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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Canteens Fund Helps War Widows

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 5

It had always been intended that widows and orphans of ex-servicemen should have a very high priority in assistance from the Services…

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War Bomb Near Hospital

Northern Star · Saturday 23 July 1949 · page 5

All patients, including stretcher cases, were evacuated from University College Hospital, Gower Street, London, because an unexploded 20001b. bomb, found 40 feet away, may have to be blown up. The bomb…

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India To Tackle Food Problem "On War Footing"

Northern Star · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 5

NEW DELHI, Sunday (AAP). —Pandit Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, has called on Provincial and State Premiers to tackle India's…

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Youth Wounded in Shoulder

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—With a bullet wound through his left shoulder, a 19-year-old youth staggered into a Matraville home to-night…

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War Danger Receding

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—The Secretary of War (Mr. Shinwell) said today that the international situation was "more promising than…

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Monash Records for War Memorial

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 11

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—A collection of records and relics assembled the late General Sir John Monash during his service…

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New Life for the Blimp Now a Carrier-based Weapon of War

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 8

"Sicily's" crew dash out to hold the aircraft to the deck and to secure her. These unwieldy-looking machines are far from obsolete,…

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Soldiers Borrow Swede Warship

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 5

STOCKHOLM, Tuesday (AAP).—Two Swedish soldiers were arrested to-day on a charge of having borrowed a warship from Sweden's…

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Post-War Developments In Fighters

Northern Star · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 6

Development of jet propelled planes has progressed further In Britain than in any country. This statement was recently made by the…

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Lesson of War

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 1

"Europe has learnt many lessons as a result of the war and not the least of these is that comradeship on the battlefield between the…

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War Veterans' Home To Admit Ex-service Women

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 6

The Board of the N.S.W. War Veterans' Home, pursuing their policy of expansion, announce that they are preparing to extend their Narrabeen…

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Soldiers' Soup Poisoned; Enough To Kill 100

Northern Star · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Soup intended for soldiers at Puckapunyal Camp last week-end, contained sufficient corrosive poison to kill 100…

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District News Urbenville P.P.U. SUPPORTS 8,500 lbs. Basis for Soldiers' Farms

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 2

Urbenville branch of the Primary Producers' Union will request the central executive of the union to support the reduction in the…

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Soldiers Give Lead to Halt Red Menace

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 4

MULLUMBIMBY, Monday.—The tens of thousands of Australians who fought in two World Wars for the things for which the British…

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Judge Denies Post-War Association With Australia-Soviet House

Northern Star · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Director of Australia-Soviet House (Mr. John Rodgers) was the Communist Party's secret agent, and the House was used for the party's political ends, former leading…

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Brave Soldier Fancied for Casino Sprint

Northern Star · Saturday 13 August 1949 · page 7

Mr. Alec Creighton's promising galioper, Brave Soldier, may score another win at Casino Turf Club's meeting on the South Casino course…

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£10 Bonus for Soldier Miners

Northern Star · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The 2000 troops who manned open-cut mines during the coal strike each received a bonus of £10 for their 13 days of…

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Truman Declares: Democracies Arming Only to Avert War

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Monday.—A warning that European economic recovery would lag if "a haunting fear of military aggression is widespread," was given by President Truman in an…

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The Northern Star Wednesday, August 24, Pattern for War In Yugoslavia

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 4

AN OMINOUS similarity to pre-war Nazi "grab" methods has marked the bitter Russian recriminations against…

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War Veterans' Home Appeal Funds Growing Rapidly

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 9

The North Coast and Tablelands War Veterans' Home Appeal is approaching the stage when the project can be proceeded with. This was revealed in a report made at the quarterly meeting…

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