Humorous War-time Character
TWO young Diggers, among others, were awaiting their turn at the Bulford Fields R.A.P. in 1940…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1950
5,598 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250
Britain's 780,000 Post-war Homes
LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.).-- Health Ministry returns show that 197,627 permanent homes were completed in Britain in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hotel Unions In Bitter Body-Snatching War
N.S.W. hotel patrons who suffered the inconvenience of waiterless dining rooms last December, while hotel employees held stop-work meetings, were witnessing some of the effects of the fine old…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eleven Soldier Settlers Win 100 Rams
Eleven soldier settlers received by ballot on Thursday 100 flock rams, a gift drom Bundemar Stud,. Trangie…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →V.C. wounded in training
PERTH, Sat.--A World War II veteran, uninjured in years of fighting, was wounded when an Austen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War hero got bullet PERTH
WARRANT - Officer J. Gordon, VC, who served throughout the war without the slightest injury, was accidentally wounded at Swanbourne yesterday. Part of a cartridge struck his arm when an Austen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers will fight in pyjamas
Five thousand United States and Canadian troops who are to test Arctic defences this month in Operation Sweet Briar will wear pyjamas by day, sleep nude at night and have…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Communists War Stocks Destroyed In Air Raids Nationalist Blow to Invasion Plans
HONGKONG, Monday.--Chinese Nationalists yesterday struck their first decisive blow against Communist plans to invade Hainan Island, and ultimately Formosa. In two surprise raids Dy Nationalist aircraft, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Communists' War Stocks Destroyed in Air Raids Nationalist Blow to Invasion Plans
HONGKONG, Monday.--Chinese Nationalists yesterday struck their first decisive blow against Communist plans to invade Hainan Island, and ultimately Formosa. In two surprise raids by Nationalist aircraft, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Communists War Stocks Destroyed In Air Raids Nationalist Is Low to Invasion Plans
HONGKONG, Monday.--Chinese Nationalist's yesterday struck their first decisive blow against Communist plans to invade Hainan Island, and ultimately Formosa. In two surprise raids by Nationalist aircraft, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pakistan planning war, says Nehru
NEW DELHI, Mon. (A.A.P.).--Pakistan seemed to be planning to resort to war to settle its differences with India, Pandit Nehru said today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gang War Feared In Melbourne Tommy-gun Attack
MELBOURNE, Monday.—An alert has been sent out to police throughout Victoria to watch for two underworld characters wanted for a tommy-gun attack on a motorist to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Appeal to Pakistan Nehru's Plea For Ban On War
NEW DELHI, Feb. 6 (A.A.P.). — The Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, said to-day that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prisoners of War
The Fall of Singapore will be commemorated by a memorial ceremony at the Cenotaph in Martin Place on February 15 this year. Many country…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death of War Veteran
Mr. William J. Dallas, of Centenary Road, Merrylands, died last week in the Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Real Estate Sales Soar Above Pre-War
The value of real estate sales in New South Wales rose from £59,460,000 for 1948 to £82,260,000 for 1949. The value of 1949 sales was 2¼…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Free Cars, for War Disabled in Britain
Fifteen hundred war disabled people in Britain are being given motor cars specially designed for them. This is disclosed in the Ministry of Pensions report for the the twelve months ended March 31 last,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →French, Danes, Dutch, Italians Ban War Goods
LONDON. — Dutch, Danish and Italian workers are following the French and Algerian example of boycotting war supplies and spectacularly extending the world peace…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Magpies Win War With P.M.G. Men
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Magpies have won the war with telephone linesmen, and P.M.G. engineers have had to devise a means of overcoming interruptions to trunk lines caused by magpies…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Magpies Win War With P.M.G. Men
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Magpies have won the war with telephone linesmen, and P.M.G. engineers have had to devise a means of overcoming interruptions to trunk lines caused by magpies…
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