Parade Ground Boer War Veterans May Form Honour Guard
Boer War veterans may form a guard of honour for the Governor-General (Sir William Slim) and Lady Slim when they visit Newcastle in August. The Lord Mayor (Ald…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1954
614 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 31
World War II Stragglers
MANILA, May 9. A.A.P. —A Philippine Army patrol reported that it killed a Japanese World War II straggler…
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SYDNEY, Monday.— The Australian R.S.L. delegation of 43 ex-servicemen who took part in the Anzac Day…
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PARIS, Tues. (A.A.P.): The French Government yesterday postponed the premiere of the Soviet…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trabert Fails In Tennis 'Nerve War'
ROME, Tues. (A.A.P.).—Argentinian Enrique Morea beat Tony Trabert, U.S. No. 1 seed, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Color "War" In Tokio
TOKIO, Wed. (O.S.R.)—Despite protests from males, Tokio women are turning into redheads and…
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SEOUL, May 11. A.A.P.-Reuter. —The South Korean police to-day arrested a nine-man smuggling ring which had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gary Cooper Wounded In Battle Scene
MEXICO CITY, May 12. A.A.P. — The actor, Gary Cooper, suffered serious powder burns when he was "shot"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£20m. A Year For Malayan War
LONDON, Thurs. (AAP)—The campaign against the Communist guerrillas in [?]alaya is costing about…
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GENEVA, May 16. A.A.P. —France and the United States have protested to the Soviet Union about alleged…
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WASHINGTON, May 16. A.A.P.—The United States to-day accused the Soviet of responsibility for the Korean war. It claimed up to 20,000 Soviet troops were on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →200,000 Homes Built Since War
OSLO, (Reuter).—Some 200.000 new homes have been built in Norway since the end of World War II…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Hit-run 'War' by Police
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — "War" on hit-run drivers was declared to-day by the Chief of the C.I.B. (Superintendent Ramus) and the Superintendent of Traffic (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →'Tiger's' Claim On Indo-China War
NEW YORK (O.S.R.): Major General Claire Chennault, leader of the "Flying Tigers" of World War II, declares that the atom-bomb should have been dropped on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Metal Award Varied "Guerilla War" Accusation
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Metal Trades Unions had attempted industrial guerilla warfare at Hadfield's Steel Works, Mr. J. M. Galvin, Federal Conciliation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rebels To Free More Wounded
HANOI, May 24. A.A.P. — The French Command announced to-day that the Communist-led Vietminh had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Monty Says Soviet Is Ready For War
PARIS, Tues. (A.A.P.): Russia is strong enough to wage atomic, chemical and biological war. She has six-million troops in "a high state of readiness," while almost all…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Feared in Latin America
NEW YORK, May 25. A.A.P. — War between Honduras and Guatemala appeared imminent, said the Chicago "Tribune" quoting a dispatch from Tegucigalpa (Hon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hostels Plan For Aged War Widows
Work on hostels for aged war widows had begun in Melbourne as part of a national project by the War Widows'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →U.S.A. "Will Not Go To War Alone"
WASHINGTON, Tues. (A.A.P.)—The United States will not enter the Indo-China war alone, but only with other nations "having an…
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