic weapons and revolution in Russia and Iron Curtain countries…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Singapore War On Gambling
SINGAPORE: Police in Singapore are waging a ceaseless battle against illicit gambling, blamed for suicides, prostitution and robbery…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Ace At Newcastle
Former Wing Commander and Australian air ace, Mr. Clive ("Killer") Caldwell met former R.A.A.F. companions at the Air Force rooms in Newcastle last night. In this picture are (L. to R.), Rex Watson, Caldwell, Ross Richardson and John Bonner, a 71-year-old Boer War veteran and First World War airman, Ross…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Begins Fourth Year Quietly
SEOUL (Korea), Thurs. (A.A.P.): The fourth year of the Korean war opened today with hardly a shot fired. Yesterday thousands of men had struggled for mountain footholds and planes had battled in the skies…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EDITORIAL Atomic Power In War And Peace
LAST night's announcement that new atomic weapons are to be tested on the Woomera rocket range brings the reality of a new and terrible method of human…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War Grave Scope Extended
CANBERRA, Thursday. — Regulations gazetted to-day permit the Anzac Agency of the Imperial War Graves…
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SAIGON, June 26. A.A.P.—French troops are being rushed to Cambodia to prevent an uprising against French rule. Cambodia is one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →100,000 War Service Homes Built
MELBOURNE, Friday. — The 100,000th war service home to be provided by the War Service Homes Division…
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