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The wars & local soldiers, 1950

5,598 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250

Govt. Plans Air War On China Reds

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 6

HONGKONG, Friday.-- A new air war aimed at smashing the Chinese Communists was…

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War chiefs await She "year of decision"

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 14

WASHINGTON, Friday .-- The paramount problem before American and Allied military planners today is to determine the date of "the year of decision," a broad, general term used to indicate that period in world history which may determine the global…

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Govt. Plans Air War On China Reds

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 6

HONGKONG, Friday -- A new air war aimed at smashing the Chinese Communists was…

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S.C. Service To Rescue In Rabbit War

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 20

CONDOBOLIN Soil Conservation Service is lending twenty 100-yard, coils of wire-netting to the local P.P. Board…

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War chief s await the "year of decision"

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 14

WASHINGTON, Friday.-- The paramount problem before American and Allied military planners today is to determine the date of "the year of decision," a broad, general term used to indicate that period in world history which may determine the global…

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World Alarm at Super Bomb Plan Threat Of War Seen

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday.-- Possible development of the hydrogen super atomic, bomb, the most fearsome weapon ever conceived by man, is…

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World Alarm at Super Bomb Plan Threat Of War Seen

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday.—Possible development of the hydrogen super atomic bomb,, the most fearsome weapon ever conceived by man, is caus-…

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Big Repayments By Soldier Settlers

The Land · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 9

DURING December soldier settlers in N.S.W. made repayments totalling over £110,000, These repayments of advances…

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Queensland Fears Soldier Settlement Scheme In Jeopardy Govts. Faced With Huge Pay-out

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 18

BRISBANE.—The Queensland Government will review the joint Commonwealth Queensland soldier land settlement scheme, as a recent decision of the High Court has placed the scheme in jeopardy. The High Court ruled that the acquisition of land for soldier settlement in New South Wales at 1942 values was invalid…

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Good Cheques For Soldier Settlers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 2

MANY soldier settlers were doing wonderfully well, said the N.S.W. Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan)…

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Special Courses For 39 Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 2

Thirty-nine Australian Army officers and men will take University and technical college courses this year…

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Success Of Ex-Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 5

Soldier settlers have already repaid 23.8 per cent, of money advanced to them for the…

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Success Of Ex-Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 5

Soldier settlers have already repaid 23.8 per cent, of money advanced to them for the…

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Smith's Campaigns May Now Get New Deal For Returned Men

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 5

Decision of Federal Cabinet last week to inquire into increased pensions for ex- servicemen and war widows, and to appoint a Parliamentary Committee to examine the whole question of Repatriation legislation, are signal victories for Smith's…

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CORRESPONDENCE The Inevitability of War

The Methodist · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 12

Sir, — The following statement has been ascribed to Dr. Evatt, late Minister for External Affairs: "To say that war is inevitable is to deny a basic…

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Malayan Tin Output Post-war Peak

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 5

SINGAPORE, Jan. 20 (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Malayan tin production was 55,448 tons last year—a post-war record…

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Anti-War Boycotts Spreading In France

Tribune · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 2

LONDON. — What the Times called the “most serious turn” in the French trade unions’ campaign against war was a 48-hour general strike of Marseilles seamen which held up the troopship Pasteur, destined…

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Another Repat. Blunder May Cost An Ex-Soldier's Eye

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 4

Lying immobilised in his bed in the Royal North Shore Hospital (Sydney), in complete darkness, with his eyes carefully bandaged against the light, ex-soldier Sydney Painter, of Hay (N.S.W.), has plenty of time to wonder whether the stupidity of the Repatriation Commission has cost him the sight of his left eye…

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Doctors Check Up On War Prisoners

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 3

Australian Repatriation Department chiefs are calling up every ex-Service man and woman who was a prisoner of war under the Japanese for a special medical examination…

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War Crimes Hitch: Japanese Police Won't Help Australians

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 3

TOKYO, Jan. 21 (A.A.P.-Reuter).—The Japanese police will not co-operate with Australian investigators in tracking down suspected war criminals for trial at Manus Island, according to reliable reports here to-day…

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