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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

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Deathroll in Orphanage Fire May Reach 45

Northern Star · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 5

MONTREAL, Sunday (AAP). —The deathroll from the disastrous fire which gutted an orphanage and home for aged…

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Grafton Boy Confesses Starting Fire

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 10

Grafton Police investigating the fire in the Salvation Army Citadel last Monday morning announced that a 10-year-old boy had admitted…

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No Evidence Chinese Want Cease-fire

Northern Star · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Casey), in a foreign affairs statement to the House of Representatives, tonight, openly named Russia as the country…

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World Reaction to Red Move for Cease-fire

Northern Star · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Sunday (AAP).—Several U.S. diplomatic officials in Japan claimed that Jacob Malik's proposal for a cease-fire in Korea resembled an earlier offer by General MacArthur…

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Cease-fire in Korea Proposed by Russia U. S. Ready " to Play Part"

Northern Star · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday (AAP). — The Soviet- Union yesterday proposed a conference between the belligerents in Korea to discuss a cease-fire armistice on the 38th Paralled…

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Truman Discusses Cease-fire 'Must Restore Peace and Security'

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 June 1951 · page 1

TULLAHOMA, (Tennessee), Monday (AAP). — President Truman said today the United States was ready to join in a peaceful settlement in Korea now, and always had been. But it must be a real settlement which fully…

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U.N. Assembly To Discuss Korean Cease-Fire Move

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (AAP). — A special session of the United Nations general assembly will tomorrow discuss the Korean cease-fire proposal made by Mr. Jacob Malik, of Russia, during the weekend…

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U.s. Willing to Discuss Cease-fire

Northern Star · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday (AAP).—The United States was today reported as being expected soon to make a direct approach—in Moscow or New York—to the Soviet concerning…

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Farmer Suicides; Feared Family Perished in Fire

Northern Star · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 9

NEW YORK, Wednesday (AAP).—An Osakis (Minnesota) farmer, Merle Ellis, 43, hanged himself in the mistaken…

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Korea "Cease-fire" Mistake to Accept Soviet Proposal As Policy Change

Northern Star · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wednesday (AAP). — Secretary of State (Mr. Dean Acheson) thinks it would be a mistake to regard the Soviet proposal for a cease-fire along the 38th Parallel in…

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Korea Cease-fire Soviet Proposal Clarified

Northern Star · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday (AAP). — The Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister (Mr. Gromyko) clarified…

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Fire in Cafe Kitchen

Northern Star · Saturday 30 June 1951 · page 4

Lismore Fire Brigade was called to a small fire in the kitchen of the Tudor Cafe in Molesworth Street, yesterday…

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U.S. Move on Cease-fire

Northern Star · Saturday 30 June 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday (AAP).- Mr. Robert Lovett, Deputy Secretary of Defence, announced today instructions…

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Limited Cease- Fire Proposed by Soviet Union

Northern Star · Saturday 30 June 1951 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Friday (AAP).-It is officially announced that the Soviet Union has proposed that a cease-fire in Korea-limited strictly to military questions-should be arranged…

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Peking Radio Announces Cease-fire Plans Accepted by Reds Talks on Parallel Next Week

Northern Star · Monday 2 July 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—Peking Radio said tonight that the North Korean Commander in Chief, Marshal Kim II Sun, and the Chinese Field Commander in Korea, General Peng Teh Husi had accepted General Ridgway's invitation to…

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Truck on Fire

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 July 1951 · page 4

Lismore Fire Brigade was called yesterday afternoon to extinguish a fire in a utility truck in Molesworth Street…

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Communist Assent to Cease-fire Talks Welcomed World-wide

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 July 1951 · page 5

LONDON, Monday (AAP).—News of the Communist readiness to talk about a truce in Korea has been welcomed in all parts of the world. Many quarters see in this hope for…

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The Northern Star Tuesday, July 3, 1951. Major Political Issues In Korean Cease- Fire

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 July 1951 · page 4

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE negotiations for a cease-fire in Korea encourage optimism that the bitterly fought 12-months-old war is nearing its end. It will not be surprising if General…

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Communists Agree to Cease-fire Talks

Northern Star · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Wednesday (AAP-Reuter). — Both Peking and Pyongyang radios said tonight that the Communists had accepted General Ridgway's invitation to preliminary cease-fire talks. The United Press said the reply to General Ridgway was signed…

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To the Editor Fire Brigade at Byron Bay

Northern Star · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 8

Sir,—I would like to ask the president of Byron Shire to place all his cards on the table and tell the ratepayers how…

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