War On Liquor Angers French
PARIS, Nov. 12. A.A.P.—M. Mendes-France, who became the toast of France by ending the Indo-China war, was fast losing his popularity yesterday…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1954
614 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 31
Civil War Veteran Now 112
FRANKLIN (Texas), Nov. 15. A.A.P.—Mr. Walter Williams, almost blind, could not see the cake honouring his…
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TRIPOLI, Nov. 15. Reuter —British soldiers stationed in Libya had Joined with Libyan authorities to aid areas…
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WASHINGTON, Tues. (A.A.P.): If Red China attacked Formosa, America would go to war, said the State Secretary (Mr. Dulles) yesterday…
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UNITED NATIONS (O.S.R.): The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Henry Cabot Lodge, jr., says in the current issue of "Colliers" magazine that the United Nations is the most important barrier to a third world war…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Commonwealth contribution to soldier settlement was "paltry,' the Minister for Lands (Mr…
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BERLIN. — Six Communist policemen sprang out of bushes as American Sergeant Archie…
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White his mates were describing him in a few broad meaningful sentences the…
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ATHENS (Reuter).—Bulgarian experts will come to Athens next month to discuss the…
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TAIPEH, Nov. 21. A.A.P.-Reuter. — the "vest pocket" war off the China mainland coast livened up in the past 24 hours with artillery bombardments and Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Start In Sight On War Memorial Cultural Centre
After almost nine years a start on the construction of the Newcastle War Memorial Cultural Centre is in sight. It is expected that…
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LONDON, Nov. 21.—German police have been ordered to shoot car bandits on sight…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — The 17/18 Infantry Battalion, supported by armour and Beau-fighters, to-day repelled an…
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Warrant Officer A. Smith of New Lambton who returned with the Third Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment from Korea yesterday, is met by relatives at Newcastle Station last night. His wife is third from left…
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NEW YORK, Nov. 23. A.A.P.—Admiral William Halsey said to-day that fear of another war was a greater menace to the United States than the possibility of such a war…
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Robert Sharpe, 27, of Coorparoo, Brisbane, was found wandering dazed near Booragal Railway Station early…
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Eris Emanuel King, 18, of Macquarie-avenue. West Cessnock, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital last night with…
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Between 2000 and 3000 schoolchildren were expected to attend a children's Anzac service in Newcastle next year…
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Newcastle District R.S.L. Council last night authorised Messrs. J. G. D. McNeill and D. MacDonald to proceed with the organisation of the Dawn Service and the children's Special…
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SINGAPORE, Nov. 24. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The Chinese housewives of Bakar Arang, 500 miles north of here, knelt in prayer and offered burnt pigs as sacrifices to-day in an effort to avert calamities following last…
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