Anzac to Join March Past
CANBERRA, Thursday.—A detachment of officers and ratings from the R.A.N. battle class destroyer Anzac will take…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1954
614 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 31
Truce Ordered in Onion War
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Supreme Court to-day ordered a truce in the onion war till litigation is decided by the Court on Monday…
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Wallsend R.S.L. and the Legion of Ex-servicemen and Vomen will hold a combined Anzac dawn…
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Any confirmation of the possibility that Trooper Robert Alan Blackie. 20, of Wallsend, missing since the…
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Lambton-New Lambton R.S.L. sub-branch will hold its annuar commemoration services on Anzac Day…
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LONDON (O.S.R.): In the early days of World War II, Egypt wavered on whether to support Britain or Italy, says a new British official history of the period…
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Cigar in hand, General Douglas MacArthur shakes hands with President Eisenhower outside the White House, Washington…
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BOMBAY (Reuter): A controversy is raging in India today over the future role of the English language in this country. Advocates of English tate, "English is ours: it…
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NEW DELHI, March 30. A.A.P.—Forty-three Indian soldiers were drowned on Friday while crossing a river in…
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DENVER, Wed. (O.S.R.): A Korean war veteran, wounded three times, was hailed by his professors at Denver University on Saturday as possibly the world's fastest reader at…
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PERTH, Wednesday.—Two soldiers were trapped by flames in a long, narrow tunnel at Leighton, eight miles from Perth, to-day…
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The Commissioner for Transport (Mr. H. H. Shoebridge) has informed the Gordon-ave…
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"Merrie England" will be performed at the City Hall next Monday and Tuesday. 1. A section of the chorus rehearsing last night for the show. 2. The president of the Newcastle Sub-branch of the R.S.L., Council, Mr. A. C. B. Hartney, with boy and girl wardens who were appointed at Cook's Hill School today to police the Field of Remembrance at Civic Park. In the picture are Pamela Halloway, John Flaherty, Pamela Lawson, Peter Quiggins, Robyn Smith, Ray Threadgate and Warren Chipchase. 3. Newcastle Girls Marching Association's youngest team, the Rovers, tied for first place at Muswellbrook Show last night. 4. Members of the "Merrie England" chorus with pianist, Norm Traise, and principals, Bill Bird, George Britton, and Geoff…
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The Anzac Ceremony of Remembrance at Sandgate War Cemetery will be held earlier than usual this year. Normally held on the Sunday before Anzac Day, the…
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LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.)—Sir Winston Churchill yesterday defended the action of the Western Powers in trying to get an improvement in conditions at Spandau Prison (Berlin)…
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Military authorities and detectives have established that the soldier who was given a lift on March 8 after several Army vehicles had foundered in Stockton Bight…
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HANOI (Indo-China), April 2. A.A.P.—The Indo-China war extended to-day when Communist troops invaded the Kingdom of Cambodia…
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NEW YORK, April 2. A.A.P.—Private Rothwell Floyd, 28, clicked his heels saluted smartly and snapped…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Edward George Harvers, 24, of Blende-street, Broken Hill, was shot in the left side following…
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BELGRADE, April 4. A.A.P.— President Tito said that the danger of an East-West war was considerably…
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