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The wars & local soldiers, 1954

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Uranium War

Northern Star · Thursday 21 October 1954 · page 3

DARWIN, Wednesday. — A uranium war between two major uranium mining companies will be fought out in Darwin…

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"Milk War" on Border

Northern Star · Thursday 21 October 1954 · page 11

SYDNEY, Wednesday. —Victorian dairy farmers were selling milk across the border and undercutting local…

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Menzies Outlines Atomic War Defence Policy

Northern Star · Friday 22 October 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday.— The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, today outlined Government policy on civil defence to meet any possible atomic war. He did this in a written reply to a question from…

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El Alamein War Memorial

Northern Star · Saturday 23 October 1954 · page 5

A Ballina airman in the R.A.A.F. Malta-based No. 78 Fighter Wing will be amongst those representing the…

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Book Reviews Monty's Double In War Hoax By Secret Service

Northern Star · Saturday 23 October 1954 · page 6

BOTH the Kaiser and Hitler were said to have had doubles and, during both World Wars, their stories made good reading, but that was all. But here is a story which…

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Veterans Of Boer War

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 October 1954 · page 9

Sir,—Through your columns I would like to correct a statement made at the reunion of the 15th Motor Regt…

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Casey Sums Up Manila Plans War Not Automatic Under Seato Pact

Northern Star · Thursday 28 October 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday.— The Minister for External Affairs, Mr. Casey said in the House of Representatives tonight that the SEATO treaty did not provide for an automatic commitment to military action in all circumstances…

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Book Reviews Stark New War Novel By Erich Remarque

Northern Star · Saturday 30 October 1954 · page 6

TWICE in a quarter of a century Erich Maria Remarque has written a book of the degradation of war bitterly interpreted by the hopelessness of German soldiers facing defeat…

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First War Criminal Released

Northern Star · Monday 8 November 1954 · page 6

BERLIN, Sunday.—Von Neurath, former German Foreign Minister, freed from Spandau Prison yesterday…

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Memorial to Soldier Doctors

Northern Star · Thursday 18 November 1954 · page 12

A memorial to the medical men and women of the British Empire and Commonwealth who gave their lives in the world war, was dedicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Court of Honour at B.M.A. House, Tavistock Square, London. Photo shows: The memorial as Sir John McNee, president of the British Medical…

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War Service Farms

Northern Star · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Four irrigation dairy farms near Finley will be open for application under the War…

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Soldiers' Welcome

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 5

L/Corporal Ivan Small, 21, of Sefton, N.S.W., is welcomed by his girl-friend, Miss Ivy Parker, 19, on his arrival in Sydney with the Third Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, from Korea…

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Soldier Acquitted Of Murder

Northern Star · Friday 26 November 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A young soldier, Donald Motbey, 23, was acquitted by a Central Criminal Court jury…

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Anzac, Day Free Travel To Sydney Refused

Northern Star · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 4

Returned servicemen of the 1914-18 var will not receive free travel to attend the Anzac Day 40th remembrance…

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British Soldiers Returned

Northern Star · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 1

BERLIN, Sunday.—Seven British soldiers, who voluntarily crossed into East Germany a week ago, including…

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Soldier Stabbed at Puckapunyal

Northern Star · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A soldier was seriously stabbed in the chest during a brawl with another soldier at…

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War Service Blocks For Fat Lamb Raising

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 8

Applications under the war service land settlement scheme for seven fat lamb raising blocks near Baradine…

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Blockade Would Be "Act of War"

Northern Star · Saturday 4 December 1954 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday.—President Dwight Eisenhower yesterday told the American people that a blockade of Communist China would be an act of war, which he would not…

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Book Reviews Blamey The Soldier No Plaster Saint

Northern Star · Saturday 4 December 1954 · page 6

Blamey, by John Hetherington, puts into proper perspective a man who made many enemies. Tom Blamey was no…

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Threat Of War Lessens

Northern Star · Thursday 16 December 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday.—Navy Secretary Charles Thomas said last night at Riverside,…

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