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The wars & local soldiers, 1950

5,598 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Reds Accuse Finns on War Criminals

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 2

MOSCOW, Thursday.--Russia yesterday repeated her charge that Finland was harboring war criminals…

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Midnight morality spying on war widows claimed

The Sun · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- War widows were visited at midnight and their homes searched by departmental officials investigating their morals, it…

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Bombs on Pearl Harbor at dawn...and Japan was at war

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 26

THe reader of this Hook has seen how from the first day of the war our anxieties about Japan weighed relentlessly upon us…

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Red War on Church Flares Satellite China May Be Used As Base

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 1

THE Kremlin-led world war on the Catholic Church has erupted again with an offensive along the entire stretch of the Soviet's sphere of domination from Berlin to Peiping. Concluding a 30-year treaty with the Communist Mao…

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Grand Work Recognised Soldiers' Club Secretary Honored

The Biz · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 1

A valuable gold watch and chain were presented to Mr. Bill Worth, secretary of Cabra-Vale Ex-Servicemen's Club for many years, at the club's annual meeting…

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Man dead, 1 wounded in Melbourne shooting

The Sun · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Two men were wounded -- one fatally -- in shooting incidents within a few hours of each other in the Collingwood-Fitzroy district last night. In each case the shots were…

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War on Blackberries

The Land · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 12

Wingercarribee Shire, in co-operation with District Agronomist H. J. Dargin, is pushing on with its large scale spraying programme against…

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Third war 'hard to avoid'

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 13

ADELAIDE, Thurs. --The world political situation made it difficult to see how…

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Stop Press War Widows Pensions

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 28

CANBERRA Friday--Immorality would not be a ground for canceling a war window's pension, the minister for Repatriation Senator…

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Stop Press War Widows Fension

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 28

CANBERRA, Friday.--Immorality would not be a ground for cancelling a war widow's pension. the Minister for Repatriation (Senator…

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War Widows Raided Delegate Says

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--Repatriation Department investigators using "Gestapo methods" had made midnight raids on war widows to check on their…

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Sailors to get £10 war prize

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 11

CANBERRA, Thurs.--Australian sailors eligible for war prizemoney would each receive £10 irrespective of rank, the…

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Man Murdered in Melb. Gang War

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Mervyn Batten (30), wharflaborer, of Collingwood, was murdered last night in the gang warfare which flared up in two suburbs. Batten died in St. Vincent's…

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Man Murdered in Melb. Gang War

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Mervyn Batten (30), wharflaborer, of Collingwood, was murdered last night in the gang warfare which flared up in two suburbs. Batten died in St. Vincent's…

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Sudan War Veterans Meet at Town Hall Gathering

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 5

Messrs. Henry Parkes (85), Charlie Wearne (88), and Patrick McCabe (88), were among Sudan War veterans who swapped yarns and re-lived the campaign again at today's veterans' reunion at the Town Hall…

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Sudan War Veterans Meet at Town Hall Gathering

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 5

Messrs. Henry Parkes (85), Charlie Wearne (88), and Patrick MeCabe (88), were among Sudan War veterans who swapped yarns and re-lived the campaign again at today's veterans' reunion at the Town Hall…

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Sudan War Veterans Meet at Town Hall Gathering

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 5

Messrs. Henry Parkes (85), Charlie Wearne (88), and Patrick McCabe (88), were among Sudan War veterans who swapped yarns and relived the campaign again at today's veterans' reunion at the Town Hall…

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Man Killed, Another Hurt in Gang War Flare-up

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Melbourne's gang warfare flared up again last night in two suburbs when one man was killed and another wounded. Mervyn Batten (30), wharflaborer, of…

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Man Killed, Another Hurt in Gang War Flare-up

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Melbourne's gang warfare flared up again last night in two suburbs when one man was killed and another wounded. Mervyn Batten (30), wharflaborer, of…

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Man Killed, Another Hurt in Gams War Flare-up

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Melbourne's gong warfare flared up again lost night in two suburbs when one man was killed and another wounded. Mervyn Batten (30), wharflaborer, of…

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