Parked Cars Destroying War Memorial Lawns
Car drivers parking their vehicles under the trees at the eastern end of Civic Park are tearing up the ground around the War Memorial. Newcastle Council some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1954
614 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 31
U.N. Praised By Dulles For Averting Third World War
WASHINGTON, Mon. (A.A.P.): America was kept out of a third world war—in Korea—by the United Nations, the State Secretary (Mr. Dulles) said today. She would have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More 'Hopper 'War' Poison
Maitland District Pastures Protection Board officers took delivery of a further 30 cwt. of poison powder yesterday. It…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New War Book To Be Published
CANBERRA, Tuesday.— The work of Australian fighting forces in Malaya and Korea will be the subject of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Non-English Jury Tries U.K. Soldier
HONGKONG, Jan. 19. A.A.P.—A jury trying an English soldier on a charge of manslaughter did not include…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Soldier Dies After Port Said Attack
PORT SAID, Wed. (AAP) —A British soldier has died of wounds after an attack by Egyptians attempting to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldier Burgled On Honeymoon
LONDON. — The honeymoon was nearly over when the bridegroom lost his money…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Wounded U.K. Soldier Dies In Egypt
PORT SAID, Jan. 20. A.A.P. —A British soldier died of wounds after an attack by Egyptians attempting to steal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Granville Crank's War Of Nerves
SYDNEY: Granville businessmen are being subjected to a war of nerves by a crank who last night made a fourth phone threat to burn premises unless £200 protection money was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Jap War Aid To China
LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.) —Lord Mancroft, a government spokesman, said in (he House of Lords…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Peace Or War Issue At Berlin Talks, Says Dulles
WASHINGTON, Thurs., (A.A.P.): The issue at the Big Four talks in Berlin would be peace or war for Europe, State Secretary Dulles warned today. The conference would…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier's Point A.L.P. Praised
Soldier's Point branch of the A.L.P. had won a distinguished place in the labour movement. Senator Arnold…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →2 Soldiers Dead In Waggon
LONDON, Jan. 21. A.A.P. —The bodies of two British soldiers were found early to day in a railway waggon in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →27,934 Enlist in Services
SYDNEY.—Enlistments in the permanent defence, forces during the present recuiting campaign total…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Shot Dead On Farm; Girl Wounded
BRISBANE, Sunday.—A 16-year-old youth was shot dead and a girl aged 15 was hit by several bullets, at a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian War Bride Murdered In America
NEW YORK, Sun. (O.S.R.).—A former navy chief petty officer confessed yesterday to the brutal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Soldiers Killed In Canal Zone
CAIRO, Mon. (A.A.P.).—Three British soldiers have been killed and seven are missing in recent attacks…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Navy War Hero In Police Clash
SYDNEY, Tuesday.âA hero of the last war pleaded "Guilty" in Central Court today to having assaulted a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"In The Good Old Days" Civil War
The U.S. Civil War was a very live issue in Newcastle and in 1865 all sorts of rumors about Newcastle coal interests helping the Southern States sea raiders were abroad. The Confederate cruiser Shenandoah was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Anzac Day March In Afternoon
Newcastle's Anzac Day march and service this year will probably be on the afternoon of Anzac Day…
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