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The wars & local soldiers, 1948

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New, Smarter Uniforms For Australian Soldiers

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thursday: New uniforms, closely resembling the present uniform of officers, will be issued to all ranks of the Australian military forces in the second half of this…

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War Souvenirs Threat to Life

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 4

Emphasising the danger to persons who find or have war souvenirs or ammunition in their possession, Army Headquarters states that last year…

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Darwin Greets Post-war Cow

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 5

DARWIN, Monday: Police and a crowd of people were waiting on the wharf when the Koolinda from Fremantle berthed at the…

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Britain Could Benefit From Kyogle Soldiers' Fighting Fund

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 4

Regret is expressed by Mr. P. Nolan--an eligible beneficiary of the Kyogle District Soldiers' Fighting Fund--that the…

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Yugoslavia Claims Prominent Italians War Criminals

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 1

ROME, Tuesday: The Yugoslav Legation stated that Yugoslavia had asked Italy to hand over 27 alleged perpetrators of war crimes…

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Air Power Planned To Counter Atomic War

Northern Star · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday (AAP).--By 1953 other nations besides the United States will have atomic weapons in quantity and equipment to deliver them in a sustained attack on the United States mainland…

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Spectacular Soldier Gets M.C. and Bar

Tweed Daily · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday: A soldier who, with the aid of mirrors, directed his own appendix operation, without ether, in the Malayan jungle, received the Military Cross…

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Raaf Being Tuned to Modern War

Tweed Daily · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Large-scale scientific development of the RAAF is under way because of the advent of the atomic bomb and modern rocket warfare…

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"Red Indian" War by Arabs In Palestine

Tweed Daily · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Thursday: Large bodies of Arabs launched a form of Red Indian warfare last night to wipe out Jewish colonies in secluded parts of Jerusalem. Arabs living in mountain strongholds have received training in…

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War Fear in India

Tweed Daily · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: The British authorities in Pakistan are gravely concerned lest the present Kashmir…

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No War Soon -- Chifley

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday : The Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) at Bathurst today scouted suggestions that…

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Palestine War Guide For Taxi-men

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Methods used to defeat the Stern Gang terrorists in Palestine are to be adopted shortly by a Sydney cab…

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Jews and Arabs in Feverish Race To Accumulate War Materials

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: The British United Press representative in Jerusalem says: The Jews and Arabs are engaged in a feverish race to build up stocks of war material in preparation for a possible full-scale war when the British leave Palestine in August…

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ON and Off the Farm Soldier Settlement In New South Wales

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 8

Soldier settlement, which involves much more than the mere acquisition of land and its allocation to those to whom the State and Commonwealth are under a deep debt of gratitude, is making steady and…

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Husband Dead and Wife Wounded

Tweed Daily · Saturday 24 January 1948 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Friday: Mrs Esther Grope (44) was seriously wounded when her husband, who was later found dead, fired…

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India War 'Be Terrible Conflict'

Tweed Daily · Monday 26 January 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday,: A war in, India would be "the most terrible conflict in the history of mankind."…

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Tribute to China's War of Resistance

Northern Star · Monday 26 January 1948 · page 1

SHANGHAI, Sunday (AAP-Reuter).--A warm tribute to China's gallant war of resistance was paid by Professor D. B. Copland, Australian Minister to China, in an Australia Bay message issued today…

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Soldier Dies: Army Forbids Aid to Wife

Northern Star · Monday 26 January 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.--An Army officer at Victoria Barracks yesterday refused permission for a newspaper reporter to offer transport to…

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The Risk. War Memorial Unveiling

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 4

The committee responsible for the erection of The Risk and Rukenvale War Memorial tablet in The Risk Hall, has received a communication…

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Minister Loses World War 1 Shrapnel

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 6

After 29 12 years, the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr Pollard) is at last rid of a piece of shrapnel which lodged…

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