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The wars & local soldiers, 1952

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South Africa, Under Malan, May Be Close to Civil War

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 8 December 1952 · page 6

SOUTH AFRICA, under the leadership of Prime Minister Laniel Malan, is a tense and divided country says a Reader’s Digest article condensed from Time. The present ferment is more than a conflict between black and white; its components…

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Vital Conference on Korean War Eisenhower and Army Chiefs to Meet Today

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 8 December 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday—General Eisenhower, five of his future Cabinet Ministers, and high-ranking military leaders will split into two groups to-day for vital conferences on United States policy…

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Illabo Shire Told Grants for Soldier Settler Roads Become Charge Against the Property

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 8 December 1952 · page 1

IT HAS COME AS A SURPRISE TO MANY INCLUDING SOME SOLDIER SETTLERS, TO LEARN THAT ''GOVERNMENT GRANTS '' FOR ROADS ON SETTLEMENTS ARE GRANTS IN NAME ONLY…

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Red Cross Meets Fijian Wounded

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 3

A party of Fijian servicemen, wounded during police action in Malaya, arrived in Sydney recently on their way home. They…

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Mr. Francis: Cold War Could Easily Become Hot

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday: The world situation today was serious, and the cold war could well develop into a hot war with little provocation, the Minister for the Army (Mr. Francis) said today. In a statement prepared for Graduation Day at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, he warned that the forces of Communism throughout the world were formidable, and…

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Twice Visited Continent After War-time D-day History of Junee's Parish Priest

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 5

The Very Rev. Father John Harper D.D., who has taken up residence as the new parish priest in Junee, was…

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Holbrook Soldier Settlers Protest over farm finance

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 3

The Holbrook Repatriation Local Committee has entered a strong protest in the form of seven resolutions to the Minister for Lands (Mr. F. H. Hawkins) concerning the manner in which…

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Wagga Soldier Wounded in Korea

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The names of 12 members of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, in Korea, were…

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Wagga man wounded in Korea

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday: The names of 12 members of 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment in Korea were…

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FURPHIES from the Soldiers Club Bowls Opening Day

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 December 1952 · page 2

Next Sunday is the Club's Opening Day' so would all members please make a point of being as early as possible…

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Brutality Amongst Red Prisoners Internee Terribly Wounded Pongam Island (Korea)

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 December 1952 · page 1

Wednesday—A vicious fight broke out on Monday among Communist prisoners as the Allies launched a new search for…

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The Indo-china War France Seeks Practical Assistance

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 December 1952 · page 1

PARIS. Wednesday — The North Atlantic Pact Council or Ministers, at a meeting later to-day, will consider an official…

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Welcome Home

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 1

THE PRESIDENT of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (Mr. A. E. Monk) speaking at a dinner at the Hotel Federal to welcome him home from overseas. At left is the A.C.T.U. secretary (Mr. Reg. Broad by), and…

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No War Yet, Chiefs Say But Russia no less menace

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 1

PARIS, Wednesday (A.A.P.): The Atlantic Pact Ministerial Council meeting here agrees with the United States' view that Russia is…

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Riverina Soldiers in Casualty List

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday—Two soldiers serving with the Australian forces in Korea were killed in action between…

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Good work on soldiers' farms

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 4

Soldier settlers on New South Wales war service land settlement farms have alreaily put down over 86,000 acres of unproved pasture on their blocks…

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Soldier Gaoled for Attack on Woman

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: A 20-year-old soldier, found guilty by a Criminal Court jury today of having raped a…

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Wool V. Syntheitics War Is on

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 5

The fact that "deception on a vast scale" it being practised throughout U.S.A. in regard to synthetic fibres is not at all surprising. It was to be expected. But Australian wool interests will…

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Bills for soldier settlers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 5

A sub-committee of New South Wales members of the council of the Aberdeen Angus Society of Australia…

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FURPHIES from the Soldiers Club Bowls

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 2

Last Sunday was the Opening Day for the 1952-53 season and an enjoyable afternoon's bowls was had by all present…

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