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The wars & local soldiers, 1948

3,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 163

Soldiers Blocks on "Merribindinyah"; Result of Ballot

The Land · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 11

THE eight closer settlement leasehold blocks on Merribindinyah estate, in the Cootamundra land district, were…

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Soldier Settlement

The Sun · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 3

An additional 27 farms are to be made, available to exservicemen for closer settlement. Minister for Lands Mr…

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Wounded Man, Woman Found

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 January 1948 · page 5

PORT MORESBY, Friday.--A man and a woman were admitted to Moresby Hospital last night with wounds in their…

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Eden on "War of Nerves"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1948 · page 3

Mr. Bevin in his speech used his customary firmness and bluntness; and his main points were delivered with…

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Unions War on Prices Wharfies Talk Of Stoppages

Tribune · Saturday 24 January 1948 · page 1

Waterside workers were asking their union leaders to consider demonstration stoppages against unjustified price increases, the union’s Sydney Branch President, Mr. Tom Nelson, told…

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Police War With Black-Market Forged Petrol Coupons Too "Hot" to Hold

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 24 January 1948 · page 3

Drastic penalties await resellers or consumers discovered with forged petrol coupons. Commonwealth authorities have declared a gloves-off war on black-marketing in fuel…

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Bevin Plan Called War Threat

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 January 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Sat.--British Foreign Minister Bevin's plea for a western European bloc is a plain…

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Soldier dies while his wife fights for Army transport

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1948 · page 3

A WOMAN'S soldier-husband died yesterday while she was trying to get military transport to his bedside in Cowra District Hospital. Helped by officials of Australian National…

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College Chapel to Be War Memorial

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1948 · page 2

NEW YORK,--President Thomas Brown Rudd recently announced that Hamilton College's historic chapel…

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Speech Restored to Tongueless Soldier

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday.--Soviet plastic surgeons have restored the power of speech to a Red Army soldier whose tongue was cut off during the war, Moscow radio reports…

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"All Fliers--No War"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Werner Kuntz, 22-year-old German pilot, has applied for membership of a…

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Base Metal Prices Post-war Rises

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 4

A comparison of average prices of base metals for 1945 and 1947 indicates the extent of the post-war rises…

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Sydney Diary Quaint pub if no uranium: Mementoes of two wars: new war book: prosecutors' dilemma

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 9

Even if Commonwealth geologists are unable to find any trace of pitchblende (in which uranium occurs) during…

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Appeal for Crippled Ex Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 2

To help men, who have been robbed by war injuries of the chance of ever taking again their…

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Appeal for Crippled Ex Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 8

To help men who have been robbed by war injuries of the chance of ever taking again their…

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Appeal for Crippled Ex Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 8

To help men who have been robbed by war injuries of the chance of ever taking again their…

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Appeal for Crippled Ex Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 8

To help men who have been robbed by war injuries of the chance of ever taking again their…

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Appeal for Crippled Ex Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 8

To help men who have been robbed by war injuries of the chance of ever taking again their…

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Appeal for Crippled Ex Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 8

To help men who have been robbed by war injuries of the chance of ever taking again their…

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"No War In Our Lifetime"

Il Risveglio = The Awakening · Wednesday 28 January 1948 · page 4

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