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The wars & local soldiers, 1948

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

British Drawn Into War In Palestine

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 8

JERUSALEM, Tuesday.--The British forces are fast being drawn into the Jewish-Arab conflict in Palestine, with one British sergeant killed and three other British soldiers wounded yesterday…

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British Drawn Into War In Palestine

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 8

JERUSALEM, Tuesday.--The British forces are fast being drawn into the Jewish-Arab conflict in Palestine, with one British sergeant killed and three other British soldiers wounded yesterday…

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British Drawn Into War In Palestine

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 8

JERUSALEM, Tuesday.--The British forces are fast being. drawn into the Jewish-Arab conflict in Palestine, with one British sergeant killed and three other British soldiers wounded yesterday…

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British Drawn Into War In Palestine

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 8

JERUSALEM, Tuesday.--The British forces are fast being drawn into the Jewish-Arab conflict in Palestine, with one British sergeant killed and three other British soldiers wounded yesterday…

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Protest on War Graves

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 3

SINGAPORE, Tuesday.--Singapore residents have made another protest against the condition of…

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Lloyds War Medal. Awarded To Tanda's Radio Officers

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 1

The Committee of Lloyds has awarded its War Medal for Bravery at Sea to First, Second and Third Radio Officers who…

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“Libs.” Open War on Vic. Labor Trammies In 1st Test

Tribune · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE.—The Hollway “Liberal” Government, whose Tramways Board has forced Melbourne trammies to strike for their rights, is feeling for position the planned offensive against the labor movement…

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Spotlight on the News Fright in flight... Soldier's pay-off day... Tauber's trip

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 4

Three thousand feet over Darwin Airport today the windscreen of a Jap- bound Lancastrian…

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Wallacla Welcome Home

Nepean Times · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 2

A number of very happy and successful functions were held in Wallacia during the festive season. The first was a welcome home to Fay,…

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War Graves Investigation

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 6

The Returned Servicemen's League has asked the Malayan Association for a report on the…

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Report on War Graves Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 3

The Returned Servicemen's League has cabled the Singapore Ex-Servicemen's Association asking for a report on the…

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Boer War Man Found Dead

Nepean Times · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 1

Police forced an entry on Sunday into the home of Archibald Joseph Mason (72), in Station Street, Harris Park,' and found him dead…

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Try War Victors, Says Tojo

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 3

TOKIO, Wednesday (A.A.P.).--General Tojo today lamented the fact that…

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'No War In Our Lifetime'

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 9

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- The Minister for the Army (Mr…

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Ex-soldier Guests at Surf Gala Mannequin, parade at Nth. Steyne

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 7

Special arrangements have been made to entertain disabled ex-servicemen at North…

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Big Property for Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 6

The State Government next March would resume an estate of 34,365 acres for soldier settlement, the Minister for Lands…

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Inflation Hits War Savings

Tribune · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 2

OTTAWA.—Canadian workers, now demanding that the Government reduce and control prices find a glaring…

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The'cold War' Warms Up

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 2

The so-called "cold war" between Russia and the Western Democracies is showing ominous signs of warming…

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Former U.S. War Leader III

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Friday (A.A.P.).--Mr. Josephus Daniels, 85, U.S. Navy Secretary in the first World War, is seriously ill…

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Hawaii's “Big Five” Declare War On Union

Tribune · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 2

HONOLULU. — Hawaii’s Big Five monopolists—who [?] n fast, about everything worth owning in islands—have joined the witch-hunt…

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