Talks On Plane War On Hoppers
SYDNEY: An Agriculture Department officer today will confer with representatives of the R.A.A.F. to discuss the use of planes in the campaign against grasshoppers…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1953
565 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 29
Row Brewing In UNO Over Read War Crimes
NEW YORK, Sun. (A.A.P.)—The first round in what may be a bitter controversy over Red atrocities in Korea opens in the United Nations Assembly tomorrow. Meanwhile the U.S…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"In The Good Old Days" War Scare
In these days, when grave happenings on the other side of the world are known to us within minutes of their occurrence, we seem to be worlds apart from the Newcastle of 1862, when the "Newcastle Chronicle" came…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nazi Gas Test Kills UK Soldier
LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.)—British servicemen have been exposed to deadly war gases evolved by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Pensions
CANBERRA: The Minister for Repatriation (Senator Cooper) has announced that war pensions…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Pensions Up To-morrow
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—War pensioners would receive increased pensions front Thursday, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Veterans Need Help
It is a long time since some of the old soldiers of World War I fought side by side, but that they still have the spirit of mutual assistance is evident in one of their…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Boxing Match Warms Up Latin Cold War
BUENOS AIRES (Reuter): The "cold war" which has been quietly going on between Argentina and Uruguay in recent years became a little hotter recently—over a boxing match. A few years ago…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trades Hall To Step Up War On Comics
Newcastle Trades Hall Council will step up its campaign against undesirable comic publications and will cooperate with any other organisations working for the same objective. The council secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier's Welcome For Jap. Wife, Family
MET HIS FAMILY.—Staff Sergt. William Watts was waiting at the wharf to meet his Japanese wife Tatakako and their two children, George (2) and Marpone (three months), when they reached Sydney by the Changsha. Eleven Japanese wives of service men were in the party…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier Dies in Clash
TEL AVIV, Nov. 8. A.A.P.—An Israeli soldier was killed and another wounded in a clash between Egyptian and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Good Work In 'Hopper War
SYDNEY.—Servicemen lighting grasshoppers in the central west were preventing a threat to rich…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Cold War" Gets Colder "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—The "cold war" has settled down again to freezing point. Events immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →T.V., War And Everest In "Leaving" English
High school students sitting for the first paper in the 1953 Leaving Certificate Examination today were asked to comment on television, the slaughter of war and the conquest of Mount Everest. The paper, English…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Finns' Legacy Of War Years
HELSINKI (Reuter): After eight years of fruitless appeals to the Soviet Union, the Finns have decided that they must take on their own shoulders the immense task of ending the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Three Talks On Cold War
WASHINGTON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): U.S. official circles consider the new Bermuda conference of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Three To Plot "Cold War" Plans "Herald" Service and A.A.P.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—Topics to be discussed by the Big Three at Bermuda next month are likely to include the Far East and Middle East, as well as Germany. Diplomatic quarters in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Crimes Review
LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.). —Britain has promised to review her sentences on 100 Japanese war criminals,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Relaxing In Diphtheria War
Four cases of diphtheria reported in the Newcastle district in the past few days showed that the immunisation campaign should not be relaxed, the Government Medical Officer of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.K. Soldier In Berlin Deserts
BERLIN, Nov. 12. A.A.P.—A British soldier stationed in Berlin with the Royal Irish Fusiliers had gone to East…
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