EDITORIAL Victories In The War Against Rabbits
BECAUSE Australia's prosperity largely depends on wool — it provided more than half the income from all exports last year—anything that materially affects…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1953
565 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 29
Porter Wounded In Attack
LONDON: George Bell, 71, night porter at the Salvation Army hostel, Buckingham Gate, Westminster…
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CANBERRA, Monday.—The United Nations and British Korea medals were available from the Central Army…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The likelihood of a third world war in the immediate future had greatly diminished, the…
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When things were going well a country tended to forget its debt to servicemen's widows and children, Major-General I. N. Dougherty said yesterday…
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BONN, Wed. (A.A.P.)—The three Western Allied High Commissioners yesterday ordered…
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SYDNEY: The Waterside Workers' Federation warned the Federal Government today that serious industrial trouble could develop on the Australian waterfront over the Government's decision to use troops at the…
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FRANKFURT: European refugees who have made good in the U.S. are coming back to Europe again in an increasing flow, but not to stay…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A clothing manufacturer told Central Court to-day that he was assaulted and robbed by…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday (A.A.P.).—A DC3 airliner carrying 19 soldiers and crew of two crashed…
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SYDNEY: An Australian soldier who treated his own gangrenous wounds while a prisoner of the Chinese Communists in Korea returned home today by Qantas plane from Japan…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge Collapse Kills 18 Soldiers
NEW YORK, Wednesday (A.A.P.). — A pontoon bridge collapsed today and plunged at least 18…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →News From The Film Capitals Haymes Says He Tried To Enlist Twice Hollywood Letter
If you can follow or untangle the recent Dick Haymes-Nora Eddington-Joanne Dru-Rita Hayworth situation, you should apply for a job with the F.B.I. According to latest…
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TOKIO: When Max Meyers left the 26th Infantry Scout Dog Platoon in Korea last December he left behind a good friend. This was Stark, the dog…
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PANMUNJON. Sept. 6. A.A.P. Renter.—The Communists returned 123 United Nations prisoners of war to-day —the last day of operation "big switch."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Data Obtained For Arctic War
ZERMATT (Switzerland): Data expected to be useful in Arctic warfare has been collected by six young, British and U.S. geologists on the great Monte Rosa glacier near here…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →"Knives In Night" Story Of Korean War Small Ships
TOKIO (O.S.R.) : The Korean military armistice has at least temporarily ended a story of knives in the night and of small boats slipping through dark channels…
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HIGH SOLDIER. Lance; Corporal Peter Martin, of Middlesex (Eng.), at 6ft. 8in. is the tallest…
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SEOUL, Sept. 10. A-A.P.-Reuter.—Poland is preparing for war, according to a Polish interpreter who sought political asylum yesterday…
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CANBERRA, Thursday. —The Governor-General (Sir William Slim) has agreed to unveil memorials to the…
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