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The wars & local soldiers, 1950

5,598 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Ex-soldiers' Meeting

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 4

THE annual meeting and election of officers of the 2/4th Bn. Association will be held on Thursday at the Combined…

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Wide War Downing Malaria

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 6

LONDON.--Malaria, now completely conquered in Cyprus, is being successfully eradicated in…

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SUN Readers Say Soldier's subsistence

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 11

A letter under caption "POW' s Sustenance Claim" is misleading. We ex-POW do not ask for sustenance for work done on the…

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Schoolboys Buried Playing "Soldiers"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Three boys playing "soldiers" in Elwood School park yesterday were buried when a 3ft. hole they were using as a trench collapsed on them…

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Schoolboys Buried Playing "Soldiers"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Three boys playing "soldiers" in Elwood School park yesterday were buried when a 3ft. hole they were using as a trench collapsed on them…

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War Pensions and Rents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 1

Mr. W. H. Lamb has told Granville branch R.S.L. that he will make representations to the Premier, Mr. McGirr asking that…

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Won’t Work for Aggressive War

Tribune · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 3

“MY work in nuclear physics had as much connection with the atom bomb as the normal research of a botanist…

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French Ships Nearly Back to Pre-war

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 7

PARIS. -- The French merchant fleet has been nearly rebuilt to its pre-war size, the French Ministry of Merchant…

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French Ships Nearly Back to Pre-war

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 7

PARIS. -- The French merchant fleet has been nearly rebuilt to its pre-war size, the French Ministry of Merchant…

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War Memorial Niche Installed at Rockdale Town Hall

Construction · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 19

As its final act the Rockdale Municipal Patriotic and War Fund, installed in the vestibule of the Rockdale Town Hall a memorial niche, or shrine, in memory of the men and women of Rockdale…

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Cutting Out the Middleman British Labor's Objective War on High Prices

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 4

The Attlee Labor Government—if re-elected to office on February 23—will continue its war against high prices irrespective of panicky propaganda about…

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Decision in Germany--4 "Open war was no longer an impossibility"

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 6

MEETINGS of the Council of Foreign Ministers in Moscow, in the spring of 1947,…

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Blinded Soldiers Thank Warm-hearted Film Fans

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 9

Patrons of Hoyts Suburban Theatres will readily recall the drive conducted by Hoyts two months ago in aid of Food-for-Britain. In this drive more than 450,0 was raised, and nearly 10,000 food parcels despatched to…

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Chinese May Use Women As Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 3

TAIPEI (Formosa), Wednesday. -- Madame Chiang Kai-shek yesterday vowed that, if…

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"More Production." Is Only Half The Solution War Against Middlemen and Profiteers Is Imperative Realistic Approach to Cost of Living Spiral

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 1

"More Production" is the latest slogan coined by Tory leader writers and commentators as a panacea for the increasing cost of living…

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Castlereagh's Tribute Honour Roll to Service Men and Women

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 1

THERE was a good attendance of residents and visitors at Castlereagh Upper Public School on Friday evening, when an honour roll…

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Anzac Day

The Sun · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 17

Anzac Day would be observed this year on Tuesday, April 25, the day on which the anniversary falls, the…

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Anzac Day Holiday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 4

The Chief Secretary, Mr. C. H. Matthews, announced yesterday that a public holiday would be observed on Anzac…

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Wounded Bank Manager

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 4

Mr. L. A. Nalder, manager of the Ultimo branch of the Commonwealth Bank, who was recently severely wounded when a bandit shot at him,…

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Anzac Holiday Held on

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 9

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Matthews) yesterday said that Anzac Day would be observed as a public holiday on Tuesday,…

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