Asian Pact Not Cause For War ...CASEY
CANBERRA, Monday. --The purpose in forming a collective defence for South-East Asia was not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Northern Rivers · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1954
164 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 9
War Fear Follows Hainan Clash "Restraint" Hope
WASHINGTON, Tuesday.-- Neutral diplomats in Washington are concerned that the shooting down of two Communist Chinese fighters by American planes yesterday may lead to war…
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The famous Maori haka being performed by the New Zealand hockey team which played Far North Coast in Lismore yesterday. The tourists won the match 3-2. Report, page 12…
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After 75 days of conferences the fatal session of the nine nations meeting at Geneva agreed to the Indo-Chinese cease-fire pact, and ended a war which has lasted eight years. Photo shows: General Nhiek Tiu Long (left), C-in-C. of the Cambodian Forces, and Mr. Ta Quang Buu, the Vistminh Vice-Minister for…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday. -- The Government has decided to increase general rate war pensions by 76 a…
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Only about 34 per cent, of ex-servicemen entitled to war service medals had claimed them, the secretary…
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SYDNEY, Friday. -- A 23-year-old soldier was remanded in Central Court today to September 21 on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gift Cattle For Soldier Farmers
The New England District Council of the R.S.L. has 10 cattle to donate to flood-stricken farmers and more help will be coming in the next twelve months…
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Sir Earle Page, Minister for Health, has been advised by the Minister for the Interior that an area of about 450 acres, owned by Mr. A. K…
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WASHINGTON, Monday: -- Milk consumption in the 15 primary dairy producing countries of the world in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warning On "Lines" If War Starts
CANBERRA, Tuesday: -- If war came and Australia were undefended there would be "a Brisbane line, a line south…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russia Bitter, But "War Not Wanted" Ex-Ambassador
WASHINGTON, Sunday.—Soviet hostility towards the U.S. is "bitter and deep", but "this does not mean that the Soviet leaders want war." These opinions have been…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—The threat of World War Three was not very great because the hydrogen bomb has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Widows May Be Exempt From Rate Payment
SYDNEY, Tuesday.— State Cabinet will consider exempting war widows in necessitous circumstances from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Not Enough Butter For Soldiers
A protest against the "meagre butter ration" allotted to members of the Australian military forces was…
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PARIS, Thursday.—Total political confusion now reigns in Vietnam, split into Communist and non-Communist…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →160 Years for Soldier Settlement
SYDNEY, Thursday.—At the present rate of progress in New South Wales it would take 160 years to settle on the land the 16,000 ex-servicemen who held qualification certificates, Mr. C…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russian Paper Attacks Soldiers Who "Forget"
LONDON, Sunday. — The Soviet Army newspaper, "Red Star", has spotlighted soldiers who "forget to notice"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"War Hero" Admits Hoax
SALT LAKE CITY, Sunday.—A weeping Republican member of the House of Representatives last night told a television audience his widely-told story of leading a daring "cloak and dagger" raid into wartime Germany was a complete hoax. He is Mr. Douglas…
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A Bungabee property has been approved for inclusion as a single unit dairy farm in the war service…
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