Anzac Day in London
Anzac Day commemoration ceremonies were held in London at the Cenotoph in Whitehall and in…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1954
164 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 9
Court Told Studley-Ruxton May Face War Medals Charge
SYDNEY, Thursday. -- David Edward Studley-Ruxton "would no doubt be charged" with illegally wearing miniature war medals, Det.-Inspector John Henry Aldridge told the…
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KYOGLE, Sunday. -- A suggestion that next Anzac Day, April 25, 1955, be made the occasion for a Commonwealth…
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On this page are printed the two winning essays in the country schools section of the R.S.L. Anzac Day Essay competition. These essays were released…
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CASINO, Monday. -- Funds from the Services Canteens Trust may be made available to assist war widows and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →R.S.L. Branch Suggestion Anzac Day 1955 Occasion for Major Re-union?
A suggestion that next Anzac Day, April 25, 1955, be made the occasion for a Commonwealth wide reunion of original Anzacs is being made by the Kyogle sub-branch of the…
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MELBOURNE. Thursday.-- The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, has advised the federal president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Welcome Home Climax To Tour Of Realm
AFTER AN ABSENCE of six months the Queen returns today to the headquarters of the Monarchy with the deeper understanding that must come from personal experience of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wounded French Troops on Way to Hanoi
HANOI, Friday.--First group of seriously wounded French Union troops evacuated from the shattered Dien Bien Phu fortress arrived by helicopter today at Laung Prabang, in Laos. At Luang Prabang they will be transferred to Dakotas for the flight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vietminh Claim Wounded Killed By French
HANOI, Wednesday.— French bombers attacking the main Vietminh supply line killed fifteen wounded French soldiers, a Vietminh Radio broadcast said today. The radio denounced the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A woman whose left leg was almost severed by a tram was saved from bleeding to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Donations to Anzac Day Fund
The hon. secretary of the Anzac Day Committee of the Lismore branch R.S.L., Mr. C. A. Wilson, has announced the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Australian economy has been more stable during the last few months than at any other time since the war. The volume of production has improved, the supply of…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A young man who was alleged to have obtained money from girls by posing as a war hero, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Both Sides Would Use Atomic Weapons in War Review of European Defence
FARIS, Tuesday.—Both sides would probably use atomic weapons in the event of a full-scale war, Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery said yesterday. Field Marshal Montgomery is Deputy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Indo-china War Thai Appeal To U.N. Council
NEW YORK, Sunday.— Thailand yesterday appealed for a special U.N. Security Council meeting to consider the Indo-Chinese war as a threat to the security of the world…
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CASINO, Monday.—Mr. W. Newington, war compensation officer from R.S.L. State Headquarters…
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WASHINGTON, Monday.—The American Army could not be ready to fight a global war at any time in the foresee able future because of production cutbacks under the "new look" military programme A senior United States…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Repat. Committee War Service Homes Chief Function
MULLUMBIMBY, Monday. —The chief function of the Mullumbimby Repatriation Committee over the past…
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PARIS, Sunday.—General Paul Ely, newly-appointed French Commander-in-Chief in Indo-China, will leave…
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