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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

3,484 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 175

Popping Their War Bonds High Cost of Living in U.S.A. Penalty of Tory Rule

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 1

The disastrous effect of America's high cost of living under the rule of the Tory Republican Congress last year is reflected in a report from Washington showing that three…

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'Americans Won't Have Reactionary Republicans' "New Statesman" on Truman's Triumph Electors Spurned War of Nerves by Gallup Pollsters

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 6

The London week-end journal, "New Statesman and Nation," publishes a refreshing reaction to President Truman's triumphant return to the White House, and in one…

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Land for Soldiers Test Case on Values

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

An important test case affecting soldier settlers will be heard by the New South Wales Land Valuation Court when the law vacation…

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Soldier Badly Hurt By Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 9

A soldier who returned from Japan on Sunday was seriously injured yesterday by a tram. The soldier, Lindsay Gordon…

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British Soldiers Ordered Caning

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 5

SINGAPORE, Wednesday.--At the Singapore Assizes yesterday, two young Seaforth Highlanders were sentenced to be whipped with a rattan cane about 5 ft. long and finger thick for attempting to…

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British Soldiers Ordered Caning

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 5

SINGAPORE, Wednesday.--At the Singapore Assizes yesterday, two young Seaforth Highlanders were sentenced to be whipped with a rattan cane about 5 ft. long and finger thick for attempting to…

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British Soldiers Ordered Caning

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 5

SINGAPORE, Wednesday.--At the Singapore Assizes yesterday, two young Seaforth Highlanders were sentenced to be whipped with a rattan cane about 5 ft. long and finger thick for attempting to…

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British Soldiers Ordered Caning

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 5

SINGAPORE, Wednesday.--At the Singapore Assizes yesterday, two young Seaforth Highlanders were sentenced to be whipped with a rattan cane about 5 ft. long and finger thick for attempting to…

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British Soldiers Ordered Caning

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 5

SINGAPORE, Wednesday.--At the Singapore Assizes yesterday, two young Seaforth Highlanders were sentenced to be whipped with a rattan cane about 5 ft. long and finger thick for attempting to…

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British Soldiers Ordered Caning

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 5

SINGAPORE, Wednesday.--At the Singapore Assizes yesterday, two young Seaforth Highlanders were sentenced to be whipped with a rattan cane about 5 ft. long and finger thick for attempting to…

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Bail increased For Soldier Held In Tower

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 6

LONDON, Wednesday.--Bail for "mystery man" Private Richard Arthur Elliott, former Etonian…

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British Soldiers Ordered Caning

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 5

SINGAPORE, Wednesday.--At the Singapore Assizes yesterday, two young Seaforth Highlanders were sentenced to be whipped with a rattan cane about 5 ft. long and finger thick for attempting to…

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Bail Increased For Soldier Held In Tower

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 17

LONDON, Wednesday.--Bail for "mystery man" Private Richard Arthur Elliott, former Etonian…

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K.C. Says Russia Doesn't Want War

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday.--"Russia does not want war!" This is not an official statement, but on extremely interesting opinion from a reliable source. Mr. A. S. Comyns Carr, K.C., expressed it before the Royal Empire Society…

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K.C. Says Russia Doesn't Want War

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday.--"Russia does not want war!" This is not an official statement, but an extremely interesting opinion from a reliable source. Mr. A. S. Comyns Carr, K.C., expressed it before the Royal Empire Society…

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K.C. Says Russia Doesn't Want War

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday.--"Russia does not want war!" This is not an official statement, but an extremely interesting opinion from a reliable source. Mr. A. S. Comyns Carr, K.C., expressed it before the Royal Empire Society…

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K.C. Says Russia Doesn't Want War

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday.--"Russia does not want war!" This is not an official statement, but an extremely interesting opinion from a reliable source. Mr. A. S. Comyns Carr, K.C., expressed it before the Royal Empire Society…

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World War Risk in East, Jewish Leader Warns

The Sun · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday. -- Israeli officials at UNO have warned their Government that Britain may be contemplating "direct action" against…

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Communal Hall H.S.W. Irwish War Memorial Members' Activities

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 7

Sunday, January 16—Dance Every Sunday Night — Ex-Servicemen's Card Party. Every Wednesday Night—War Memorial…

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U.N.O. "Prevented Probable Third War" Evatt Calls For World Support

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 7

PERTH, Wed. -- Crucial international situations of the last two years might easily have resulted in another world war if the United Nations had…

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